Harlem Children's Zone Analysis

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The Harlem Children’s Zone provides a variety programs and options for children that come from families with low income. The HCZ continues to be an organization that is designed to take effect over, achievement-oriented schools and strong social and community services to care for children’s educational achievement that live in poverty. Their overall goal is assisting kids to have the determination and motivation to graduate from college. This goal provides the kids the ability to enter the middle class and become well-rounded, self-sustaining, civic-minded citizens. HCZ has proven that time after time they have the means to break the cycle of poverty one step at a time. Within this research paper, I have dove into the fascinating history, current

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