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Exploring the Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement
AUTHOR: Crossroads Resource Center and Illinois Public Health…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report compiles research and case studies to examine the economic and health impacts of the local food sourcing movement on communities.
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Building Sustainable Communities: Integrated Services and Improved Financial Outcomes for Low-Income Households
AUTHOR: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
In this report LISC examines the impact of its financial opportunity centers, which include bundled services that focused on employment, income sup
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Low-Income Working Families: Racial/Ethnic Divide
AUTHOR: The Working Poor Families Project
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at the growing economic divide between America's major racial groups, showing that famillies headed by racial and ethnic minorities ar
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Secure Jobs for Homeless Families
AUTHOR: Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Policy brief covers changes and challenges to the
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The Evaluation of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
AUTHOR: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report by HUD evaluates the outcomes of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a program designed to address the consequences of the housing marke
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The Route to Growth: Capacity Investments Critical for Region's Future
AUTHOR: Transportation for Massachusetts
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Brief notes the importance of capacity building in the MBTA to ensure the long term economic growth of the region
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The State of Homelessness in America
AUTHOR: National Alliance to End Homelessness
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report details national and state trends in homelessness and in populations at-risk of homelessness in 2013 and 2014.
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Financial Empowerment in a Thriving Community Development Network
AUTHOR: NACEDA
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report showcases how community development associations throughout the country engage in financial empowerment
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Investing in Integration? A Fair Housing Review of the Multi-Billion Dollar Bank Settlements
AUTHOR: Poverty & Race Research Action Council
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
This policy brief examines the three recent multi-billion dollar settlements reached by the U.S. government with J.P.
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The Color of Wealth in Boston
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at wealth among Boston's racial and ethnic communities to show how wealth inequality disproportionately affects Boston's different sub
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CDFIs Stepping Into the Breach: An Impact Evaluation- Summary Report
AUTHOR: Michael Swack, Eric Hangen and Jack Northup,…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report examines the outcomes of CDFIs across the country and finds that they move capital to distressed communities much more than other lenders an
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Analyzing the Governor's Budget for FY15
AUTHOR: MassBudget
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Analyzes the governor's proposed budget and its potential impact on low income workers, education, the environment, health and other services.
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What Shapes Health
AUTHOR: NPR, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers Americans' beliefs, opinions and values around health
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The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters
AUTHOR: ISP, Brandeis University and Demos
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report provides a systemic analysis of the public policies that offer the most potential for reducing the racial wealth gap
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Housing Spotlight: Affordable Housing is Nowhere to be Found for Millions
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report addresses the severe lack of housing for extremely low income families across America by quantifying the gap between the supply of housing
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When Discretion Means Denial: A National Perspective on Criminal Records Barriers to Federally Subsidized Housing
AUTHOR: Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Sargent Shriver National…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report explains HUD policies and property management practices that inhibit people with criminal records from accessing affordable housing
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Scaling up the Cooperative Movement
AUTHOR: Grassroots Economic Organizing with The Democracy…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Electronic book addresses how the cooperative movement can be scaled up without losing its core values
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On Solid Ground: Building Opportunity, Preventing Homelessness
AUTHOR: CHAPA
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
In this report, CHAPA outlines recommendations to reduce homelessness by increasing access to and availability of housing services
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Excluded from the Financial Mainstream: How the Economic Recovery is Bypassing Millions of Americans
AUTHOR: Corporation for Enterprise Development
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report explains why the economic recovery has not benefitted many Americans and how policies can improve families' access to financial assets, jobs
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State of the Dream 2015: Underbanked and Overcharged
AUTHOR: United for a Fair Economy
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
This report by United for a Fair Economy sheds light on the racial aspects of the 93 million unbanked and underbanked in a way that will help chang
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Diversity, Inequality and Microsegregation: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in a Racially and Economically Diverse Community
AUTHOR: Laura M. Tach, Cornell University
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Study uses data from Boston's South End to demonstrate that communities which seem externally diverse can still face segregation and discrimination
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Realizing the Promise: How to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report highlights best practices and recommendations for affirmatively furthering fair housing.
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Housing Programs Fail to Deliver on Neighborhood Programs, Reexamined
AUTHOR: Kirk McClure and Bonnie Johnson, University of Kansas…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Paper examines whether policy programs today do a better job of improving neighborhood quality than in 1997 when study was first done.
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Unlocking the Commonwealth: New Housing and Growth Policies to Help Massachusetts Reach Its Full Potential
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Housing Partnership
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers policy recommendations to reform Massachusett's housing policies in order to meet the growing need for housing in the state
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