Why Don't They Just Get a Job? One Couple's Mission to End Poverty in Their Community

Name: Why Don't They Just Get a Job? One Couple's Mission to End Poverty in Their Community
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ISBN: 9781934583371

ISBN-10: 1934583375

ISBN-13: 9781934583371

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Authors: Liane Philips, Echo Montgomery Garrett

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This book describes how and why Liane and Dave Phillips have been able to put thousands of people to work and help them transition out of poverty. The organization they created to do just that in a sustainable way is called Cincinnati Works. This book is a personal journey, as well as a how-to for other communities and individuals interested in fighting poverty and its effects. The message is strong: * There is a solution to poverty. * It is cost-effective. * Other communities can do this

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: aha! Process, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 269
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Introduction



Startup: An Audacious Vision Summer 1994



A White Man in a Suit



Barriers: Nobody Has Just One



Breaking Down Our Own Walls



If You Build It, They Will Come—Won't They?



Figuring Out the Puzzle



Job Readiness Workshop: Lock the Door



Advancement: The Dilemma of the Working Poor



Job Search Purgatory



Take This Job and Shove It



Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?



Outcomes: What Gets Measured Gets Done



Progress



New Challenges


Afterword


Appendix


Index


About the Authors