| Question |
Answer |
The U.S. Government counts any family of four making $ or less as being in poverty. |
22,350 |
20.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty. This means their family's cash income is less than half of the poverty line, or less than about $ a year for a family of four. |
11,000 |
True or False: In 2011 in the U.S. 43.6 million people are poor. |
False. In 2014, 46 million American are poor, up from 44.4 million in 2009. |
True or False: Over 12% of our citizens were at or below the nation's official poverty income in 2011. |
False. Over 15.1% or 46.2 million were at or below poverty level in 2011. |
The percentage of American people in poverty in 2011 was the largest in the past years. |
15.1% of Americans lived in poverty in 2011, the highest in the past 52 years. |
One in every children in the U.S. lives in poverty. |
six (6) |
True or False: The Federal Minimum Wage Act ensures that all working people make an adequate income. |
False. The Federal Minimum Wage is $7.25, which is $15,080 in yearly income. |
True or False: The number of working poor, people with jobs but still in poverty, is rising. |
True. In 2010, 22% of all jobs provided income below the poverty line. |
Among the children living in poverty in the United States, almost % of these children live in extreme poverty. |
Almost 50% of children living in poverty, or 7 million, live in extreme poverty. |
The U.S. poverty rate now ranks among the developed nations of the world. |
third worst |
True or False: Small children without adequate nutritional food can develop learning problems that last a lifetime. |
True. 5% to 10% of American children have been negatively impacted by a lack of adequate nutritional food. |
True or False: Ten million low-income households have some type of housing problem. |
False. 16 million low-income households experienced housing problems in 2010. |
More than million Americans have now qualified for Medicaid (health care for the impoverished). |
50 million |
The number of Americans receiving food stamps in 2011 was . |
46 million |
True or False: The number of people without health insurance increased to over 5 million in 2011. |
True. |
True or False: The U.S. Food Stamp program (SNAP) provides food aid. 75% of all participants are families with children. |
True. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food stamps to citizens that qualify. |
True or False: The number of Americans on SNAP food stamps has set a new all-time me record. |
True. As of 2011, 45.8 million people received food stamps. |
True or False: The National School Lunch Program now reaches over 50 million children. |
True. The U.S. government funds The National School Lunch Program to feed millions of children. |
True or False: As Catholics, we are challenged to work to change the structures and systems that create and sustain poverty. |
True. As Catholics, we are called to change policies, systems and structures that create and sustain poverty. |
True or False: Catholic Social Teaching promotes a special concern and option for the poor. |
True: "While the common good embraces all, those who are weak, vulnerable, and most in need deserve preferential concern. A basic moral test for our society is how we treat the most vulnerable in our midst" from Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, U.S. Catholic Bishops, 2007. |
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