Community Change
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Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program
2011
This report presents the long-term impacts of a unique housing mobility demonstration, Moving to Opportunity (MTO), on housing and neighborhood conditions, physical and mental health, economic self-sufficiency, risky and criminal behavior, and educational outcomes.
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Building a Stronger Regional Safety Net: Philanthropy’s Role
2011
This analysis combines an original data set of foundation grants for social services with in-depth interviews to assess the role of foundations in supporting the suburban social safety net in the Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, and Detroit regions.
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Responsible Demolition: A Baltimore Case Study with National Implications
2011
This report details how health risks were dramatically reduced through the use of well-planned demolition protocols as part of the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative.
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Summary of a Workshop on the American Community Survey
2011
This report describes a data user workshop, cohosted by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, held to discuss opportunities and challenges presented by the American Community Survey, and how the data user community can help the Census Bureau meet these challenges.
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Melting Pot Cities and Suburbs: Racial and Ethnic Change in Metro America in the 2000s
2011
Census 2000 pointed to growing racial and ethnic diversity in the “melting pot suburbs” of many large U.S. metropolitan areas This report examines these trends through the lens of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, based on results from the 2010 Census.
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