Bridges Out of Poverty Workbook
Before we integrated these principles, our turnover rate was 40-60% and cost us $3.6 million. Since then, our rate has been reduced to less than 5% and last year cost us under $500,000, proving that communitywide or regional change initiatives can significantly impact businesses bottom lines. --Dave A. Barrett Director of Talent Management, Cascade Engineering, Inc. Grand Rapids, MIBridges out of poverty brings new players and new energy to the table. It addresses poverty at the individual, community, and structural/policy levels-and calls for people in poverty to be planners and decision makers. --Bonnie Bazata Director, St. Joseph County Bridges Out of Poverty Initiative South Bend, INI practice pediatrics in neighborhood clinics that primarily serve low-income families. But it took an aha moment at a bridges workshop to help me understand what my patients were up against. Now I am a much stronger advocate for change in our policies and procedures in delivering healthcare to those in poverty. --Jane Goldman, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics The Ohio State University College of Medicine Nationwide Childrens Hospital Columbus, OH