1. A Project Presented by
Fort Branch Peer Pursuit

3. What Is Poverty?
1 in 6 Americans
Poverty is the state of
live in poverty.
being extremely poor.
Indiana’s poverty
rate in 2010 was
16.3%, which is
higher than the
national average
of 15.1%.

4. According to UNICEF,
22,000 children die
each year due to
poverty.
Almost 80% of people
The poverty rate in in the world live on
Gibson County was less than $10 a day.
10.5% in 2010.

5. How does Poverty Affect
FBCS?

6. Did you know………?
21.4% of students in our school get free meals
everyday.
7.8% of students get reduced price meals
everyday.
Out of the 459 students at FBCS, 134 get free
and reduced price meals.

7. What is the Affect on Kids?

8. Don’t Have the Opportunity
To Get Clean

9. Forced
to
Take On
Responsibility

10. Forced to Live on Less

11. Did you know due to poverty. . .?
Students may act out in class.
Students may wear different types of clothes.
Students may have a difficult home life.
Students may lack motivation at school.
Students may not get enough sleep.

12. Solutions for Poverty

13. Grace House Clothing
Provides eight weeks of
apartment style shelter for
the homeless.
Care and Share
Main purpose is food,
agriculture and nutrition
and focus mainly on food
banks and food pantries.

14. Salvation Army Food Banks
“Its mission is to preach the A big warehouse that
gospel of Jesus Christ and to collects food and makes
meet human needs in His sure it gets to people that
name without are hungry.
discrimination.”

15. Homeless Shelters Food Stamps(SNAP)
Homeless shelters house Federal Nutrition Program
those that don’t have that helps people stretch
sufficient shelter. their food budget.