Poverty Team
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 as well as the 5 year impact models. |
"Poverty is a lack of thriving and productivity due to a deficit of relationships and resources." -THE POVERTY TEAM |
Social Capital - ConnectedIncrease the percentage of people (by 10%) who have effective and sufficient social capital by 2020. |
Self-Sufficiency - ReadyIncrease self-sufficiency as measured by the number of families who no-longer need public assistance by 2020. |
Housing - LivableDecrease the total number of homeless families by 10% by 2020.
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