Cheryl Gray and her children, Allonah and Alonzo Hawkins, ages 7 and 9, share a laugh as they sit for a portrait. An extra $1,000 each month Gray received for a year, coupled with money she earned working two jobs, helped her to save enough to move out of the projects and buy a Habitat for Humanity home. [CAROLYN VAN HOUTEN/THE WASHINGTON POST] Hide caption JACKSON, Miss. — Cheryl Gray had sat through so many presentations about programs to lift herself out of poverty that she could practically recite all the advice. But the one she heard in November […]
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