Syracuse organizations tackle poverty crisis in underrepresented communities
“Local organizations are bringing attention to the impact of poverty on non-white communities. In 2019, Syracuse received $1.7 million to fund anti-poverty work, and yet the poverty crisis is still a major concern in Syracuse.
The Census reported the decline of poverty in the nation overall from 15.5% to 12.8%, between 2011 to 2020. Although rates have gone down nationally, Community Engagement Director of PEACE Inc., Todd Goehly, said they have seen an alarming trend within specific communities.
‘While poverty statistics overall have been decreasing, we’ve seen concentrated poverty increasing in many of the census areas, especially in those census tracks that are largely Black, non-white and Hispanic,’ Goehly said.”