"In the course of more than a decade of working with the unemployed and working poor in Cincinnati, we’ve found Ruby Payne’s Bridges Out of Poverty the most useful book for helping our staff, Board of Trustees and possible funders understand the issues we confront on a daily basis with our members. It’s required reading for those associated with Cincinnati Works. Dr. Payne’s understanding of the mindset of the poor is unparalleled, and she does a marvelous job communicating why middle class “solutions” to poverty don’t work."

– Liane Phillips, co-founder of Cincinnati Works, the nation’s leading back-to- work program and co-author of the forthcoming book WHY DON'T THEY JUST GET A JOB: Business Solutions to Poverty From Cincinnati Works, the Nation's Leading Best Practices Back-to-Work Program