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Ed Morrison · BFD Learning Moments: Northern Colorado and Kalamazoo
November 15th, 2008
In Northern Colorado, civic leaders have come together to develop strategies to find pathways out of poverty. It appears to be the kind of persistent effort from which Cleveland could learn.
One interesting insight: if 300 people had been helped to receive high school diplomas, 570 fewer people would be living in poverty. (That’s pretty good leverage.)
Pathways Past Poverty: Preliminary goals
Over in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo’s Promise celebrates its anniversary and business/school alliances with companies (like Eaton) taking part.
Last 5 posts by Ed Morrison
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November 15th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Another vital component of this work is the Homelessness Task Force taking its inspiration for the Metro Dener project.
http://www.univercityconnections.org/16/Homelessness%20Initiative/
http://mdhi.org/about.html
all volunteer-driven to address the issues before they really get out-of-hand.
[And, so cool to see the pick-up on BFD the same week Fort Collins is named the Best Place to Raise Your Kids in Colorado for 2009: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1110_best_places_for_kids/7.htm ]
Cheers, /cb