The core of our work centers around our three statewide coalitions: food security, affordable housing, and criminal justice. These areas represent the core of our work because of the deep connection each has to all aspects of poverty. Each greatly impacts a persons\u2019 ability to lead a safe and successful life, and policy change is deeply needed in each area to create better opportunities for us all. Our coalitions continue to drive progress, with a sharp focus on dismantling cycles of poverty \u2014 and alleviating its effects \u2014 in our state. Learn more about each issue area and our priorities for each below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poverty is a complex issue and as such we sometimes also work on issues outside of our three priority areas, many times working with partners leading those fights across the state. We’ve advocate for better policies such as expanding access to healthcare, protecting voting rights and the Initiative Petition process, and raising the minimum wage. You can find information about that work under Other Anti-Poverty Issues. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The core of our work centers around our three statewide coalitions: food security, affordable housing, and criminal justice. These areas represent the core of our work because of the deep connection each has to all aspects of poverty. Each greatly impacts a persons\u2019 ability to lead a safe and successful life, and policy change is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":8603,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[447],"class_list":["post-9768","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n