Engaging with Suburban Neighborhoods: What’s Different? October 23, 2014 Leah Hendey NNIP Partners Meeting in Denver, CO.

Engaging with Suburban Neighborhoods: What’s Different?

October 23, 2014Leah HendeyNNIP Partners Meeting in Denver, CO

Increasing Attention on Poverty in the Suburbs

More Poor People Now Live in Suburbs

1979 1980 1990 2000 20110

5

10

15

20

7.4 8.39.6 10.4 13.4

6.4 7.18.4

10

16.4

Poor Population Living in Metro Areas (Millions)

City

Source: Adapted from Confronting Suburban Poverty in America (2013).

Concentrated Poverty Is Growing Faster in the Suburbs

Metro Area Suburban Share of

Metro Poor Population,

1970

Suburban Share of

Metro Poor Population,

2012

Percentage Point Change

Atlanta 60% 88% 28

Tampa-St. Pete

44% 70% 25

New Orleans 30% 55% 25

Washington, DC

47% 71% 23

Baltimore 29% 51% 22

Source: Adapted from http://confrontingsuburbanpoverty.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Suburban-Poverty-Metrics-2012.xlsx

What’s Different?

• Infrastructure

– Political

– Service delivery

– Data and reporting

• Policy Solutions

Three Perspectives on Working with Suburban Jurisdictions

• Meg Merrick, Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies

• Susan Millea, Children’s Optimal Health

• Anthony Galvan, Institute for Urban Policy Research, UT-Dallas