How to Help a Disadvantaged Kid

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Be their friend.

   Smile at them, make eye contact and you speak to them, don't be easily offended by anything they say or do.
   
   Be willing to help them understand how to improve rather than writing them off when they do or say something that you're not comfortable with.
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   Step 2: Do them a favor without expecting anything in return.

   Give them a ride, buy them a bus pass, share your lunch with them, give them your old coat but tell them it's just a loan. ], Help them search the classified ads for a realistic, appropriate job.
   
   Help them create a resume.
   
   Loan them appropriate clothes to go on the job interview.
   
   Once they get the job, stay in touch with them.
   
   Find out how it's going.
   
   Help them to work through conflicts that arise with supervisors, coworkers, suppliers or vendors, and customers. ],,,,,,, Take them under your wing and teach them what you know. , Remember, when you were their age, you didn’t know what you know now. ,,
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   Step 3: Help them get a job.

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   Step 4: Help them find affordable housing or help them find a decent roommate to share the rent.

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   Step 5: Be a foster parent.

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   Step 6: Be a mentor.

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   Step 7: Pay for a kid to go through work ethic training and/or vocational training in something they have an aptitude for or interest in.

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   Step 8: Get work ethic training implemented in your community High schools Continuation schools Junior colleges Churches Community service organizations Chambers of commerce

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   Step 9: Help them enter into back to work programs

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    Step 10: These are directed at people re-entering the workforce after recovering from a disability

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    Step 11: stopping to raise children

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    Step 12: serving time in prison

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    Step 13: or for those entering the workforce for the first time.

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    Step 14: Hire a foster kid.

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    Step 15: Be patient.

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    Step 16: Volunteer at a local child welfare organization.

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    Step 17: Become a Court Appointed Special Advocate to advocate in court on behalf of a foster kid.

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