Our Purpose

Create community conversation and action to address economic mobility and drive change in economic outcomes for Fayetteville & Cumberland County Residents.

Click Here to read our letter of recommendations for the American Rescue Plan.

Click Here to download our Comprehensive Action Plan

Click Here to view a powerpoint presentation Adam Svolto gave on 1/23 for NAACP – Fayetteville Branch on local and federal funds!

Cynthia Wilson: Information access and focus on recovery are keys to helping community cope with COVID-19

COVID-19 has indeed brought into sharp relief the precariousness of so many families living in or near poverty in Fayetteville and Cumberland County. How about murals as a way of sharing COVID-19 safe...

May 26, 2020

Letter to Elected Officials

Here is a copy of the letter that was sent to elected officials across Cumberland County on behalf of the Pathways For Prosperity Coalition. In the spirit of partnership, we shared a list of ...

May 5, 2020

Our View: Tier 1

No need to shed a tear for our county’s revised tier. It may help us. Still, it was hard to be anything but startled by the news that the state’s economic rating for Cumberland County had slipped ...

December 12, 2018

1 in 4 Children live in poverty
18% odds that a child born into poverty will likely end up worse off than parents
18th out of 2,478 one of the worst U.S. counties in helping poor children up the income ladder
42.9% of Single Mothers Live In Poverty