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To win the fight against child poverty, communities must have the skills to succeed in a fair-minded workplace. To accomplish this, the organization has created programs to help working families and single mothers and to prepare our youth to become self-sufficient and successful within the global economy. We consistently provide technical and clerical support for rural communities. In addition to mobilizing resources, we are establishing exclusive programs to encourage economic development, financial freedom, and digital literacy. Our initiative supports goals centered around revitalizing communities. This resource mobilization approach is particularly important in rural areas, given their limited assets, current circumstances, and the growing need for access to programs that enhance their skills and abilities, which are crucial for their overall development in society.

Children who live in rural community areas often lack access to key amenities and critical programs or services that help families thrive. For example, while 3 percent of children in urban areas lack access to parks, libraries, or sidewalks, 6 percent of children in large rural areas and 8 percent in small rural areas do not have access to these amenities.

Peaches and Cream Foundation will continue to provide services that focus on rural areas.  Rural America continues to be a source of opportunity for both the people who live there and for the nation as a whole. It possesses substantial natural resources, a diverse culture, and a strong family-oriented structure. Still, in too many rural/tribal places, families and children are falling behind.  Our study describes ways to measure rural poverty and sets out a number of concerning developments. 

This research underlines many of the critical programs lifting millions of rural children and families out of poverty. It truly emphasizes the need to do more. Rural children enter Kindergarten underprepared, are less likely to receive preventative medical & mental health care, and are more deprived of food. All of these things have dramatic and lasting impacts on life outcomes. At the same time, parents are less likely to have received postsecondary education and advanced skills training. This has limited their ability to compete for good-paying jobs in the ever-changing economy. 

In rural, urban, or suburban communities, the road to the middle class is the same: education, healthcare, jobs. Our organization will promote the need of new policies that must adapt and respond to the distinct challenges facing rural and tribal communities. There are too many deprived children living in rural America that face similar educational, social & economic barriers as their urban counterparts. Many of these problems are weakened by the exclusion and limited access to support services commonly experienced in rural areas. 

As the record states in the past, we have made extensive progress in ending child poverty. The organization aims to build upon this progress by building new partnerships, leveraging technology, and exploring new models of program delivery ensuring that all children have an opportunity to succeed.