In m ny
children tod y i more chal
lenging nd demandin job than
it ed to be. In th 1, you d
extended famili v il ble to
give dvice, b by- it, pro ide an
emergency loan or red meal.
Famil y doctors, mini te and
rabbis helped nswer q tions
about child-rearing.
Too y, many paren are iso
lated, without trong ties to their
neighborhood and with few rela
tive vail ble. And, with in
creased divorce rat and more
births to unmarried women, more
and more women are rai ing their
children alone.
The economic challenge of
Child-raising have a 0 become
more difficult for many famili .
Young families headed by some
one under age 30 have been par
ticularly hard hit during the last
20 years by a cycle of falling
incomes, increa ing family
break-ups, and rising poverty.
At the same time, the public
safety net that used to provide the
basics for poor familie has
developed gaping holes. Help in
the form of unemployment in
surance benefits, Aid to Families
with Dependent (AFDC), the
WIC program, Medicaid
coverage, and low-cost health
care' at community clinics bas
failed'to keep up with increasing
need. Government programs
were less than half as effective in
pulling young familie out of
poverty in 1990 as they were in
1979. '
YET, THERE is help avail
able. In a number of com
munities, family support and
parent education programs are
improving the lives of thousands
of families and children, accord
ing to a .report by the Children's
Defense Fund.
The report: Helping Children
by Strengthening Families,
points out that family support
programs offer some of the help
for parents that used to come
from the family and the com
munity.
These programs work to
strengthen families helping them
by deal with the stresses of daily
life, giving them, new informa
tion and ideas about child
development, and child-rearing,
and linking them with other so
cia I' services and support
programs that can help meet their
basic needs.
Some of these programs have
drop-in offices or centers; others
send home visitors into the com
munity to visit families. Some
are single programs; others are
part of a network.
All parents, regardless of their
circumstances, may need at one
time or another the kind of help
that a family support program
. can provide. For instance, many
middle-income families may not
need financial help to pay for
o child care or health insurance,
but they can benefit from a better
understanding of child develop
ment and help in improving their
parenting skills, particularly if
they are young parents.
AT THE SAME time, lower
income families may need help
obtaining child care, health care,
housing assistance or employ
ment. Family support programs
give them the chance to continue
their own personal and educa
nonaldevelopment while learn
ing how to become responsible
parents.
In addition to explaining why
famil y support programs are
needed, the CD F report describes
a variety of these programs that
. have proven successful in
various parts of the country. The
report also offers recommenda
tions for federal, state and com
muni ty-Ievel action to help
S WATCHB10
chi ever.
"I didn't com from y' al
b c ground; I gre up right here in
Highl dar" Ball expl' . "I've
j t been very fortuna e. lot of my
frie ent the Iy and I
could have, too, but I didn't. I
fortunate enough 0 have I ther d
mother ho ere trong and ught
me trong val ..
Ball he tri to instill tOO e
val in the yoq people be
each Saturday morning t the
Reggie McKenzie FoWldation. The
nonprofit Foundation offers tutorial
help free of charge in reading. math,
Engl h, ience, foreign language
and history.
"Our om here at the Foundation
just doe n't stop on Saturday.
Some of these kid don't h ve
paren who care bout them, so it'
up to to how them that someone
loves them and wan to ee them
succeed," Ball explains.
"When I it down with these kidS
and try to help them, I bope they can
100 at me and see that they can do
anything they want to do."
THE ACHIEVER AWARD
will be presented to Ball during. a
reception with local community
leaders.
Now in its eventh year, the
Achiever program recognize tbose
who are working to improve the
quality oflife in �n commUDi\i
aero the nation. Awards ponsor
Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Corporation will donate $5,000 in
Ball's name to the McKenzie Foun
dation.
The Foundation, established by
Highland Park native and former '
profe ional football player Reggie
McKenzie, provides educational
and recreational programs for
hundreds of young people each
year.
According to Rob Bethel,
Brown & Williamson's Com
munity Involvement Coordinator, a
key goal of the KOOL Achiever
HIGHLAND PARK
A ards 1 to recognize "u ung
chievers" bo, by example, en
coura 0 IS to become more in
volved in the community.
"When I sit
down with
the e kids and
try to help them,
I hope they can
look at me and
see that they
can do any
thing they want
todo. "
"TODAY THAN ever
before, we need upport and en-
coma ou ndin and civic invol-
vement through progra like the
OOL Achiever Aw ," Bethel
'd. "Without question, Detroit is a
better place to live beca e of people
uch Reggie Ball and the wor
they do."
The Detroit KOOL Achiever
Selection Committee included Rev. ,Since e tablishing the KOOL
J.C. Hope; National Association for Achiever Awards in 1986, Btown &
the Advancement of Colored People; Williamson -has committed nearly
N. Cbarl Anderson, Detroit Urban $600,000 in new funding for non-
League;Dr.R.AustinSmith,lr.,Op-' profit community services.
portunities Industrialization Centers The company will contribute
of America; Laura Smith, National more than $100,000 this year
ociation of Negro Busines and through the KOOL Achiever pro-
Pro� ional Women',s Clubs, Inc.; gram to nonprofit community er-
MatY. Lou Johnson, United Com- vices across the U.S.
munity Services; Gene Gonya, �
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