Alabama Possible Working To Help State’s People Prosper
By Bob Blalock
What is possible to improve lives in Alabama, one of the poorest states in the country? For the nonprofit group Alabama Possible, what is possible starts with changing the way people think and talk about poverty, and believing that all Alabamians can lead prosperous lives.
In a state with more than 800,000 people – including 250,000 children – living below the federal poverty line, that is a tall order. Alabama Possible, founded in 1993 as the Alabama Poverty Project, began laying the groundwork for changing that reality by studying poverty, publicizing its findings and, working with like-minded partners, pushing for public policy improvements.
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