Poverty in San Diego County higher than during Great Recession (inewsource.org)

Thanks Lynn for sharing your thoughts. Please click on the Annie E. Casey Foundation report "Engaging Parents - Developing Leaders" on the link below. Concurring with you, how can "we" be resident driven/peer led with our polices, practices, procedures and programs.

https://www.pacesconnection.com/...ing-leaders-2016-pdf

We know the transformation of families/parents is long lasting and ultimately, collective efficacy, when their voice and choice is honored, valued and respected. As more parents develop their leadership skills and more opportunities for their advocacy become embedded in the culture of our communities and systems that serve them, self-healing communities will evolve and our communities will wrap around residents with hope and healing.

Joe's article gives us some really good data but I feel like he points out women with young children as if they were them and the rest of  us readers are us...at some point - despite congress and the president or maybe in-spite of them--we as a community should say no more hunger or no more diaper challenge or whatever--one family destitute is one too many...and do whatever we can whenever we can to help families.  Ideas?