Reports

Master of Public Policy (mid-career)

YEAR: 2023

Brazilians in the U.S. and Massachusetts: A Demographic and Economic Profile

YEAR: 2023

DESCRIPTION:

Brazilians have a significant and growing presence in the United States.

One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report finds

AUTHOR: Boston Globe

YEAR: 2023

DESCRIPTION:

The Greater Boston Food Bank report shows that in 2022, 1 in 3 adults in Massachusetts had limited or uncertain access to adequate food, while 20%

Equitable Pathways to Small Business Recovery

AUTHOR: LISC and Next City

YEAR: 2022

DESCRIPTION:

Using this framework, the playbook describes actions that can be taken around

Improving Food and Nutrition Security During COVID-19, the Economic Recovery, and Beyond

AUTHOR: Bipartisan Policy Center

YEAR: 2021

DESCRIPTION:

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Food and Nutrition Security Task Force makes nine high-level policy recommendations to improve food and nutrition se

Bridges to Career Opportunities

AUTHOR: LISC

YEAR: 2021

DESCRIPTION:

Bridges to Career Opportunities (Bridges) is a LISC program that helps chronically unemployed and underemployed adults train for, land, and advance

Impact in Place: Emerging Sources of Community Investment Capital and Strategies to Direct it at Scale

AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

YEAR: 2021

DESCRIPTION:

The past year brought lightning-fast change to the community investment landscape.

We Can Thrive Together: Visioning Economic Justice for All - Art & Discussion Guide

AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda and Amplifier

YEAR: 2021

DESCRIPTION:

We believe that ending poverty is within our reach, and that we have both the power and responsibility to do so.

The Color of the Capital Gap

AUTHOR: Boston Indicators

YEAR: 2021

DESCRIPTION:

In The Color of the Capital Gap, produced by Boston Indicators, the Economic Inclusion Strategy team at the Boston Foundation and in partnership wi

Rural Small Business Need Local Solutions to Survive

AUTHOR: Hanna Love and Mike Powe

YEAR: 2020

DESCRIPTION:

The COVID-19 small business crisis is prolonged and uneven, inflicting a disproportionate toll on microbusinesse

Small Business Lending in Massachusetts 2008-2017

AUTHOR: Massachusetts Community & Banking Council (MCBC)…

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

The MCBC’s annual report on small business lending in Massachusetts provides information regarding small business lending patterns in Massachusetts

Building Resiliency through Green Infrastructure

AUTHOR: Johanna Bozuwa

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

How investments in the green infrastructure needed for climate resiliency can be leveraged to build community wealth with worker cooperatives and s

Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities

AUTHOR: Amee Chew & Sarah Treuhaft

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

Amid the worst renter crisis in a generation, it is time for policymakers to respond to the call for rent contro

Evaluating Empowerment Economics: A Preliminary Framework for Assessing Innovations in Financial Capability

AUTHOR: Jessica Santos & Meg Lovejoy; Institute on Assets…

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

Empowerment Economics is a multi-generational and culturally responsive approach to financial capability developed by and for low-income AAPIs and

Economic Mobility Services for Affordable Housing Residents Exploring Resident Services as a Vehicle for Economic Success

AUTHOR: Eric Tjon Burnstein, Megan Gallagher, Wilton Oliver…

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

As part of Enterprise’s emerging economic mobility initiative, the Urban Institute has released a research report, Economic Mobility Services for A

Building Communities of Promise and Possibility: State and Local Blueprints for Comprehensive Neighborhood Stabilization

AUTHOR: MACDC & MassINC

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

In recent years, much attention has been trained on Greater Boston’s tight housing market and the increasingly severe difficulty residents have fin

The Arts Factor

AUTHOR: Arts Boston

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

New research on the ways that the region’s nonprofit arts and cultural sector transforms lives, builds stronger communities, and strengthens the lo

Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions

AUTHOR: Rachel Bogardus Drew

YEAR: 2018

DESCRIPTION:

While most urban scholars agree on a generic definition of gentrification – the change that occurs when a traditionally low-income neighborhood exp

Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty

AUTHOR: Congress for the New Urbanism

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

The report, Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty, is full of information about poverty trends and remedies in suburban areas of King County, Wa

Building on What Works: Cross-Sector Community Development

AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

This issue of the Community Development Investment Review celebrates and builds on the themes of What Works and explores innovations and lessons le

CultureBank: A New Paradigm for Community Investment

AUTHOR: Penelope Douglas and David Erickson

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

Building on the concept of creative placemaking, this paper presents an idea for a Community Development Financial Institution organized around art

Cities Alive: Towards a Walking World

AUTHOR: Arup

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

The report demonstrates the significant social, economic, environmental and political benefits of walking.

With Tax Credit Future Unknown, New Mass. Affordable Housing Units Hang In The Balance

AUTHOR: WBUR

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

NPR interviews Bart Mitchell, TCB president and CEO, on the change in value of Low Income Housing Tax Credits and its impact on affordable housing.

Protecting Families: A Photo Story About Supportive Housing

AUTHOR: Photography by Lydia Thompson & Writing by…

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

A new photo essay depicts life for families served by The Connection’s supportive housing for families program.