Serving the Underserved: Counties Addressing Poverty
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“Counties Addressing Poverty: Serving the Underserved” describes the critical county role in breaking multigenerational cycles of poverty. The report examines varying poverty rates across our nation’s counties, county anti-poverty efforts and federal economic opportunity programs that are county-administered. Additionally, the report includes recommendations for Congress on how they can engage with local decision makers as they work to reauthorize and improve federal poverty programs.
El Paso County, Texas helps migrants on their way
Though they don't often stay more than a day, asylum seekers receive care and services from El Paso County, Texas before they leave for their next destination.
L.A. County fends off homelessness with an assist from A.I.
A predictive model pulls data from six county departments to create a list of the county’s most vulnerable population — people who frequently show up in the county’s criminal justice and hospital systems and who access benefits like SNAP.
