Through our latest research and development, Circles USA is refining the factors critical to building successful work pathways. These factors include:
Circles USA’s latest partnership has yielded a big win for the Upper Cumberland region in Tennessee.
Based near Cookeville, Tennessee, the Upper Cumberland region is a rural area where generational poverty remains at crisis levels, with approximately 16,0000 children being raised in poverty. Circles USA consulted with the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) to apply for Tennessee Opportunity Act planning grant, using the Circles model and poverty alleviation innovations at the heart of their proposal. In December 2021, UCHRA was awarded a $445,000 planning grant funded by TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families); and the Empower Upper Cumberland coalition to end poverty was launched specifically to align social services with economic development into one streamlined prosperity system that includes work pathways to success.
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