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Download full textMolina, Frieda; Nelson, Laura C. – 2001
The Neighborhood Jobs Initiative (NJI) began in 1998 in five cities (Chicago, Fort Worth, Hartford, New York, and Washington, D.C.) in 1998. The NJI targets high-poverty urban neighborhoods, attempting to connect residents to employment opportunities nearby and in the urban periphery by providing training, supporting interpersonal networks, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs
Kotler, Martin; And Others – 1986
Self-help among low-income people is vitally important. In no area is self-help more important than in overcoming poverty's burdens and energizing the escape from poverty. This document comprises an inventory of self-help and mutual-help programs that feature active involvement of members of the low-income population. The programs in this…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Programs, Business, Children
