In its January-February 2019 newsletter, the NCEO will unveil research that examines the impact of ESOPs on distressed communities as defined by the Distressed Communities Index created by the Economic Innovation Group. Fifty million people live in the 5,177 ZIP codes identified as distressed, and ESOPs in those ZIP codes employ over 150,000 people and made over $400 million in ESOP contributions during 2015. Stay tuned for more!