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Elizabeth Kneebone Brookings Institution
Seattle SF Bay Area LA-Riverside Denver Houston Atlanta Chicago Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Washington DC
Confronting Suburban Poverty Challenges and Solutions for the Denver - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Confronting Suburban Poverty Challenges and Solutions for the Denver - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Confronting Suburban Poverty Challenges and Solutions for the Denver region Elizabeth Kneebone Brookings Institution Since 2009, the Metropolitan Opportunity Series has tracked the changing geography of poverty and opportunity in nations
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The geography of poverty and
- pportunity has changed
Current policies are not aligned to this new geography
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We need a new agenda for metropolitan opportunity
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The geography of poverty and opportunity has changed
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Today, more poor residents live in suburbs than in cities
Number in poverty, 1970-2012. Source: Brookings analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data
2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000
1970 1980 1990 2000 2012
Suburbs Cities
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The number of poor residents in the metro outside of Denver and Aurora grew by 131 percent between 2000 and 2012
Source: Brookings analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data
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Several factors drive the changing geography of poverty
Population Change Immigration Housing Job Location Regional Economy
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Suburban poverty brings added challenges
Transit Access Strained Local Services Limited Philanthropic Resources Change in School Populations
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Current policies are not aligned to this new geography
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The legacy system of place-based anti-poverty programs does not map easily onto the suburban landscape $82 billion 81 federal programs 10 agencies
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Suburbs face additional challenges
Lack of Capacity Inflexible, Unreliable Funding Extensive Fragmentation
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We need a new agenda for metropolitan opportunity
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Yet innovators across the country are finding creative ways to navigate this system
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Achieve Scale Collaborate and Integrate Fund Strategically
Regional innovators are making limited resources stretch further to help more people and places by finding ways to:
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Achieve Scale Collaborate and Integrate Fund Strategically
Supporting smart consolidation Streamlining systems and networks Working with high-performance organizations Reducing barriers Building regional capacity Rewarding these approaches
Moving toward enterprise-level funding Using tools that leverage public & private resources Collecting and analyzing data to drive decisions
How can regional leaders in Denver promote these kinds of strategies by:
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Creating a Metropolitan Opportunity Challenge could help bring these solutions to scale in regions across the country
Federal Place-Based Anti-Poverty Programs
$82 Billion; 81 Programs; 10 Agencies
Re-purpose 5% : $4 billion
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www.ConfrontingSuburbanPoverty.org
You can read more about the Metropolitan Opportunity Challenge and the contents of the book on our new website
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The website provides a host of helpful resources:
Profiles of the top 100 metros Case studies of innovators Tips for taking action Video Infographic
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