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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be clear about the income guidelines here. According to the MCPS website, a family of 4 qualifies for FARMS if their income is below $41,000 per year. As a comparison, the median family income in the United States according to Wikipedia is $45,000 per year. So the children getting FARMS in this area are not necessarily abjectly poor.[/quote]

Wow.  I can tell you've never had to try to raise your kids on 41K a year ....... We have three in our family and make about this much, and I can tell you, if we didn't have outside help, there are days we wouldn't eat.

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OK I'll retract this because it's being read by people as ignorance or accusation. In truth you don't know what income I have had in my past. My point was not that $41,000 is a lot around here -- I get that. In my way I was just trying to defend these families by showing that they can be working professionals and make this income and still qualify for lunch aid. In my profession 41K would be a pretty common salary. The previous posts had made the families receiving FARMS out to be all alcoholics and neglectful parents, and I had written this in an attempt to defend them in some way.[/quote]

I totally get what you are saying.  Someone could be an admin assistant in an office and make $41K.  If that person were a single mom, her kids might get FARMS assistance but there's nothing to say she wouldn't be reading to them at night and doing other enriching things, enforcing discipline, etc.

A $41K job is a responsible job that requires some skills.  And yet people in this thread are acting like all families who qualify must be full of alcoholic deadbeats.
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