Overview

Poverty is a complex, multi-faceted issue that affects every community. One Joplin understands that no person or organization can deal with poverty on their own. That's why we're inviting people from all over Joplin to join the conversation and collaborate together to create people-focused solutions.

Our vision is to foster a thriving community whose people are productive, self-sufficient, and in healthy relationships. We do this by bringing Joplinites together to collectively impact poverty in three key areas: housing, employment and social capital.  Our goals for each of these areas can be found below. 

"Poverty is a lack of thriving and productivity due to a deficit of relationships and resources."

-THE POVERTY TEAM

Work Groups

What we hope to accomplish as we collaborate together 

EMPLOYMENT

Decrease entitlement dependency (by 4%) by increasing access to viable employment (200% of the poverty level) to people receiving services by 2020. 

​Decrease the number of families who received assistance by 2020.

Social Capital 

Increase the percentage of people (by 10%) who have effective and sufficient social capital by 2020. ​

HOUSING

Decrease the total number of homeless families by 10% by 2020.

​80% of the residents within all Census Tracts will have lived at the same address for one year or more by 2020.