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Fighting Poverty In Urban America
• Schools• Jobs Training• A promising program that is making a
difference
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The Poverty Cycle
Small or zero income
UnderprovidedEducation
Inadequate skills
Under or unemployed
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Poverty
• Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.
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What would it take?
• Job skills• Education
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Job Training
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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
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Public schools
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Funding for Public schools
• Local funding
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Jeffrey Canada
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Having his second Child
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His big idea
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Harlem Children’s Zone
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Poor kids vs Middle class kids
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Baby College
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Why should the middle class care?
• Prison (37,000 per year)• Paying taxing• Contributing to society
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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
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In conclusionhttp://www.hcz.org/
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"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
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Questions