New tool helps Charlotte measure progress on economic mobility | WFAE 90.7
Charlotte has a new way to examine itself and its efforts to improve economic mobility called the Opportunity Compass. It attempts to measure whether the community is making progress on its pledge to improve the odds that children born in poverty will make it out. The tool devised by Leading On Opportunity aims to help nonprofits, philanthropists and government officials align efforts and guide strategy.
“Charlotte’s really great about having different initiatives, but those things need to synch
together, so the compass really begins to push us in that direction,” said Sherri Chisholm, who has led Leading On Opportunity since 2020.
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