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Poverty and longterm unemployment often means living day to day in a state of crisis — the focus is always on survival and that day’s emergency.
The York Daily Record in York, Penn., recently published a three-part series, “Path From Poverty,” about dealing with poverty and longterm unemployment.
York County, highlighted in red, was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster County and named either for the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and shire of York in England. Its county seat is the city of York
Path From Poverty
About this series
In York County, (Penn.) about one in 10 people doesn’t have or make enough money to meet basic living needs without help. Even a steady job isn’t always the answer, and a single setback can derail the most promising progress. “Path from Poverty” explores people working to escape poverty in different ways – by seeking help, by leaning on each other, by changing their own lives.