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Philip DeVol, CCDC (6/81-6/03)
has been training and consulting on poverty issues since 1997. He is co-author of Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and
Communities with Ruby K. Payne and Terie Dreussi-Smith, and in 2004 he wrote Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World: Building Your
Resources for a Better Life to help people in poverty investigate the impact of poverty on their communities and themselves. DeVol's 2010
work Investigations for Economic Class in America, co-authored with Karla M. Krodel, applies the Getting Ahead concepts to college life
for under-resourced postsecondary students. A collection of DeVol’s essays and articles was also published in 2010 under the title
Bridges to Sustainable Communities.
DeVol works nationwide and internationally with communities that apply Bridges Out of Poverty constructs, including sites in Canada,
Australia, and Slovakia. In fact, Bridges Out of Poverty has been translated into Slovak, and Bridges Communities in Slovakia have so
far been awarded two European Union grants to further the work there. Bridges Communities bring together people from all classes, political
persuasions, and sectors to address all causes of poverty in a systemic way. DeVol holds quarterly phone conferences with Bridges Communities
on a variety of topics to assist knowledge transfer between the many individuals, organizations, and communities that are adopting Bridges principles
into their settings and developing new levels of expertise.
In addition to writing and consulting, DeVol coordinates aha! Process's collaborations with other organizations to effect innovative, high-impact
strategies for ending poverty and building sustainable communities where everyone can do well.
DeVol builds on his 19 years as the director of an outpatient substance abuse treatment facility in which he designed treatment programs and collaborative
systems for school-based prevention, community-based intervention, and Ohio's first alternative school for recovering young people. He resides in
Marengo, Ohio.
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