Top Social Services in Pompano Beach, FL 33073

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Catholic Charities

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By Weiner Manoly

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The Charis Center Inc

5.0

By Allen

I was going through a divorce. I spoke to an attorney and spent alot of money and was getting nowhere. Then heard about mediation. I contacted Mr. Schweinler and had an amazing expereince. I know I saved thousands of dollars and the whole process was thorough and peaceful. I highly recommend him. I only wish I saw him BEFORE I spoke to a lawyer. ...read more

The Charis Center Inc

5.0

By John

Having been in counseling off and on over the years, I have never had a better experience. Dr. Paul was professional, caring, and made the most difference in my life than any other counselor. ...read more

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Impacting the Lives of People with Disabilities in Coral Springs, FL

The term, “disability” refers to a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities. It is common for others to call people with disabilities “handicap.” They have their disability for some reason. Their limitation may be due to family history. They might have received their limitation from a family member, or from a sports injury, or an auto accident. There are debilities that are not hereditary; instead they are spontaneous caught. No matter how people get their disability, they are still people. Yes, it may be difficult for them to do normal activities like run, climb, swim, or do long division, but that doesn’t mean they are weak. It is commonly noticed that where a person with a particular disability is weak, there is another area where he or she is strong. People with disabilities in Coral Springs, FL should be given the same opportunity as others without disabilities. Finding a job can be rather difficult for people with disabilities. That is why Projects Together Foundation, Inc. is a great non-profit organization for people with disabilities to take part in. Projects Together Foundation, Inc. has one main goal and that is to create jobs for people with disabilities. How are they capable of finding jobs for this group of people? Projects Together Foundation, Inc. in Coral Springs, FL partners with other organizations in South Florida. Then, they work together to teach the people with disabilities certain job skills that will enable them to apply for everyday jobs out in the real world. For example, Projects Together Foundation, Inc. has partnered with the organization known as ScentsAbility. ScentsAbility helps individuals with special needs learn job skills like how to punch in/out for their shift, how to use a cash register, stock shelves, alphabetize, count money, and how to use a computer to complete a sale. Once the people with disabilities has learned those skills with ScentsAbility, they are able to find jobs through Projects Together Foundation, Inc. One of these latest product is called The Trunk Buddy. It is an easy, fast, and secure way to maximize your car’s cargo area to safely move large items like a bike or multiple large boxes. This product is being assembled by disabled Americans, providing them an opportunity to work and be a part of the workforce. Local businesses work with Projects Together Foundation, Inc. to create jobs and make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities in Coral Springs every day. Those jobs impact their lives. Projects Together Foundation, Inc. is located on 3771 NW 126th Ave. Suite 1, Coral Springs, FL 33065. You can visit Project Together Foundation, Inc.’s Coral Springs location any time during their office Hours, which are Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information on this non-profit organization, call (954) 274-3519. Don’t forget to like their Facebook page, too ...read more

By Projects Together Foundation, Inc. January 19, 2015

Positive side effect from child support

Fewer unwed mothers have children in states that don't easily let fathers off the hook for child support, a new study shows. In what appears to be an unintended consequence of a social policy that historically has been aimed at improving children's lives, and secondarily at reducing public welfare costs, University of Washington and Columbia University researchers have found that states tough on child support enforcement have up to 20 percent fewer births to unmarried women. "What we found is that when men are more likely to be made financially responsible for children born out of wedlock, out-of-wedlock births go down," said lead author Robert Plotnick, a professor at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs. Children who receive child support have more contact with their fathers, get better grades, stay in school longer and have fewer behavioral problems than their peers who don't receive support. Child support comes from mothers in 3 percent of Texas cases. Since children of single parents tend to be poorer and suffer additional related social ills, policymakers have long sought to reduce births to unmarried parents. Those efforts have mainly focused on single mothers, restricting their welfare benefits and adding work requirements, but they've done little to stem the rise of single motherhood. Well under 10 percent in the 1960s, births to single women made up 34 percent of all U.S. births in 2002. Texas ranks slightly less than the national average, at 32.4 percent. "Decisions about sexual intercourse and marriage involves two people," said study co-author Irwin Garfinkel, a nationally recognized figure in child support studies at Columbia University. "But research and policy debates have largely failed to recognize men's role." Plotnick, Garfinkel and social scientists from Princeton and Seoul National University in South Korea compared child support enforcement among states. They looked at eight categories of child support laws, from paternity testing to wage withholding. They also looked at the amount each state spent on enforcement, divided by the number of single mothers. The state-by-state measures were then matched to national data on families from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1980 to 1993, the most recent period available. Using a national sample of 5,195 women of childbearing age, researchers found a significant correlation between tough enforcement and fewer unmarried births. Texas ranks above average in state efforts at child support enforcement. In 2004, the state collected a record $1.68 billion, about 60 percent of child support owed. Almost 70 percent of that, $1.25 billion, came through garnished wages. Texas also ranked among the top five states to reduce out-of-wedlock births in 2002 and 2003, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The state attorney general's office, which is responsible for child support enforcement, is "very aggressive," said spokeswoman Janece Keetch. In addition to enforcement, Keetch said, the office also offers prevention curriculum for middle and high school students on the responsibilities of parenting. "We talk about the obligation to establish paternity," the first step in enforcing child support, she said. Increased child welfare has always been the first goal of child support legislation, notes Plotnick. A reduction in out-of-wedlock births was an overlooked side benefit — until now. "Social policies sometimes have unintended bad side effects," he said, "so it's nice to see one that has positive impacts." ...read more

By Father Focus inc January 24, 2010

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