Our federal, state, and local government policies and programs to assist poor citizens are flawed. To bring about positive change in the outcomes achieved by poor families, local action is needed. Neighborhoods and local communities are where people live, work, raise children, and learn.
Local communities are the most promising incubators for solutions to the problem of poverty.
That's where the opportunity to connect poor citizens with the resources they need to lift themselves out of poverty exists. Here are a few of the lessons the Foundation has had the privilege to learn over the past five years. E-MAIL US 1. The underlying causes of poverty and welfare-dependency are multiple and complex. A disproportionate number are minority.