PNG ImageEnd poverty in all its forms everywhere.

 

 

 

 

GOAL 1 GLOBAL TARGETS

1.1��������� By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day.

1.2��������� By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.

1.3��������� Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable.

1.4��������� By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

1.5��������� By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.

1.6��������� Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programs and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.

1.7��������� Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions.

 

Percent Children Living in Poverty[1]

 

 

Baseline Measure

34.6%

 

Baseline Year

2014

 

 

Source

American Community Survey

 

 

Children are the future of Baltimore. Children living at or below the federal poverty line have limited access to resources that can ensure healthy life outcomes.

 
Data Day Score

4/5

 

GOAL 1 PROPOSED TARGET INDICATORS FOR BALTIMORE

 

 

Distressed Communities Index (DCI)

 

Baseline Measure

82.3

 

Baseline Year

2016

 

Source

Economic Innovation Group

 

Data Day Score

4/5

The DCI calculates economic distress scores based on a geography�s combined performance on seven well-being metrics. The scores range from 0 to 100; the higher the score, the greater the distress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquid Asset Poverty

 

 

Baseline Measure

55%

 

Baseline Year

2011

 

Source

Assets & Local Opportunity Data Center

 

 

 

Data Day Score

4/5

 

Liquid asset poverty is a measure of the liquid savings households hold to cover basic expenses for three months if they experienced a sudden job loss, a medical emergency or another financial crisis leading to a loss of stable income.

 

 

 

Number of Homeless Persons

 

Baseline Measure

2,796

 

Baseline Year

2015

 

Source

Baltimore City Mayor�s Office of Human Services

 

Data Day Score

4/5

The Mayor's Office conducts a biannual point-in-time (PIT) count of homeless persons in Baltimore City. The PIT count provides a snapshot of the extent of homelessness in a jurisdiction by counting persons who slept outdoors and in shelters, transitional programs, and Safe Havens on a single night in January.

 

 



[1] Indicators measure populations within Baltimore City boundaries, unless otherwise specified.

Last Published 5/17/24