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title: "CASE STUDY | Oxford County: Leveraging a Community Sustainability Plan to Tackle Poverty"
description: This case study from Oxford County, Ontario exemplifies how poverty reduction initiatives can leverage local sustainability plans to further community-based poverty reduction priorities.
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# [CASE STUDY | Oxford County: Leveraging a Community Sustainability Plan to Tackle Poverty](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/case-study-oxford-county-leveraging-a-community-sustainability-plan-to-tackle-poverty)

 Written by [Leena Sharma Seth](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/leena-sharma-seth) | June 6, 2018

On November 22nd, 2017, Oxford County Council approved a Resolution that committed the County of Oxford to achieving Zero Poverty. This resolution connects Oxford County’s sustainability plan to a goal of eliminating poverty in their community and affirms the need for local government support. We encourage communities to consider sustainability plans specifically, as a leverage point for local, community-based poverty reduction priorities.

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