humandevelopmenticsAR15


 * Reflect on and answer the following questions in an essay:**
 * 1) **What is the poverty rate in your state? In your county? Does this surprise you?**
 * 2) **What are the ways that you show love and walk humbly in your life with God?**
 * 3) **How does CCHD show their work for justice? Why does CCHD believe it is important for local groups or communities to be involved in the issues affecting the daily lives of people living in poverty?**
 * 4) **What is a good example of a charitable organization in your county or state? What do they do? How are they providing charity in your community?**
 * 5) **What is a good example of a social justice organization in your county or state? What do they do to provide social justice to the people they serve?**


 * Answers/Notes:**
 * 1) 46 million people in America live in poverty. The poverty rate in our state (Florida) is above 20% and our county (Tampa) has a rate of 19-21% of poverty. No, this does not surprise me. I see people on the streets each day weather they have a cart, a backpack, or just what they're wearing, they are almost all in poverty. Organizations like CCHD can help these people get back on their feet and lessen the poverty rate all over the world.
 * 2) I will sometimes help out the people I see on the streets by giving them food or clothes/blankets. I also pray to God for him to help them get back on their feet, and I will volunteer at organizations that help the homeless/people becoming homeless and people who live in poverty.
 * 3) The CCHD address' the root causes of the problems and help out those people who were affected by it. They clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and heal and care for the sick. They think it's important because they want everyone who wastes money on little things that they don't really need to realize that there are other people out there that could be using that money to get a job or buy some new clothes for an interview, and even just to get dinner. So think next time you want to get the new iphone when your old one works perfectly fine ; you should instead use that money to donate to communities and organizations that help out people in poverty so they can get things they actually need.
 * 4) Metropolitan Ministries. They help people get back on their feet by giving them new clothes, a place to sleep, 3 meals a day, and find interviews/jobs/schools for them. They get people off the streets and into homes so each day they are helping us have less poverty, slowly but surely.They provide service in Hillsborough, Polk, Pasco, and Pinellas. Their mission is to care for the homeless or people becoming homeless, and they want to alleviate suffering, promote dignity, and instill self-sufficiency. Metropolitan Ministries' president and chief executive officer is Tim Marks. They are funded by all the donations people give to them.
 * 5) H.O.P.E. ( Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality). H.O.P.E. holds the officials accountable to improve the community. So far they have increased access to healthcare, education reform, and improve services for the homeless. Their mission is to promote justice, fairness, and the dignity of the people by engaging/training people to responsibly and successfully act together. It's governed by a Board of appointed member organization representatives and its elected corporate officers. Hope is funded in three ways - by membership dues from member organizations; investments from individuals, small corporations; and grants. They do not accept United Way or government funds.

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 * 1) [|http://www.povertyusa.org/the-state-of-poverty/poverty-map-state/#] -This is a reliable source because it's on the wiki and Mrs. Carrier recommends us to use it.
 * 2) No source
 * 3) [] -This is a relaible source because Mrs. Carrier put it on the wiki and told us to use it.
 * 4) [] -This is a reliable source because when I visited metropolitan ministries they said this was their website and a lot of people have used it.
 * 5) [] -This is a reliable source becaus it has a link on one of the pages Mrs. Carrier told us to use and it has a lot of members to the organization.
 * 6) [] -This is a good source because Mrs. Carrier recommended it to us to use for this project.
 * 7) [] -this is a reliable source because Mrs. Carrier recommended the website to us and a lot of people have used it before too.

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