How can states & localities involve the poor directly in creating poverty elimination targets?

I think a great way of involving the poor to reduce poverty levels in any given town or city would be to introduce establishments (cafes, restaurants, shops) where only the poor can work - and those who work keep the profits.

In the UK we have jobseekers allowance - what if we were able to offer these people looking for jobs, real work in a restaurant or cafe, specifically designed to train people up - and pay them for their time. This way these people would get paid for working, rather than for looking for jobs, and it would teach them valuable skills to be able to get a job elsewhere after a stint working in the poverty eliminatin establishment.

If those that live in these poverty areas are working in such establishments in the area, they'll have money to spend supporting the local economy. In doing so, there would be more skilled workers in the poverty struck area which in itself should help bring these areas out of poverty.