Economic Development
As Welcome as Can Be
For Manna, the path to affordable housing runs though a peer-support club.
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Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor (more)
Economic Development
For Richer, or For Poorer?
Low-income residents of poor towns are underserved by nonprofits.
Economic Development
Bank on It
Individual development accounts, special savings accounts for the poor that provide matching dollars, are helping people escape from poverty.
Socially Responsible Business
Bridging the Cultures of Business and Poverty
More than 500 welfare recipients have participated in Cascade Engineering, Inc.'s welfare-to-career program that provides jobs and training.
Economic Development
Let Them Make Fish
The Community Culinary Training Program prepares adults -- many of whom live on public assistance -- for foodservice jobs with stable salaries and benefits.