Confronting Suburban Poverty in America

Table of Contents

Foreword vii Luis A. Ubiñas, President, Ford Foundation Acknowledgments xi 1 Poverty and the Suburbs: An Introduction 1 2 Suburban Poverty, by the Numbers 13 3 Behind the Numbers: What’s Driving Suburban Poverty? 37 4 The Implications of Suburban Poverty 55 5 Fighting Today’s Poverty with Yesterday’s Policies 77 6 Innovating Locally to Confront Suburban Poverty 96 7 Modernizing the Metropolitan Opportunity Agenda 113 Notes 145 Index 161 Contents v 00-2390-5 ch00 FM:Kneebone 4/22/13 2:35 PM Page v 00-2390-5 ch00 FM:Kneebone 4/22/13 2:35 PM Page vi ...