Final Report of the Special Legislative Commission to Study Poverty

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Pathways to

Possibility:

A Ten Year Roadmap to

Expand Economic Mobility

in Massachusetts

About the Special Commission to Study Poverty

The Special Legislative Commission to Study Poverty was established by statute in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget,

enacted on September 30, 2021, and completed its comprehensive study between April 2024 and June 2025.

The 34-member Commission was tasked with studying poverty in the Commonwealth and developing

recommendations to significantly reduce poverty over the next 10 years. This is the final report of the Special

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Introduced — base rate 3%, measured from MA's completed sessions
Momentum -8 14/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 431 days quiet

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