Barton County, Kansas implemented a Circles program to reduce poverty โ€œby turning to the experts โ€“those who live from paycheck to paycheck and crisis to crisis โ€“ and empowering them with a circle of allies.โ€ Circles allies complete the Bridges out of Poverty Training and graduates of the Circles program complete a 20-week course based on the book, โ€œGetting Ahead in a Just Getting by World.โ€

 

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