Identifying Stakeholders for a New Community Initiative

Increase in poverty level

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Poverty is referred to the state of being unable to cater for basic personal needs. It can be measured as per individual or as a community. Poverty I brought about by factors such as lack of employment, poor salaries that are not enough to cater to all basic needs, political instability, famine, another natural disaster, and high cost of living. Over the last decade, the world has been experiencing a change in technology which has dramatically affected the cost of living. Thus one of the main problems facing our community is the increase in poverty level among the society.

The poverty level across New York was at 17.9 %, which was more than the national average threshold by 4 points (Bhat, 2022). This percentage has continued to increase across the last two years. One of the factors contributing to the increase in poverty level in the community is the lack of jobs. With the new technology, humans are being replaced by computerized machines in the job environment leading to an increase in unemployment levels across the community and the world. Due to the high demand for jobs but limited supply, the payments for the available jobs are relatively low compared to the cost of living. Therefore even the employed are facing challenges to provide for their families with their salaries.

In addition, the outbreak of COVID 19 in the year 2019 has also greatly affected the living standards of many peoples. Some individuals lost their job due to the outbreak subjecting them to struggling to cater to their basic needs. This has been evident with the increase in people seeking help. Organizations such as Bowery Mission are faced with an increase in the number of people in need due to poverty levels. Therefore I would argue the government intervene and offer assistance to such organizations to help in reducing the level of poverty within the community.

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