What can Organizations do?

Support is a key to any child's development.  It is clear that children growing up in middle to upper class families have more support at home and therefore thrive more than others.  Whether from their own parents or from their childcare providers, it is clear children receive the help and support naturally.  If parents can afford the support then they will provide it, and this is natural and fair.  The compensation must be provided on an institutional level.  More often than not the burden for children in an inner city environment only receive this support in school.  Therefore there must be an inexpensive and effective way of providing the further support for these children from the time they are a toddler through high school.  This has been provided by YMCA's, Boys and Girls Clubs, and many other non-profit organizations throughout the world.  These organizations are unfortunately underfunded, and do not have the professional skill required to provide the help these children need.  It is asked of the employees to develop expert programming for their participants when they often do not have much more than a high school education themselves.  The only case these organizations may receive the professional help they need is through the generosity of others volunteering their services.  So what is the solution? There is no one easy fix all unfortunately.  We have to put in 80 hour weeks and go above and beyond and hope that our work will make a difference in the children in our care.