High-Quality, Combined Approaches: Illustrating the Promise of Antipoverty Programs

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Two well-known programs—the New Hope Project and Perry Preschool—illustrate the potential of high-quality antipoverty efforts. When services for low-income parents and children are combined, the resulting effects may be much greater than the sum of the parts. The research findings from these programs—and others like them—help convey a credible, promising vision of what America might achieve if tried.

By Arloc Sherman From May-June 2006