October 15, 2009

$10-Million Obama Proposal Hopes to Export Success of Harlem Program

By Suzanne Perry

Editor's Note: This story is part of an ongoing series.

Harlem Children's Zone is one of the most lauded — and emulated­ — charities in the country. Nonprofit groups and government agencies regularly send emissaries to Harlem to study the organization's acclaimed poverty-fighting strategy, which involves providing a comprehensive set of educational, medical, and social services to children and their