Step One:  Don't have kids till you can afford to have kids.  Step Two:  Repeat step one and keep it in your pants.  Step Three:  Repeat step two until you have your financial and personal house in order.  Step Four:  Don't date losers and have babies with (or because of) them.  Step Five:  If you have a thing for "bad boys", please get your tubes tied.   Poverty and hunger could be largely solved in a generation if these steps are followed.   Or we can ignore these steps and just keep creating poverty programs, hiring bureaucrats, redirecting taxes, and wondering why nothing is getting better.