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Communities Of Concentrated Poverty: A Proposal For Oregon, Sara A. Chopp
Communities Of Concentrated Poverty: A Proposal For Oregon, Sara A. Chopp
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs
This paper is a proposal for how to address poverty in Oregon based on information gathered from interviewing experts in the field and reviewing literature produced by scholars and organizations that address issues related to poverty. The following outlines how we can best address communities of concentrated poverty in Oregon by (1) Addressing communities of concentrated poverty as well as individuals in poverty; (2) Designing efforts that focus on race, equity and social mobility; (3) Defining communities of concentrated poverty using a multidimensional definition based on the dimensions of poverty outlined in The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2016 …