Tackling persistent poverty: Three challenges for the 10-20-30 plan (Elizabeth Kneebone, Brookings)

Back in 2009, when Congress and the Obama administration were crafting the Recovery Act, Rep. Jim Clyburn saw an opportunity to begin to target more federal resources to communities grappling with persistent poverty. He called his plan 10-20-30. As the title suggests, the plan is straightforward, at least on its face. Any federal program subject to this plan would be required to direct at least 10 percent of total investments to counties where at least 20 percent of the population has lived under the federal poverty line for at least 30 years. The Recovery Act ultimately applied the 10-20-30 plan to three rural development investment programs totaling $1.7 billion.

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