Parents Are the CEOs of the Household: Why Cash and Coaching Break the Cycle of Poverty with Neils Ribeiro-Yemofio
Economic mobility programs usually arrive with a plan for parents. Neils Ribeiro-Yemofio starts by believing them.
In this episode of The Stronger Podcast, Mike Montoya sits down with Neils Ribeiro-Yemofio, Executive Director of LIFT-DC, to talk about what it takes to break the cycle of poverty. LIFT treats parents as the CEOs of the household and pairs direct cash with financial coaching. Over 90 percent of LIFT's members are women, many of them single mothers, and some arrive holding master's degrees.
Neils traces that conviction to his own K-12 years in the DMV, where he moved six times…
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