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A Palm Beach County snapshot:
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87% of jobs in Palm Beach County are classified as "service providing" with an average wage of $12.98 or $27,000 annually. |
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Housing prices have risen seven times faster than salaries in Palm Beach County. In 2008, a person has to earn $22.85 per hour (or $47,520 per year) to afford a two-bedroom apartment. The median price for a single family home in March 2008 was $320,200. |
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In 2004, 1 in 3 households earning less than $35,000 ran out of food to feed their families before they had enough money to buy more. 5.5% of these children went an entire day without eating. | |  | |
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Families Served by
Adopt-A-Family fall into the following categories: |
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Homeless children and their families |
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Lower-income working families in search of affordable housing opportunities in Palm Beach County |
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Working poor who do not earn enough money to support their families and may be at risk of becoming homeless |
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Families in a short-term
situational crisis putting them at risk of homelessness | |
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