One of every 2 live in poverty

Posted on October 9, 2020

United Way of the Big Bend President/CEO Berneice Cox (right) was the guest speaker at the recent campaign kick-off event held at the Grand Pavilion at Rosehead Park. She is shown with local United Way representative Priscilla Tripp.

One in two people in the Big Bend area, which includes Taylor County, lives in poverty or on the edge of poverty.

But who are the faces behind those numbers?

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