Center for Urban Poverty Solutions
a program of the University Area Enrichment Association
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About Center for Urban Poverty Solutions
Established in 2008 as the Institute for Urban Public Policy, a public policy "Think-Tank"; the Center for Urban Poverty Solutions works to advance policy and practice towards solutions to poverty in low-income urban communities.
In addition to public policy advocacy, its expanded mission is to help train and support professional and volunteer practitioners working in low-income urban communities. We do this through community-based research, analysis of evidence based best practices, and culturally informed training for the development and delivery of programs and services in low-income urban communities.
Our work is informed by practitioners, policy makers, funders, community residents, business leaders, educators and other subject matter experts in areas impacting urban poverty, economic development and community transformation. See our Community Partners Page for more information.
Robert Caldwell
Senior Fellow
Catherine Girves
Senior Fellow
Robert L. Caldwell Jr. has been a practitioner and thought leader on the issue of urban poverty for more than twenty-five years. He served as the Managing Director of the YWCA Family Center, Franklin County’s (Ohio) only emergency homeless family shelter, and is a Senior Fellow with the Mission Columbus Institute for Community Initiatives and a Graduate Fellow of the Ray Miller Institute for Change and Leadership at The Ohio State University. More on Robert:
Catherine Girves has been a community organizer for almost 30 years. She is co-founder and Director of The University Area Enrichment Association, which works to improve the quality of life for all people, by utilizing the tools of individual and community empowerment. Her strength is networking and coordinating people called to create social justice; particularly in the areas where disparities exist due to discrimination on the basis of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. More on Catherine:
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