The crisis in the schools is growing. According to the latest government census, 40.6 million people (8.1 million families) live below the poverty line the United States. Of these, 19.9 million people live in deep poverty, meaning they receive only fifty percent of what the government classifies as the poverty line. Almost 6.5 million of these are children below the age of 18.1 No matter where your church is located, children nearby are struggling to have the supplies they need for school.