East Hampton Community Involvement Measures: A Case Study

Bi'Annacha Andrews is a recent graduate student from Trinity Washington University class of 2016 and currently a grad student at CUA school of social service. In Ms. Andrews presentation she explains the difference between an undergrad student and grad student and the importance of knowing what you want to do. Throughout her presentation, she was very informative about the M.S.W program that I had recently stop by at the Idealist Grad Fair and show an example of her curriculum classes. I notice that she enjoyed talking about one of her class which is Homelessness: Inclir and Soc Con. For example, she talked about how social work is constantly changing and the theory of equity and equality. I found it interesting how ward 8 is the most poverty

Family, Friends, Faith, and Philanthropy are words commonly used to describe Matt Brinson. Born and raised in Millen, Matt is a well-recognized face throughout the rural town due to his high level of community involvement. The Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce has taken notice of his charitable acts, naming him Citizen of the Year in 2014.

The Downtown Eastside struggles with many complex challenges including homelessness, poverty, affordable and quality housing,

Community residents of all ages and ethnicities are the foundation of Esperanza’s grassroots work. Esperanza seeks to create opportunities for community residents’ growth, security, participation, recognition, and ownership through developing and preserving affordable housing, promoting accessible health care, stimulating involvement in arts and culture, ensuring quality education, pursuing economic development, and advocating for progressive public policy. Through partnerships with churches, schools, block clubs and other community institutions, Esperanza helps to strengthen the social infrastructure of the neighborhood. In all of our actions, Esperanza strives always to build hope with

Operation Safety Net is a local program for the city of Pittsburgh that strives to better the lives of individuals who are homeless. As described on the program’s website, Operation Safety Net provides its consumers with necessary health care and an increase of hope and self-esteem (Operation Safety Net, 2015). This program has proven to help close the critical health inequity of homeless individuals living without healthcare. Healthy People 2020 define a health disparity as, “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage.” (Disparities, para 6, 2015). This includes individuals having access to safe housing, culturally aware health care professionals and the opportunity to have health insurance. Therefore, there is a clear rationale for the Operation Safety Net program to be assisting people in Pittsburgh experiencing these inequities.

As I walk down Main Street of my hometown, I peer into the darkened windows of the numerous empty buildings. Not so long ago, Rutherfordton, North Carolina was a bustling little mill town; everyone and their mother had a job working at the local textile mills. Now, since the textile companies moved overseas in the WHATYEAR, the town’s economic situation and sense of community spirit is as nonexistent as the mills themselves. Here, there are little to no job opportunities. Young people graduate from high school and go off to college, never returning to the dry well of opportunities that is Rutherford County. There are a lack of services and support for the underprivileged in Rutherford County, and there are a lot of underprivileged. Parents

New York City has a massive community of people who are struggling with many issues. People today are struggling to find a job, or having financial issues. Other people are struggling with health issues like mental, emotional or

In conclusion, we found that urban areas need a support system that offers assistance to children, families, and senior citizens lacking basic resources. East End Neighborhood House is a light in a dark place. Their services help to reduce the negativity within the Cleveland community. EENH also is a resource that attempts to hold families together by providing sustainable tools for living. Their three main values of Prevention, Community Development, and Advocacy are reflected in all the services they have available. Their three specialized services of dealing with kids that face behavioral/mental problems, tools to help when foster care gets involved, and family reunification give a sense of hope to families going through the lowest times

As Americans, individuals take the small comforts of life for granted daily. The everyday individual overlooks a growing dilemma in the U.S., and goes home every night to the comfort of their family. The homeless population has increased over the years, and continues to grow by the day with the increase of the cost of living. Healthcare needs, and the availability of facilities to the under privileged is a major problem in the United States. Up to 610,000 individuals and families are living on the streets each and every night. All of these individuals are at a greater risk of contracting an illness simply because of their living situations, as well as not having the means to financially afford the cost of a doctor’s visit.

Poverty is an issue in this community. 30 percent of the residents in this community have an income below the poverty level compared to 21 percent in NYC (King, 2015). The old houses are not well maintained probably because of the lack of money. The issues with the houses and poverty go together, which affects the health status of the people in the community. The restaurants are mostly fast food and no fancy restaurants seem to be around. The clinics don’t have air conditioners probably because of their budgets. The phones people use aren’t the latest phones. Some of the phones seem to be issued by the government. A lot of the bodegas and deli stores accept food stamps.

In the United States, one is constantly hearing of the “struggle low-income communities face.” While it is often alluded to on large scale news channels, such as Fox and CNN, and is spoken of on daily talk shows, not very many people often take the time to discuss what the problem with these low income communities actually is.

This paper explores the role of contextual neighborhood-level factors to identify the granular quantitative and qualitative considerations that drive the vulnerability and resilience options in coastal urban locations. The comparative case study analysis was applied to three different locations in the City of Hampton, Virginia, that share a common overarching challenge of coastal flooding but face different neighborhood-level circumstances that shape their resilience and response options. Even though all three communities are within the same low-lying area of Hampton, risks to critical infrastructure, commercial and residential properties, natural resources, and community cohesion vary between them. In order to take the strategic actions to

A small town in Findlay, Ohio has always had programs in place for those affected by poverty. However, the programs were spread throughout the town making it difficult for those in need to reach them all. In order to fix this problem, they combined all their outreach programs into one building in order to make it much easier for people to reach it. The largest obstacle that those in need of these programs face is being able to have the humility to go and ask for help; some people view this as embarrassing. The programs include medical care with pricing based on income, dental work, career assistance, and also food and clothing donations. Programs like this are beginning to have more and more publicity which opens doors for others to give to them. Although programs like this have their limits, they still help those in need at least get a start towards a better life - and also give them something to hope for.

This population is among the low-income and low socioeconomic population in New York and their poverty level is very high. Some of the potential factors that have contributed to the community’s needs and assessment were dietary habits, not having healthy food around, lack of physical activities and less recreational facilities. The nutritional needs of the population was not having variety of choices when it comes to food items and the right choices happen to be expensive according to the couple of people interviewed among this population.

The devastation caused was and is not an isolated occurrence. The impact of climate change on the ecosystem and communities is becoming more frequent and leaving human and environmental casualties behind. It is during Hurricane Sandy where I observed and experienced firsthand the selfless efforts of, what moments earlier were strangers, to individuals coming together as a community for a common purpose in helping one another. While the nation state searched for loop holes and invented reasons justifying their limited / lack of involvement. It’s this reason why I argue the responsibility of the future and sustainability of the city is in the hands of its community (including its local government). It is inhumane to treat this planet with such disregard, we must see that we are as much connected to her as she is to us and it is our responsibility and obligation to protect where we “learn and love, work and sleep, pray and play, grow and eat, and finally die” (Barber 2013, 13).