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Why Is It So Expensive to Be Poor?

March 3, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Speakers: Emily Campbell, President & CEO, Center for Community Solutions; Chris Knestrick, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH).

In the past 50 years there have been dramatic accomplishments in science, medicine and IT. Yet nearly 10% of the U.S. population continues to live in poverty. The line curves slightly up and down through Democratic and Republican administrations. Why is poverty so unrelenting and what can be done to reduce it?

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