Annual Report 2004 - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY
SNAPSHOT
MISSION To identify, test and help sustain pathways out of poverty for low-income
people and communities.
GOAL
IMPROVING
COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
Ensure that community
education serves as a
pathway out of poverty for
children in low-income
communities.
OBJECTIVES
SUCCESS IN SCHOOL Increasing the quality of
educational opportunities for low-income children and
youth within the school system and across the systems
that serve vulnerable youth.
LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Enabling the
21st Century Community Learning Centers and other
major national, statewide and regional initiatives to
promote sustainable, community-driven, expanded learning opportunities that support both
academic achievement and positive youth development, especially for traditionally
underserved children and youth.
SCHOOL READINESS (Currently inactive due to budget constraints.)
EXPANDING
ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY
Expand opportunity for
those in, or at risk of,
persistent poverty by
promoting policies and
programs that increase
income security, help
people connect to the labor
market and enable them to
advance into better-quality,
higher-paying jobs.
INCOME SECURITY Increasing the economic self-reliance of low-income Americans
by advancing policies and programs designed to increase income and assets, promote
more equitable fiscal policies affecting low-income families, and build public will for
a work-based safety net to assist low-income working families.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Increasing living-wage employment
among low-income people by supporting efforts that help them gain
marketable skills, retain employment and advance to better-paying,
high-quality jobs.
BUILDING
ORGANIZED
COMMUNITIES
Enhance the variety,
geographic spread, power
and effectiveness of the
community-organizing field
in order to strengthen and
sustain the involvement of
low-income communities in
democratic processes of
social engagement.
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE Improving the quality of community organizing
in low-income communities by increasing resources to institutions, organizations,
technical assistance providers and networks that produce, nurture or expand
community-based organizations or increase awareness of their effectiveness as an
anti-poverty strategy nationally.
ISSUE ORGANIZING (Currently inactive due to budget constraints.)
SPECIAL
INITIATIVES
Sustain promising practices
and promote innovative and
multidisciplinary approaches
to reduce persistent poverty.
TRANSITIONS Maintaining a critical presence in the field of micro-enterprise.
EXPLORATORY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS Identifying critical issues, seizing special opportunities,
researching issues to determine future program directions and promoting cross-cutting projects.
(Funding minimal due to budget constraints.)
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