Leadership
Champion
Buzz Ritchie
Team Chairs
Education: Ted Kirchharr
Environment: Dr. Enid Sisskin
Health: Dr. Debra Vinci
Poverty: Tim Evans
Buzz Ritchie
Team Chairs
Education: Ted Kirchharr
Environment: Dr. Enid Sisskin
Health: Dr. Debra Vinci
Poverty: Tim Evans
Sponsors
Partners
Currently:
212 individuals
70 Organizations
7 Sponsors
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About Our Team |
Poverty Solutions Team is NOW
PROSPER PENSACOLA!
PROSPER PENSACOLA, chaired by Tim Evans, Executive Director, Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, has adopted the concepts and language of Bridges Out of Poverty and CIRCLES™ to change mindsets about poverty and to build a sustainable community .A growing number of businesses, government, educators, faith‐based and non‐profit organizations, and the community at large have all become part of the solution.
Video Produced by Bob Gerold
Goals
Poverty:
- Reduce the number of people living below the federal poverty line in Escambia County by 50%, from 42,935 including 16,918 children (15.8%) to 21,467 in 2020 (7.9%), including 8,459 children.
- Increase to 200 the number of partners working to reduce poverty by June 30, 2012.
Housing:
- Increase by 100 every quarter the number of individuals who have the tools necessary to obtain/maintain affordable housing.
- Conduct at least 10 housing workshops yearly with emphasis on basic money management, credit and credit repair, and basic home maintenance.
- Decrease substandard housing by half (from 5% to 2.5%) by 2020.
- Increase homeownership by 10% by 2020.
Please contact Haley Richards, richardsh@cc.ptdiocese.org, for more information.