Fighting Poverty In Urban America

• Schools• Jobs Training• A promising program that is making a

difference

The Poverty Cycle

Small or zero income

UnderprovidedEducation

Inadequate skills

Under or unemployed

Poverty

• Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.

What would it take?

• Job skills• Education

Job Training

The Bad NewsThe people in these programs had big problems. self-control, the ability to read the news paper. Doing basic math. Get to work on timeif you don't learn these basic skills early it becomes harder and harder after that

Public schools

Funding for Public schools

• Local funding

Jeffrey Canada

Having his second Child

His big idea

Harlem Children’s Zone

Poor kids vs Middle class kids

Baby College

Why should the middle class care?

• Prison (37,000 per year)• Paying taxing• Contributing to society

The results

642 HCZ after-school program participants are enrolled in college

242 students were accepted into college for the 2010-2011 year, representing 90% of our high-school seniors.

This incoming freshman class obtained over $6.4 million in scholarships and grants

In conclusionhttp://www.hcz.org/

"Its not like we don't know what it takes for kids to succeed. We do it all the time in middle class neighborhoods. " Paul Tough

Questions