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Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities (Fifth Edition) Paperback – November 14, 2021

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When people and communities are ready to address poverty… Bridges Out of Poverty champions alliances of support and helps individuals and communities that are ready to break free of poverty. Rather than create reliance, Bridges communities create new understanding, skills, resources, and motivation. As a result, Bridges is embraced by tens of thousands of people who represent hundreds of communities, six countries, and a diverse range of political, racial, economic, geographic, and other identities. The fifth edition guides communities and professionals who work with people experiencing poverty. An innovative, yet practical, human- and community-centered solution, Bridges creates sustainable communities where everyone can live well. “Today―more than ever―we need leaders who can unite the diverse parts of our communities. When people from diverse places and sectors come together, the result is not only synergistic but also symphonic. Bridges Out of Poverty is the key! It provides a lens for building win-win partnerships with business, education, government, healthcare, the social sector, and faith-based groups to transform the lives of individuals, organizations, and communities.” –Mike Saccocio, Executive Director, City Mission, Schenectady, New York “The Getting Ahead program in my Bridges Out of Poverty community gave me the awareness that there is more to life than meets my eyes, the hope to find and achieve it, and an alliance of support I never knew was possible. Getting Ahead helps you become an active member of your own life by encouraging you to share your gifts and talents with the community. We all have a seed of possibility that needs some care to help it emerge into its greatness.” –Laura DeWitt, Getting Ahead Graduate, Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, Omaha, Nebraska
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ aha! Process (November 14, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1948244497
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1948244497
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.49 pounds
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 48 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars The ideas and tools discussed in the book are great applications.
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
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I bought this book to get ideas for my consultancies when working with poor communities. It offers great perspectives and working tools that would aid in uplifting and inspiring communities to get out of poverty. I would highly recommend this book for professionals seeking to help communities and individuals looking for a better future.
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Anthony Bosnick
5.0 out of 5 stars If you are interested in how the practical is embedded in the theoretical, this book should help.
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
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I've read the First Edition of this book 2 times, and when I saw that this Fifth Edition was available I decided to get it as it was revised and enlarged. For those working with the needy, this book should provide many ideas for helping our neighbors in need. (In the St. Vincent de Paul Society, of which I am a member, we do not use the terms "poor" or "clients", but rather "Neighbors in Need" to respect the dignity of those coming to us seeking help.

This work we do is challenging, especially as we try to love those in need and treat them with the love of Jesus. This book helped me see ways to help those in need that go beyond "handouts" to transforming the culture so that people's lives are changed and they can move out of poverty. "Generational poverty" is a great challenge across the globe; poverty is considered generational when a person's family has experienced poverty for at least two generations. This differs from "situational poverty" where something happens that through people into tough financial times.

This whole book deals with ways to break the poverty cycle, both situational and generational.

This book is not easy to read, but it does challenge and support people supporting others in breaking the cycles that bind people in poverty. Worth reading, and challenging yourself.
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Michael Cunningham
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source of knowledge
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
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I found this book to be very informative. If you are working with people in poverty this is a must read! It gives you insight and knowledge that would be hard to come by though interactions only. It provides a strong foundation into relationships, language and thought processes and rules of varied socioeconomic classes. It has thoughtful questions and activities at the end of each chapter, it provides charts, worksheets and examples designed to expand your understanding of poverty. There are also videos on line and a study guide that I have found very useful. I have yet to complete the book but I have worked through four chapters and have another 13 to go, I am looking forward the understanding that I gain and the insights I receive for this book.
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Subway % Richard Rolls
4.0 out of 5 stars The insights the book provided about poverty paradigm
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022
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Training on deep welfare needs. How to help successfully.
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Ed
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-researched, easily-accessible information on poverty.
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023
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This is my second in a series of books by Ruby Payne on poverty. The first transformed my thinking about those I was helping years ago in generational poverty situations. This book will assist me in helping families in our local community, especially those with children struggling with post-COVID school demands.
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EK R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Changes from original
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2023
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This book is so much richer in content. Tyranny of the Moment, mental model and stable/unstable vs poverty make for understanding and empathy.
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Schlumpy
5.0 out of 5 stars every civic leader should read this!
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2023
The problems government causes that exacerbate poverty are explained here. The detailed plan to help others “shoulder to shoulder” is changing lives.
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bill greene
4.0 out of 5 stars Why Don't Our Schools Explain the Possibilities and How to Be Successful
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023
The many reviews here tell us a lot about the book and the mindset of poor people, but the proposed remedies are somewhat vague and weak. Rather than trying to help poor people, or educate grown-ups, it would be better to give our youth a real education. Instead, the curriculum in our schools seem designed to keep half the population mired in poverty. That is the problem that needs fixing.

An education is supposed to prepare children for their future, teach useful subjects, build confidence, and give them the tools and determination to succeed. Instead, we teach them useless subjects, indoctrinate them into submission, and preach ineffectively about the nation's failings, and bore the majority with years of wasted time. The schools don't even teach half the children the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

In order to rise out of poverty a child need to know something about compound interest, how mortgages work, the value of home ownership, the odds against successful gambling and lottery tickets, basic budgeting, the mechanics of investing, how inflation operates, the need for employable skills, entrepreneurship, the alternative opportunities available, etc. None of that is taught in our schools and it's absence sabotages the future of many children.

One half of America's school children live in affluent families and go to decent schools, but they still need some practical knowledge to succeed. The other half need even more. The latter group, especially those not taking college courses, are doomed to spend 12 years in public schools learning little of value. They are supposed to have learned the 3R's by the the 5th grade. That leaves 7 years more "wasted" schooling. What are they learning that will help them build their lives during that 7 years?

If we could make schools adequately prepare students for adulthood, there would be no need for this book. The "bridges out of poverty," like most learning, must happen at a young age. Our schools do not provide such a bridge for most children---indeed, for many kids, the schools create road-blocks that prevent any escape from poverty.
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