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Breaking the
Cycle of Poverty
Greater Nashville is thriving, but too many are being left behind. Housing prices
are rising rapidly, and wages are not keeping up with growth. One fifth of our
neighbors are living in poverty--and 30 percent of those are children.
We owe it to our neighbors to provide clear and attainable pathways to more
stable futures.
Together, we can attack poverty at its roots by …
In
2020
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10,000
tax returns were completed
by volunteers bringing $13.5
million in tax refunds back
into our community
U N IT E D WA Y OF G R EATER NAS HV ILLE
362
middle school students
gained essential personal
finance skills through
specialized workshops
