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1. Assess your community 2. Create critical mass
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Addressing the Effects of High-Poverty Neighborhoods
Assess Your Community for the Following:
© Percentage of population in poverty
© Percentage of free and reduced lunch in schools
© Percentage of dropouts
© Percentage of children being homeschooled
© Percentage of early pregnancies
© Percentage of unemployed males who have been incarcerated
© Percentage of homelessness
© Percentage of uninsured students
Before You Start Addressing Neighborhood Effects
