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Punished for Being Poor

Maura Ewing

September 03, 2015 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

When paying bail isn't a realistic ask of a defendant, many times the person will plead guilty to avoid jail time even if it means having a record. To solve the problem of the poor being unfairly punished by small crimes through the setting of a bail amount they can't make, The Bronx Freedom Fund offers charitable bail funds to those with a bail under $2,000.

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Micro-insurance offers poor families in poorer countries protection from destitution

Amy Yee

September 01, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

All across Asia there is a growing market for micro-insurance, or targeted insurance policies that provide benefits to the poorest individuals and families. As of 2012, over 170 million people in Asia were using some form of micro-insurance, but there is so much more room to grow. Successful programs in India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and other Asian countries are providing health, life, and accident insurance.

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The Town That Decided to Send All Its Kids to College

Alana Semuels

August 18, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Baldwin, Michigan

College was never much of an option for most students in this tiny town of 1,200 located in the woods of the Manistee National Forest. But residents of Baldwin, Michigan, pooled together their money to provide scholarships for everyone, and it changed the town profoundly.

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What Do the Poor Need? Try Asking Them

David L. Kirp

August 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Neighborhood Centers, a Houston anti-poverty program has a simple philosophy: “The people are the asset, the source of potential solutions, not the problem.” The non-profit has scaled nationally, employing its bottom-up approach to disburse funds in poor communities.

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Sarasota: A glimpse into American poverty's future

Amy Kaslow

June 29, 2015 |

Fortune |

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Response Location: United States, Sarasota, Florida

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.

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Poverty solutions that actually work

Lane Anderson

June 24, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Researchers from Yale and MIT conducted a poverty study across various countries and found that aid can relieve poverty if it is comprehensive and gives people a productive asset.

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Cleveland Wants to Make Sure the Next Wright Brothers Come From the Rust Belt

Lee Chilcote

June 22, 2015 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Northeast Ohio and other former industrial regions are finding a new way to bounce back: investing in hardware startup companies. Technologies from improved 3D printers to tools for livestreaming to aerospace applications are showing that not all investment dollars need to go to Silicon Valley software companies. In fact, cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh can play on their strengths in manufacturing and are seeing that investment dollars are more likely to flow to hardware companies.

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New data reveals which approach to helping the poor actually works

Dean Karlan

June 17, 2015 |

Reuters |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Korom

For years, policymakers have debated different approaches to helping the poor , but new data offers resounding evidence for a strategy that works: an approach known as a “Graduation” program. This method offers participants a “productive asset” to generate income with training on how to use it, as well as the resources (such as healthcare, food, loans, and coaching) to maintain the asset while building a pathway out of poverty.

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Upward Mobility for the World's Destitute

Tina Rosenberg

May 15, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Rangpur, Rajshahi Division

Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the 'ultrapoor' tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty cycle by donating money-making assets mixed with cash and food grants.

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Can mobile homes save home ownership?

Lane Anderson

April 27, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Thirty-five percent of Americans will never own their home and risk a rent increase or eviction. Owned Communities USA enables working-class families to become home owners through manufactured homes, loans, and legal aid.

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