As a result, a single family may find themselves facing financial difficulties and living in a social class below the average family levels. As a social worker, the population poverty rate (20.6%) is also a concern for the community, where the median housing value is $431,300. People (16.8%) who live without health insurance are also worried. In this community, the other concern of a social worker is the foreign-born population rate which is (26.0%). Assess disparities in this community such as incidence of poverty, people living without insurance, immigrant rates, and prevalence of homelessness and crime rates; indicates the need for more social programs and services to help minimize class inequality and to support vulnerable populations. According to Chong et al. (2014), society must recognize that homelessness is prevalent among vulnerable populations and that additional programs need to be put in place to make health accessible to these minorities. The walk from the tourist area of Pine Street to the poor neighborhood of Anaheim Street was a great learning experience for all the future social workers in the group. The cultural identity of the Anaheim neighborhood is different from the tourist area of Pine Street and Ocean
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