A group of leaders representing Dorchester County’s social services, including government agencies and community non-profits, spent two days with CQIU this week learning CQI methods, mapping services in their county, and identifying opportunities for improvement and increased collaboration. Dorchester County is a member of Circles USA’s network of Poverty Reduction Labs. This site’s focus is on families with young children and supporting parents in job readiness (such as building professional and soft skills, tailoring resumes, and maintaining necessary documents) in order to fill vacant job positions in the area. It was a tremendous opportunity to work with this group of passionate and engaged leaders as they begin to develop a local system within which they hope to disrupt the poverty landscape.