TO ENSURE ALL BLACK BELT RESIDENTS LIVE AND WORK IN HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS, INCLUSIVE, EDUCATED, CREATIVE AND GIVING COMMUNITIES. WE SERVE TWELVE COUNTIES: BULLOCK, CHOCTAW, DALLAS, GREENE, HALE, LOWNDES, MACON, MARENGO, PERRY, PICKENS, SUMTER, AND WILCOX. EACH OF THESE COUNTIES IS CONSIDERED A "PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTY" AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CENSUS. PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTIES ARE THOSE WHERE 2…