Poverty-What is the answer?

POVERTY-What is the answer? Education? Employment? Better budgeting? Jesus? I would be so bold to say ALL of the above. Here are some startling stats for you!

Pray and ask the Lord for guidance on what you need to do to help alleviate hunger in the Greater Montgomery County.

Scripture says this:
Isaiah 58:10 "If you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday".

Hunger Related Statistics in Montgomery/Lowndes County AL 2013

1. 23.2% of Montgomerians live at or below the poverty level. It was 17% in 2006. (The poverty level is an annual income of $23,550 or below for a family of 4 according to US Dept of Health and Human Services)
2. Poverty rate for all persons in Lowndes County is 27%.
3. 33.9% of children in Montgomery County live in poverty and 10.8% of adults over 65.
4. 72.9% of children in Montgomery County public schools receive free or reduced school lunches. In Lowndes County,that figure is 98%.
5. There are approximately 487 homeless persons in Montgomery, Lowndes, Elmore and Bullock counties.

Statistics from Alabama Possible, Birmingham, AL www.alabamapossible.org