The problem is good people getting dragged into the pit with/by the bad. Every poverty stricken area has a few good kids just wanting to do the right thing and

The problem is good people getting dragged into the pit with/by the bad. Every poverty stricken area has a few good kids just wanting to do the right thing and get out of poverty. What if we could separate them out, shield them from the negative influence of shittyness and let them flourish? The only solution is to move them away from the bad because the negative influencers and influences are everywhere, they're in the environment, the school, the home, even the media they relate to. A boarding school style program would work perfectly. Or a housing project with verified "good" kids and their families. The area could save money on policing and push that straight to education. As those kids grow, they feed back into the program, becoming tutors, educators, and investors themselves. Giving others in poverty area positive role models to relate to. In other words, removing the downward spiral and replacing it with a positive feedback loop.