Friday, September 28, 2012

Blog 5, FAMILY SERVICE INC INTRODUCES NEW PROGRAM


The name of the article that I read was called “FAMILY SERVICE INC INTRODUCES NEW PROGRAM.” This article was about the organization Family Services, who helps families deal with poverty. This organization came up with a new program that would help these families in a better way. The name of the program that they came up with is Family Advocacy. This program was established to give these families the tools, that they need to live a better life. This is a way to help these families help themselves. They do this by giving each family a counselor. Family Services will council more than 20 dozen families. The executive director of the Family Services talked about the importance of education. He said “Education starts from when you are a child, and that they help the families to protect their children by doing this.” They also want to educate people by helping them get their GED's. They said, that one of the problems with this is transportation. One solution to this would be to build more offices to have classes at. Other tools that they give to the families are things, such as ways to balance a check book, how to talk to people, and using people as resources. With this program, they plan to help over 30 families in the first year. This program starts in January of 2013.
This organization has been serving families since 1906, which is outstanding in itself. I really like this program, that they are about to start. Families that are in these situations, such as poverty, need the right tools to help them help themselves. I believe if you educate these people and give them the tools to live a productive life, there would be less families living in bad circumstances. It is a good thing that this organization is starting such a good program. Hopefully this program will lead other organizations to do the same thing as well.



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