Dignity & Worth Student Action Project

03/28/2023

04/29/2022

04/28/2022

Thank you to everyone that donated to our fundraiser benefiting FamilyPromise of Harrisburg Capitol Region. Because of your generous donations, we surpassed our goal of raising $400 for FamilyPromise. We appreciate all of you supporting our group in our efforts to help families experiencing homelessness in the Harrisburg area. If you would like to continue to support FamilyPromise, please consider donating directly to the organization https://www.familypromisehcr.org/donate or visit their website to find out other ways to help https://www.familypromisehcr.org/get-involved.

04/12/2022

According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, the most common reasons for families to experience homelessness are lack of affordable housing and poverty. In Pennsylvania, the average wage required for a two-bedroom rental is $19.95/hr and the average wage for Pennsylvania renters falls short of that at $16.43/hr (Out of Reach, 2021). On a national level, data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation states that in 2019, 14% of all U.S. families and 29% of single parent families were living below the poverty line (Families with related children, n.d.). The combination of high housing costs and low income, increases the risk of a family becoming homeless.

For more information on poverty within families and housing in Pennsylvania, please follow the links to the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Families with related children that are below poverty by family type: Kids Count Data Center. KIDS COUNT data center: A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/55-families-with-related-children-that-are-below-poverty-by-family-type?loc=1&loct=1 /1/any/false/1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867,133/994,1297,4240/345,346

Out of reach: Pennsylvania. National Low Income Housing Coalition. (2021, July 12). Retrieved from https://reports.nlihc.org/oor/pennsylvania

04/12/2022

Only 10 days left of our fundraiser, and we are almost half-way to our goal. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. Please continue to share our GoFundMe link with family and friends to help us reach our fundraising goal. https://gofund.me/4a562e70.

Welcome! Our group, the Dignity and Worth Student Action Project, sincerely th… Julia Medina needs your support for Help Fight Homelessness in Your Community

03/31/2022

Please Post Your Answers to the comment section. We ask that everyone who visits our page Please help us out by filling out our poles and surveys. Thank you very much!

KNOWLEDGE SURVEY & POLL

1) Do You think homelessness is a major social issue in the United States?
Yes or NO

2) How many families with children, are homeless on any given night, in the United States?
A) 33,789
B) 103, 345
C) 57,971
D) 73,987

3) Do you think the homeless population needs access to Transportation?
Yes Or No

Please Post Your Answers In The Comments Section. Your responses are greatly appreciated, and will be used to evaluate our project goals and fundraiser success.
Thank you!