Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professional and Communities
Bridges 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, INBefore 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, MII 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