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Poverty is a problem that we can       

together.

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ALMOST 200,000 FRANKLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE POVERTY EVERY YEAR. THAT'S ENOUGH TO FILL A COLLEGE SPORTS STADIUM TWICE.

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59% of Franklin County residents will experience poverty in their lifetime.*

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36% of people in poverty age 16 and up are employed. So in short, more than a third of working-age adults in poverty are employed.*

someone living in west franklinton is 26 times more likely to be in poverty than someone living in new albany. *

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