Charlotte Opportunity Task Force

The Charlotte Opportunity Task Force, a group of 20 community members who spent 18 months studying intergenerational povery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, released its report at the end of March. Charlotte-Mecklenburg was ranked 50th out of 50 in an economic mobility study conducted on America’s largest cities in 2013, and the task force aimed to discover the causes of constrained mobility and propose solutions. The Task Force included the collateral consequences of incarceration in the report. Incarceration effects family strength and stability, income, savings, education, and housing. As the city moves forward in trying to address the concerns raised in the report, CCT expects to see reentry assistance and policy advocacy opportunities related to mitigating the effects of incarceration on families and individuals. You can read the full report at ?https://leadingonopportunity.org/