FRANKLIN COUNTY THRIVE

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THRIVE? Establish and champion a roadmap for our community – setting in motion a long-term effort to strengthen families. Create opportunity for learning to occur between both issue and place based initiatives Identify and implement ways to incentivize innovation and collaboration that help to advance the community’s collective goals.

WHAT IS THE VISION OF THRIVE? A community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. For Franklin County to Continue Rising All Its Communities Must Thrive

WHAT IS THE NEED FOR THRIVE? There is significant energy in central Ohio focused on ensuring a strong future for our community. It is important that everyone, including those in poverty, have the opportunity to contribute to our shared success in the future. Our community has implemented many initiatives and projects that mitigate the effects of poverty but to enhance our effectiveness we need all sectors of the community engaged in a coordinated way.

WHY NOW? Despite our successes, we are seeing: A growing need A more economically divided community Place matters Changing diversity & disparity in economic growth Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

GROWING NEED – POVERTY RATES Our community has experienced a historically unprecedented surge in poverty (and populations on the brink of poverty). The City of Columbus’s poverty rate has increased by 51% since 1999. Franklin County’s population in poverty has increased by 56% since 1999. What is the poverty rate in Central Ohio? If you focus on the 200% of federal poverty level - it’s about 1 in 3 people. Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

GROWING NEED: MEETING BASIC NEEDS Meeting basic living expenses requires income more than 2X poverty guidelines We are a family of three. Both of us work at jobs making minimum wage. We earn $33,696 annually. Our basic living expenses, including housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and taxes are $47,239 annually. This means we have a GAP of $13,543 each year to be able to meet our basic needs. The federal poverty guidelines in 2016, indicate that we would have to be making less than $20,160 annually to qualify as being poor and eligible for certain benefits. The gap between the federal poverty guidelines and basic living expenses is $27,179. And the federal poverty guidelines do not include things like childcare and health insurance $47,239* $20,160 $13,543 $33,696 2016 Federal Poverty Guidelines Gap between Income and Basic Living Expenses* for Franklin County, Ohio Annual Income, Each Adult Working Full-time at Ohio 2016 Minimum Wage 2 Adults; 1 Preschooler *Basic living expenses include housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and taxes. Figures include the Earned Income Tax Credit and child care credits. Source: State Self-Sufficiency Standards, University of Washington, 2013

GROWING APART Recent studies (inequality): How have we fared? Richard Florida has found the Columbus MSA to be the 2nd most economically segregated. A recent Urban Institute study found the Columbus MSA to have some of the largest neighborhood disparities in the nation. The Columbus MSA is in the bottom tier of large metropolitan areas for upward social mobility. The Annie E. Casey foundation ranked Ohio the 6th worst place to raise Black Children. Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

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GROWING APART Wage Trends: How Many People Are Earning Wages Greater Than $15 Per Hour Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

PLACE MATTERS Where is our wealth PLACE MATTERS Where is our wealth? Economic Divide by Neighborhood Source: the Urban Institute Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

PLACE MATTERS At Risk Neighborhoods Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

DIVERSITY AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH Economists are finding a correlation between economic and racial inclusion and regional economic growth. Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

GROWING NEED: POPULATIONS & PLACES In Franklin County in 2013, people who are at 125% of the Federal Poverty Level or less are: Younger: 31% of the population under 18 is at 125% of poverty or less. More diverse: nearly 40% of the African American and Latino population are at 125% of poverty or less. More likely to be disabled: 1 in 3 people who are disabled are at under 125% of poverty. More likely to be Immigrant: nearly 1 in 3 foreign-born residents in the County were at under 125% of the poverty rate. The geography of need is similar across issues in our community Central Hilltop, West Franklinton, South Linden, Near Southside, Near East, South Linden, Morse/161 Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

Growing Diversity: Columbus Metropolitan Area 1980 to 2040 DIVERSITY AND REGIONAL & ECONOMIC GROWTH Growing Diversity: Columbus Metropolitan Area 1980 to 2040 Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, June 2015

Child Poverty By Race: Franklin County DIVERSITY AND REGIONAL & ECONOMIC GROWTH Child Poverty By Race: Franklin County

HOW DO WE MOVE FOREWARD? Develop poverty reduction roadmap Create and manage the strategy, resources and leadership infrastructure needed to advance the roadmap Craft success metrics Formulate a policy agenda that merits and inspires communitywide engagement

HOW DOES THRIVE ALIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY? Thrive can contribute to achievement of Pillar 4 (Civic Infrastructure) in the Columbus 2020 plan in addition to helping to further issue specific efforts in areas including hunger, health, education, housing and employments as well as neighborhood focused work.

SUMMARY With Thrive, we are trying to develop an integrated, community wide, anti-poverty movement. We can’t have a movement if we already have an answer. And, we don't. We are taking some initial steps to learn about the work that is already happening in our community and understand the impact of that work on those in poverty.

SUMMARY We are seeking the voices of the community - we want to learn from as many individuals and organizations as possible. We want to develop a road map that will set in motion a long-term effort to strengthen families. We know going forward we want to have an aligned and integrated framework. But, only as a community together can we build out the framework that can hold this. It’s not "my job" or "your job", but "our job."

SUMMARY We don't know what the "North Star" is yet. We don’t have all the answers. But, we will discover them together.

Our future depends on you! GET INVOLVED Get involved in developing our community’s poverty reduction road map. Join in these efforts to help all Franklin County residents THRIVE. Our future depends on you!