Rooting Out Poverty
(NOTE: The following information is taken from the National Community Action Partnership. The full report and the following information can be found at http://www.communityactionpartnership.com/news.asp?id=397)
Rooting Out of Poverty is a "National Campaign to Reduce Poverty, Promote Economic Security"The Community Action Partnership developed this campaign with input from several hundred key leaders from the local, state, and national levels. Rooting Out Poverty offers five action themes and more than two dozen specific recommendations and strategies to help children, families, senior citizens, and other individuals who are vulnerable to poverty, economic deprivation, and other significant barriers to economic self-sufficiency.
The five action themes for rooting out poverty at the community, state, and national levels are:
- Maximize participation - maximum feasible participation of those who are seeking economic self-sufficiency
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Build an economy that works for everyone - an economy that provides a wide range of jobs and addresses financial and economic conditions of all residents
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Invest in the future - provide the training now to develop the knowledge and skills that today's children and workers will need for the jobs and industries of tomorrow
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Maximize equality of opportunity - facilitate access to key opportunities for personal and professional growth and advancement
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Ensure healthy people and places - ensure access to adequate health care and homes that are weatherized to prevent high heating and cooling costs