PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY (MD)

…more than 21% of its population living below the poverty line. Bladensburg has a poverty level of 12%, while Colmar Manor and Edmonston have poverty levels of 2% and 9%…

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Provide Financial Support for Black Workers

…Blunt the Rise in Annual Poverty (Washington, DC: Urban Institute, July 2020), 13 (“The COVID-19 pandemic response policies reduced poverty for all racial and ethnic groups. For Black non-Hispanic people,…

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Joint Center Congratulates Promise Zones Communities

…lingering effects of the economic downturn. Research suggests that place-based strategies such as the Promise Zones initiative will revitalize high-poverty communities by attracting private investment, expanding affordable housing, improving educational…

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