"Brittany White is angry.
She is angry that she has to live at HOPE Community, a six-month transitional housing program for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, where she shares a tiny, cramped room with her mother and younger sister, Yolanda.
She is angry at her mom that they can't afford new clothes — or anything new for that matter.
She is angry because she doesn't like feeling different from her classmates.
'I've never seen people go through stuff like this at my age,' Brittany said.
At 14, Brittany is adjusting to living in poverty. She has been through a lot, but unfortunately she is not alone.
Around the Big Bend there are more than 10,000 children, ages 5 to 17, living in poverty.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the poverty estimates of school districts around the country. The Census Bureau uses a set equation that plugs in numbers of family size and income to determine who is in poverty. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty."
She is angry that she has to live at HOPE Community, a six-month transitional housing program for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, where she shares a tiny, cramped room with her mother and younger sister, Yolanda.
She is angry at her mom that they can't afford new clothes — or anything new for that matter.
She is angry because she doesn't like feeling different from her classmates.
'I've never seen people go through stuff like this at my age,' Brittany said.
At 14, Brittany is adjusting to living in poverty. She has been through a lot, but unfortunately she is not alone.
Around the Big Bend there are more than 10,000 children, ages 5 to 17, living in poverty.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the poverty estimates of school districts around the country. The Census Bureau uses a set equation that plugs in numbers of family size and income to determine who is in poverty. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty."