| The Jefferson Area Child Health Partnership (CHIP) staff work every day with low income families. They help these families connect with needed services in our community. Some of the staff members are low income themselves, and they understand the challenges of trying to be a good parent when facing ongoing financial challenges. Compassionate and committed, the CHIP staff advocates strongly for their clients.In this podcast, they talk about the baby steps, support networks and knowledge people need to pull themselves out of poverty. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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Aug 172007
| The Jefferson Area Child Health Partnership (CHIP) staff work every day with low income families. They help these families connect with needed services in our community. Some of the staff members are low income themselves, and they understand the challenges of trying to be a good parent when facing ongoing financial challenges. Compassionate and committed, the CHIP staff advocates strongly for their clients. In this podcast, they share some of their experiences. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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| In this segment, we listen to two teenaged mothers share their lives, hopes and dreams for themselves and their children. The FOCUS Women’s Resource Center operates Teensight, a mentoring and education program for at-risk youth; a program that has made a difference for these teens. Teensight Director Maureen Burkhill talks about the program’s services in the area since 1988. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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| Hakim admits he’s made some mistakes. Mistakes and bad choices are what paved the path to the homelessness he faces today. A guest of PACEM, Hakim had just returned to the Charlottesville area expecting to have a home and found, as he said, “that was not true.â€Â
Listen to Hakim share his definition of home and his determination to find a better future. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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| When Dr. Greg Gelburd decided to open his own practice, he chose to offer a sliding-fee scale option for people not covered by health insurance. He struggled to find a lender for his practice because of this choice, but was able to find a way to do cover start-up costs in spite of that. Dr. Gelburd not only shows his compassion in his practice, he also regularly volunteers his time in medically underserved areas such as Honduras and New Orleans. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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| Between the two of them, Kathy Ralston, director of Albemarle County Department of Social Services, and Buz Cox, director of Charlottesville Department of Social Services, they have many years of experience serving the community. In this segment, they share the history of public assistance in Virginia, define economic insecurity in our community and provide some recommendations of how people can take steps to escape poverty. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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Jul 062007
| Jamie lives with her children and husband in transitional housing in Charlottesville. She provides an insightful perspective on living homeless on the streets of our city, the effect rage and depression has had on her family’s economic situation and her priorities as a mother living in poverty. This interview, full of hope for the future and perspectives on local resources, highlights the experience of one family’s struggle from a mother’s point-of-view. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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| Charles Martin, the executive director of Urban Vision, discusses some of the programs and services available to people in low-income Charlottesville neighborhoods. Urban Vision has provided direct services to more than 75 percent of the 150 housing units at Friendship Court, a federally subsidized neighborhood in Charlottesville. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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Sister Helen Prejean began her prison ministry in 1981, dedicating her life to the poor of New Orleans. In 1993, she wrote Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and later became an Oscar nominated film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. On April 26, Sister Helen spoke at St Thomas Aquinas church in Charlottesville. She is introduced by Father Brian Mulcahey.
| This compelling interview with Martha, an immigrant to the Charlottesville area from Mexico, highlights the economic challenges our local immigrant population faces including language obstacles, housing issues and healthcare hurdles. Martha’s comments about work ethic and family are especially intuitive. Produced by Voices of Poverty. |
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Becky Weybright of the Community Children’s Dental Center and Joe Hughes of the Charlottesville Fire Department join Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about Voices of Poverty. That’s a locally produced podcast website that features interviews with people who are in poverty, and those who work to give them a helping hand. The project was part of the 2006 Class of Leadership Charlottesville.
A large number of the people who seek care at the University of Virginia Medical Center live in poverty. A new partnership with the U.Va law school and the Legal Aid Justice Center will help with legal issues that keep those patients on the fringes of society.
Under the U.Va Family Law Advocacy Project, doctors can refer patients to the Legal Aid Justice Center if they feel their medical needs are being affected by a legal problem. Thanks to a grant from the Jessie Ball DuPont Foundation, the project was able to hire a full-time staff attorney to deal with the case load.
 Dr. Diane Pappas, left, and Assistant Dean Kimberly Emery co-founded the Family Advocacy Program. |
I recently spoke with U.Va pediatrician Diane Pappas, Assistant U.Va Law School Dean Kimberly Emery, and attorney Christianne Quieroz about the program, which has also just received an additional grant from the Burford Liemenstoll Foundation.
This piece originally aired on WVTF Public Radio.
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