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The Time is Now: The $5.9 Billion Case for Massachusetts Health Equity Reform
AUTHOR: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation…
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care access, quality, and outcomes have been well documented in Massachusetts and across the country.
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NHPF Survey Compendium
AUTHOR: The NHP Foundation
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NHPF is a foremost thought leader in identifying affordable housing issues.
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The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
AUTHOR: The National Low Income Housing Coalition
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Essential Shifts for a Thriving Nonprofit Sector
AUTHOR: Third Sector New England
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Based on a survey of nonprofit leaders, report makes recommendations for how nonprofits need to change to remain relevant and strong in the future
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The Power of Us: Amplifying AAPI Visibility & Belonging
AUTHOR: The Boston Foundation
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Millennials are Driving Less than Previous Generations
AUTHOR: MASSPIRG
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So why are our leaders relying on outdated assumptions to shape our transportation policies?
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Poverty and Race Through a Belongingness Lens
AUTHOR: John A. Powell, Northwest Area Foundation
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This paper is about how to address poverty in the United States.
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#TalkPoverty National Toolkit
AUTHOR: Center for American Progress Action Fund
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This toolkit provides several resources to help you take action with the media, other advocates, and your elected officials around the 50th
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Concentration of Poverty in the New Millenium
AUTHOR: Rutgers Center for Urban Research and Education…
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This issue brief uses data from three waves of the American Community Survey (ACS) five-year census tract files to examine the resurgence
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Sustainable Development Principles
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall care for the built and natural environment by promoting sustainable developmentthrough integrated energy an
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Impact of Affordable Housing on Families and Communities
AUTHOR: Enterprise
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A review of the evidence base.
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Bending the Cost Curve
AUTHOR: Urban Land Institute, Enterprise, Terwilliger Center…
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Solutions to Expand the Supply of Affordable Rentals
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Microenterprise Development as Job Creation
AUTHOR: Big Ideas for Jobs
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Microenterprise development is a strategy with at least a 25-year history in the United States.
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Latinos in Rural Areas of Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Phillip Granberry, Rodolfo R. Vega, Florita Coto…
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The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in the US
AUTHOR: UCLA
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This paper tests the common belief that subsidized housing contributes to higher crime rates.
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Local & Regional Census Information - made easy!
AUTHOR: New England City Data
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The tool uses 2000 and 2009 census data to compare the demographic characteristics of lower-income and higher-income neighborhoods within
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2026 Massachusetts Financial Wellbeing Scorecard
AUTHOR: The Office of Economic Empowerment
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Strategic Philanthropy
AUTHOR: Asset Funders Network
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This paper illuminates why assets matter and how foundations across sectors are investing in asset building for greater collective i
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