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What is
Poverty?

When you think of "poverty" do you picture a single mom trying to pay the bills, feed the kids, and get ahead on a minimum wage job? Or do you picture a suburban couple where the main breadwinner has lost his/her job and has now run out of savings to pay for his/her spouse’s medical treatment?

The face of poverty sometimes isn't as noticeable as we may think. Consider the following:

While poverty in Monroe County is concentrated in the City of Rochester, 45% of the county’s poor residents live in the suburbs.
For every unemployed person living in poverty, there are TWO working people living in poverty.

ABC is Community
ACTION!

With a difficult economy and government resources stretched beyond their limits, Action for a Better Community (ABC) offers an effective response to the challenge of epidemic poverty rates.

ABC’s Head Start/Early Head Start programs help 1,500 children make world-class developmental gains each year.
ABC’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program provides peer support for families working their way to better jobs and better futures.
The Rochester Initiative for Structural Equality (RISE) founded by ABC brings community stakeholders together to address policies and practices that limit opportunity for people of color.

ABC is Community
ACTION!

With a difficult economy and government resources stretched beyond their limits, Action for a Better Community (ABC) offers an effective response to the challenge of epidemic poverty rates.

ABC’s Head Start/Early Head Start programs help 1,500 children make world-class developmental gains each year.
ABC’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program provides peer support for families working their way to better jobs and better futures.
The Rochester Initiative for Structural Equality (RISE) founded by ABC brings community stakeholders together to address policies and practices that limit opportunity for people of color.