On Getting Out-and Staying Out-of Poverty

Th Complex Causes of and Responses to Poverty in the Northwest

Published by the Northwest Area Foundation, this reader addresses issues of poverty in the Pacific Northwest.

http://www.nwaf.org/Content%5CFiles%5CFinal%20Report.pdf

Northwest Area Foundation's Ventures Program

Helping Communities Move from Poverty to Prosperity

More information about the Ventures can be found on their website:

http://www.nwaf.org/Programs.aspx?pg=Programs/Ventures.htm

Kate Cassidy

"Can Philanthropy Help To Unite Rural and Urban Oregon?"

Ford Institute's views on the urban rural divide - 

"Community Vitality": http://www.tfff.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=3mIa59mF3pE%3d&tabid=93