X-Nico

unusual facts about cycle of poverty



New Community Corporation

Although community development corporations such as the New Community Corporation will continue to play a significant role in addressing the needs of low-income inner city residents, their promise as the "magic bullet" against the cycle of poverty is now in doubt.


see also

El Sistema

It was established with a grant from the Scottish Arts Council, as a result of an initiative by its chairman Richard Holloway, for the purpose of breaking the cycle of poverty in the economically depressed area of Raploch, in Stirling, where male life expectancy is less than 63 years.

Harlem Children's Zone

In 2008 President Obama, inspired by the Harlem Children’s Zone immense progress toward breaking the generational cycle of poverty, proposed the creation of Promise Neighborhoods.