New York City Center for Economic Opportunity Grant



Organization - New York City Center for Economic Opportunity
Grant Amount - $5,000,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of designing, operating and evaluating Opportunity NYC, a demonstration project of three conditional cash transfer programs aimed at reducing poverty in New York City


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