Poverty Center's Mission
The mission of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development is to inform and influence
thinking, decision making, and social action as it relates to the circumstances facing urban areas
and those who reside there. This is accomplished by an agenda to create, apply, and communicate
valuable knowledge to a broad range of audiences concerned with the ultimate goal of reducing urban
poverty and its consequences. Since its founding, the Center has adopted a distinctive focus on the
neighborhood, the fundamental level at which individuals and families are exposed to the
macro-level systemic forces that drive poverty. The Center's research shows how place matters and
has yielded research tools and applications that are applicable across communities and regions. By
leveraging partnerships with national and international organizations and researchers in other
cities, the Center strives to bring community to the forefront in efforts to address poverty and
other aspects of disadvantage.
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