They expect it to help revive the economy of that distressed neighborhood.

There are still companies that get breaks for moving into distressed neighborhoods or old industrial cities and hiring local workers.

Even if charter schools do open in the most distressed neighborhoods, some educators say there will not be nearly enough to make a difference.

Bill Clinton's advisers are recommending an $850 million investment in community development banks that would help distressed neighborhoods.

Although the immunization problem clearly stretches into the middle class, the rates in distressed urban neighborhoods are especially low.

Most of the parents in distressed neighborhoods like these have Medicaid, meaning they already qualify for free shots.

"If you have a distressed neighborhood, and you do something very small, it doesn't turn around the dynamic."

This leaves many black middle-class children living in more distressed neighborhoods than whites whose parents earn the same.

Gentrification efforts started to transform the demographics of distressed neighborhoods.

Of that money, $4.1 billion would be tax credits to businesses for each worker they hire from the distressed neighborhoods.