100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE A Look At Your Community 28 Florida Counties with 20% Poverty Rate or Higher Alachua – 21.6% Bradford – 22.6% Calhoun – 22.3% Citrus – 20.1% Columbia – 21.7% DeSoto – 29.7% Dixie % Franklin – 25.3% Gadsden 25.6% Glades – 21.1% Gulf – 23.1% Hamilton – 31.7% Hardee – 29.9% Hendry – 25.3% Holmes – 26.7% Jackson – 24.3% Lafayette – 25.6% Leon – 23.3% Levy – 21.2% Liberty – 24.7% Madison – 27.7% Miami-Dade – 20.4% Okeechobee – 25.9% Putnam – 28.5% Suwannee – 23.7% Taylor – 23.4% Union – 24.3% Washington – 20.0% *St. Johns County is the only Florida county < 10% (8.2%)

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE Your Point of View Can Get in the Way Statewide44:36 Jacksonville61:16 Gainesville38:31 Tallahassee50:25 Panama City57:43 Pensacola50:25 Orlando/Daytona42:37 Tampa/St. Pete45:35 Ft. Myers/Naples43:40 Broward37:45 Palm Beach32:50 Miami-Dade43:38 Statewide44:36 Men48:34 Women40:38 Republicans55:27 Democrats38:42 Others33:44 White44:36 Black47:32 Hispanics47:36

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE Generational Poverty A Moral Problem? OR An Economic Problem?

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE The Economic Cost of Poverty $1 Trillion in federal funding – 12 times the budget of FL $12 Billion annually to cover the cost of food stamps and other hunger relief programs In Florida, $2 Billion annually to house more than 100,000 prisoners in > 50 state prisons

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE The “Work Trap”

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The Welfare Cliff

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE Data Source: US Department of Agriculture, Federal Reserve, Florida Chamber Foundation calculations Start of Florida Recession: 1.2 million SNAP recipients in FL Path of the Florida Economy

16 mos.24 mos.36 mos. Cumulative Vocabulary (Words) Children in “college educated” homes Children in “working class” homes Children in poverty Child’s Age (Months) Source: Hart & Risley (1995) Words Heard By Age Four 45 Million 26 Million 13 Million

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty Aligning incentives to encourage employment and financial independence (bridges not cliffs) Focus more on job creation and talent development than “generational services alignment” Reward programs that “graduate” clients Measure and Focus Education Transformation and Free Enterprise are the key ingredients

100 YEARS OF SECURING FLORIDA’S FUTURE What Can You Do? Create awareness. Tell colleagues, friends, and members. When they don’t believe you, send them to Create awareness. Tell colleagues, friends, and members. When they don’t believe you, send them to Lead the effort locally. It’s hard to get 20 million people on board. Be the leader in your area…starting with your place of work. Lead the effort locally. It’s hard to get 20 million people on board. Be the leader in your area…starting with your place of work. Join Us. Prosperity Summit, Business Alliance for Early Learning, Join Us. Prosperity Summit, Business Alliance for Early Learning, Policy Matters. We cannot legislate prosperity, but we can unite behind a common understanding that work based prosperity is a non-partisan goal we all can champion. Policy Matters. We cannot legislate prosperity, but we can unite behind a common understanding that work based prosperity is a non-partisan goal we all can champion.