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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses poverty and Georgia's Department of Juvenile Justice. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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working together with the community, both public and private. More than forty-five hundred staff oversee the various services, programs and facilities across the state for in excess of fifty-two
thousand youths who come through yearly. The types of teens served by Georgias Department of Juvenile Justice include those on probation, given short-term jail sentences or placed in the
Departments custody. Strategic goals include: * Become a premier customer service organization * Provide services that make a positive difference in youth * Become the best place to
work for helping at-risk youth * Strengthen resource base (Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, 2008).
The way in which Georgias Department of Juvenile Justice fits in the history of social welfare and the social work profession is illustrated by its mission statement: "To protect and
serve the citizens of Georgia by holding youthful offenders accountable for their actions through the delivery of treatment services and sanctions in appropriate settings and by establishing youth in their
communities as productive and law abiding citizens" (Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, 2008). II. POVERTY: CAUSES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS When considering such
concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic interactionism theories, one gains a significantly better perspective of how greed and lack of social conscience reflect povertys primary
causes. Defining these particular concepts proves to be an easy venture; putting them into action, however, is another matter altogether. Poverty is to live below the socially accepted
line of decent existence. It is important for the student to consider the fact that those in poverty typically do not have many of lifes basic necessities, such as
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