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Ensure Zip Code Is Not Destiny

Every child and adult should have the chance to thrive in a place of opportunity and safety within a caring community. Informed by the voices and perspectives of residents, we must transform communities and the institutions that serve them, remove the barriers that limit where people can live and learn, and encourage more economically diverse neighborhoods.

Idea Papers

Participatory Justice


Jesse Jannetta, Jeremy Travis, Evelyn F. McCoy

Opening Mobility Pathways by Closing the Financial Services Gap


William J. Bynum, Diana Elliott, Edward Sivak

Helping Young Children Move out of Poverty by Creating a New Type of Rental Voucher


Barbara Sard, Mary K. Cunningham, Robert Greenstein

Opportunity Neighborhoods


Margery Austin Turner, Solomon Greene, Anthony B. Iton, Ruth Gourevitch
What would it take to dramatically increase mobility from poverty?
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Change the Narrative

Create Access to Good Jobs

Ensure Zip Code Is Not Destiny

Provide Support that Empowers

Transform Data Use

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