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Bellbrook-Sugarcreek
Partnerships for Success
(PfS)
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Partnerships for
Success members adopted a new logo and are currently working on
a website. To learn more about PfS call 848-3810 or 562-5600.
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One of the PfS
group’s major projects is to install a Frisbee Golf Course at
Bellbrook Middle School.
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If you are a student
in Middle or High School and are interested in joining
Partnerships for Success, contact the Family Resource Center or
talk with someone at your school’s office.
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek
Family Resource Center
FAST FACTS:
2/3 of
households with income below the poverty level rent versus ¼ of
households at or above the poverty level.
12% to 16% of
the families of householders that worked less than full-time and
year-round lived in poverty.
29% of people
living below the poverty level received public assistance. (1999)
Public
assistance only boosts (or keeps) approximately 7% of families out of
poverty.
12% of families
with children live in poverty.
34% of female
headed homes with children and no husband live in poverty.
For those 25
and older: Poverty rates are highest among those without a high school
diploma (18.9%) and lowest among those with a Bachelor’s degree or
higher (2.6%).
In 2004 there
were 38.2 million Americans living in households experiencing food
insecurity. In 2000 - 495,000 children were reportedly experiencing food
insecurity in Ohio.
In 2002 the
average food stamp benefit was $81.00 in Ohio.
9.2% of Greene
County residents are reported to be living in poverty.
Information obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and Sugarcreek Local Schools.
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