New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in our nation.

What if... churches were equipped to address the brokenness that leads to poverty and they worked together to reduce the poverty rate?

• 28% of Orleans Parish residents live below the poverty line. 
• 15% of East Bank Jefferson residents live below the poverty line. 
• 10% of all Metairie residents also live below the poverty line. 
• 55 % of children in our city live in single parent homes. 
• 15% of people 12 years & older in New Orleans used drugs this year.