In the third episode of The Problem with Poverty Podcast, we are joined by CAPNA's Director of Human Resources, Alicia Higginbotham.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has said that “full and productive employment” is one of the main ways that people experiencing poverty can improve their well-being. And, that inflation, supply chain disruptions, the coronavirus pandemic, and other compounding social risk factors continue exacerbating both poverty and unemployment.

In this episode, Alicia talks about the relationship between poverty and unemployment. She also discusses how non-profit and for-profit companies can address unemployment and underemployment to help secure income and empowerment for the poor.

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Welcome back to the second episode of the Problem with Poverty podcast!

Today we are joined by CAPNA's Director of Children's Services, Kim Dodd. For more than 50 years, CAPNA has provided services to children and families that include vision, health, and dental screenings in addition to high-quality early childhood education. Our Children’s Services programs are located throughout North Alabama in 15 counties.

In today's episode, we discuss with Kim how poverty affects early childhood education. Does poverty stunt a child's learning ability from an early age? How does Head Start classroom different from regular day care classrooms? Does Head Start support the families of the children?

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You’re listening to The Problem with Poverty.  A podcast that helps bring awareness to the causes and consequences of Poverty as well as ways that we can look to overcome this issue the problems with poverty together. According to 2019 estimates by the U.S. Census, Alabama was the seventh poorest state, with 15.5 percent of its residents living in poverty, as compared with a U.S. average of 11.1 percent.