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Issue #151, Fall 2007 |
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Issue #151, Fall 2007 |
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PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCESEnding/Reducing Poverty: A Forum, a new
report from the Center for American Progress, was the focus of the summer
issue of Poverty & Race, a bimonthly publication of the Poverty
& Race Research Action Council. Contact Chester Hartman, (202) 906-8025,
www.nhi.org/go/prrac How Banks Invest in Communties identifies the specific methods government and nonprofits use to invest in communities. The strategies were compiled from Living Cities' 15-year National Community Development Initiative, which has invested more than $540 million in community-based organizations in 23 cities. www.nhi.org/go/banks The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's
Rural Philanthropy: Building Dialogue from Within compares the
challenges faced by rural nonprofits to secure adequate funding to those
of their urban counterparts. It offers recommendations for improving
nonprofits' responsiveness to rural America. www.nhi.org/go/rural Using data from 15,500 properties, The Reinvestment
Fund presents its analysis of predatory lending on a citywide level
in Lost Values: A Study of Predatory Lending in Philadelphia,
which helps to shed light on how destructive this part of the subprime
market can be. www.trfund.com NCB Capital Impact published Home Base: The
Playbook for Cooperative Development, an education guide that provides
step-by-step information on the development, purchase, and management
of affordable-housing cooperatives. www.nhi.org/go/playbook The Center for Housing Policy and Enterprise Community Partners released Vital Links: Housing's Contributions to the Nation's Health and Education Objectives to draw attention to the important connections between decent, stable, affordable housing, and other key social indicators, such as health and educational achievement. www.nhi.org/go/vitallinks
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