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•Interviewees named access to <br />basic necessities as barriers to <br />opportunity for their <br />communities, including: <br />–Housing <br />–Transportation <br />–Food <br />–Childcare <br />–Safety / security <br />–Immigration status or right to <br />work <br />55 <br />1 -Basic Needs Still Unmet <br />•Economic mobility starts with meeting basic <br />needs <br />–Interviews focused on jobs <br />and entrepreneurship, yet basic needs arose <br />again and again as a barrier <br />•“Social Determinants of Work" <br />–"the factors and conditions that affect a <br />person’s ability to prepare for and succeed <br />in the workforce" (JFF) <br />–Existing City and other programming is <br />improving conditions locally,but access gaps <br />remain and benefits cliffs can disincentivize <br />participation in some programs <br />“It always comes back to housing." <br />– Georgia Farooq, Thrive Alliance