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  • In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty

    Pam Fessler

    August 05, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Pioneering research has indicated that encouraging low-income families to move to "higher opportunity" neighborhoods improves long-term outcomes for their children. A pilot program in Seattle aims to put this to the test, providing services and support for families who have managed to land a housing choice voucher and move to what researchers have deemed high opportunity neighborhoods. Early results are promising, although questions about longer-term impacts and questions about those "left behind" in lower-opportunity neighborhoods remain.

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