Fortune
29 June 2015
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Sarasota, Florida, United States
In Sarasota, Florida, residents invested in change contend that for the poor to move beyond survival mode and break a multi-generational cycle, they need a wraparound strategy, rather than one-off or isolated services. The community is slowly growing programs like the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, which helps to fund and support comprehensive programs that build sustainable change. This article explores solutions being pursued by the county from job training for adults to after school support for students.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/the-benefits-of-cash-without-conditions
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
28 August 2013
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Conditional cash transfers – giving the poor money if they do things that will make their children less poor, such as keep them in school – are the world’s most successful and widespread social program. Could it be possible, however, that the conditions aren’t necessary – just giving the poor money works just as well? In some circumstances, the answer seems to be yes.
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/big-ideas-in-social-change-2014
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
11 December 2014
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A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.
https://medium.com/bright/cultivating-a-new-immigrant-narrative-8273de03537d
Diana Prichard
Bright Magazine
27 April 2015
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Half of U.S. farm workers are Hispanic, but few make it to leadership positions. A historically white non-profit, FFA, is creating equal education programs in California to increase leadership opportunities for minorities in agriculture.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/dropouts-flooding-kentrsquos-second-chance-igrad-school
Claudia Rowe
The Seattle Times
12 January 2014
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Cities save money and help kids by connecting them with diploma programs. In Washington, iGrad is helping students do just this – and seeing results.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/the-system-when-it-works
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
26 March 2014
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Government benefits to aid the poor are frequently left unclaimed, leaving children hungry, young people unable to finish school, and opportunities for stable housing and preventative health care unused. New York City-based program Single Stop connects people to benefits for which they may be eligible. Importantly, Single Stop has served community colleges where disadvantaged students can use the assistance to help get through school.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/06/13/191427746/nudging-detroit-program-doubles-food-stamp-bucks-in-grocery-stores
Eliza Barclay
NPR
14 June 2013
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Organizations in Detroit are piloting a program to apply food stamp credits in grocery stores towards the purchase of nutritious produce, in order to increase access to healthy items. The initiative can also help the local economy prosper through increased promotion of locally grown produce.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/out-of-poverty-family-style
David Bornstein
The New York Times
14 July 2011
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A non-traditional program called the Family Independence Initiative (F.I.I.), uses a radically different approach from the traditional American social service model to empower entire families alleviate themselves from poverty. The results in multiple states thus far have been so striking, that this model of self-sufficiency may be able to have a significant impact reducing poverty nationwide.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/how-to-feed-the-hungry-faster
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
1 November 2011
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America is the world’s main supplier of food aid to impoverished countries; however, food aid has the problems of long-distance transportation, the cost of the transportation and storage, and the navigation through dangerous zones. Different programs around the world are experimenting with alternative forms of aid, including vouchers and cash for work.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865618836/What-can-we-learn-from-a-town-that-beat-poverty.html
Lane Anderson
Deseret News
5 January 2015
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In a pilot program in a Canadian city, the working poor were given monthly cash supplements to their income. The recipients did not stop working and were able to access opportunities to make a better living long term.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/helping-the-worlds-poorest-for-a-change
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
7 January 2011
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This is a column on an important new development program in use in at least 40 developing countries: give the poor cash payments, contingent on their use of health clinics and their children’s school attendance, to help break the cycle of poverty.
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