Discussion:
What does it mean to live below the poverty level? Determine the income for a family of four living in poverty. Be sure your response identifies income levels for poverty based on current U.S. National averages.
Describe and analyze such a family’s total monetary needs to live one week, including housing expenses, food, childcare, transportation, and all other possible expenses.
Imagine one of the children becomes ill on Wednesday, requiring medical expenses and three days of lost wages for one parent (roughly 100% of the total weekly budget). Explain the consequences for the family, including consequences for the family’s budget and lifestyle. Discuss how they obtain food and cover the various expenses associated with day-to-day living and maintenance of well-being. Suggest one or two human services that might be put in place to serve needs such as those described in the scenario.
Institution Writing Guidelines 300-400 LVL
Purpose: The Institution Writing Guidelines (IWG) exist to simplify student writing requirements and instructor grading, clarify and standardize writing expectations, focus instructor grading and student effort on content, and gradually introduce students to more complex and restrictive writing guidelines over time.
Below you will find the detailed information for your 300 and 400 level courses:
· Formatting (Specific to 300-400 level courses)
· Grammar/Spelling
· Sources (Specific to 300-400 level courses)
· Plagiarism
Formatting
· The top of the paper needs:
– Student name
– Date of submission or writing
– Course name
-Title of the paper
· It is recommended the paper identification information be placed at the top right. What matters is the information is present. Example:
· The paper should be set with one-inch margins all around
· 12-point font sans serif or serif, no decorative fonts. Recommended—but not mandatory—fonts include: Serif family (Times New Roman, Book Antiqua, Minion Pro), Sans Serif family (Calibri, Arial, Verdana)
· Double spacing lines is required
Grammar/Spelling
· General spelling, grammar, and punctuation expectations apply. The focus of the writing must address the issues raised by the prompt, emphasized in the rubric, and the learning objective(s) covered by the writing task
– The serial comma is expected (example: word, word, word, and word)
– Double-spacing after sentences is discouraged
Sources
· Students are expected to use citations, including in-text citations as needed. The guidelines are:
– In Text
· The Author, Year, page number (for quotes) format. Ex: (Doe, 2016, pp. 23-25)
· Sentence punctuation follows the in-text citation
– Reference Citation
· Example 1: Martinez, A. (2016). The way things should be. Harper.
· Example 2: Martinez. (2016). The way things should be. Retrieved, March 4, 2018, from https://worldswisdom.com
· References are not to be graded on punctuation, italics, inclusion of initials, date format, etc. Grading for references will focus on the required basic elements not the presentation of the elements.
· Rubrics will be followed and the focus remains on content, not style