Small-town Nebraska has a poverty problem. Three Nebraska towns have three solutions.

Twenty Nebraska counties had a child poverty rate higher than the national average in 2020. All 20 counties have populations under 40,000, according to U.S. census data collected by The University of Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs research. Now, in some smaller Nebraska towns, local community leaders are fighting back.

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