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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Instead of handouts with no stated goal, which just invite corruption, the investment should be made in:
1. K-12 support for kids so they are actually college-ready.  and 2. If they are college ready, support for attending four year schools and 3. systems that incentivize successful graduates to give back to their communities

One great example of this is LeBron James' work in Akron with K-12 kids to prep them for college and full scholarships to four year schools (Kent State, U of Akron) to kids in the program who *actually* meet admissions criteria for those schools.

A bigger scale government program is Georgia's HOPE program which is funded by lottery funds and has two aims: 1. allow poor kids to attend school either full or part time (it started with an income cap but no longer has one) and 2. prevent a brain drain out of Georgia by incentivizing kids who could  leave the state (scholarships or full pay) to stay in the state. [/quote]

I'd definitely support a federal version of these programs, instead of handouts.[/quote]

HOPE also extends to vocational school/technical school (not just four year schools) which play a huge role in reducing poverty. [/quote]

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