Harris: Here's My Anti-Poverty Plan

A day after U.S. Census figures show Cincinnati to be the third poorest city in the country, City Council candidate Greg Harris releases an anti-poverty plan. A member of Gov. Ted Strickland's workforce policy board, he says he'll "advocate for comprehensive strategies geared towards building capital among minority populations that have endured a multi-generational disadvantage in wealth creation."


The plan includes: working with local unions to get more minorities in apprenticeship programs; working with "effective consumer education non-profits like Smart Money in Over-the-Rhine" to combat the fleecing of the working poor by check-cashing stores, high-interest loans and predatory lenders; and develop partnerships between the Great Oaks career and tech center with programs targeting high-school dropouts, at-risk students and the working poor.



Read the whole plan here.