Community Change
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See also Our Work: Community Change, an overview of the Casey Foundation's investment in this issue.
Featured Publications
Responsible Redevelopment: Relocation Road Map 1.0
2008
Involuntary relocation is a disruptive and traumatic process that intensifies the challenges and risks faced by vulnerable families. This guide outlines some of the major issues and challenges to be faced when low-income families and children are displaced involuntarily by redevelopment projects and suggests some alternative standards and practices. This Road Map, which will be updated periodically, draws on the experience of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and others who seek to promote innovative and more beneficial relocation practices that lead to better choices and outcomes for residents.
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Community Benefits Agreements: The Power, Practice, and Promise of a Responsible Redevelopment Tool
2007
This is the second monograph in a series produced by the Casey Foundation to focus thought and attention on the use of responsible redevelopment practices. This report provides a summary of a consultative session on community benefits agreements that took place in May 2007.
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Eminent Domain: Implications for Community Redevelopment Efforts
2007
This is the first in a series of planned monographs from the Neighborhood Development unit presenting Casey’s point of view and efforts around this work. This report provides a summary of the presentations and discussions held at a September 2006 consultative convened by Casey, entitled “The Eminent Domain Debate.”
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Video Toolkit: Making and Using Videos At Making Connections Sites
2008
The purpose of this video toolkit is to assist Making Connections staff and partners in maximizing the use of videos to document, communicate, and enhance their Making Connections campaign strategies. It provides useful tips for any community change initiatives interested in creating videos.
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Hometown Prosperity: Increasing Opportunity for DC’s Low-Income Working Families
2008
This report, from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and DC Appleseed, highlights the impact that Washington DC’s economic boom has had on residents.
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(Brochure) Connecting People to Jobs: Neighborhood Workforce Pipelines
2008
This brochure describes the first publication in a Casey Foundation series that explores a new approach to connecting the dots between people living in low income neighborhoods and jobs that provide health benefits and career advancement. The "neighborhood pipeline" joins residents, schools, community organizations, employers, workforce agencies, and elected officials to connect families to jobs. Stories from Seattle/White Center, San Antonio, and Louisville show how pipelines work.
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Connecting People to Jobs: Neighborhood Workforce Pipelines
2008
The first publication in this series describes the Casey Foundation’s efforts to develop a new approach to connecting the dots between people living in low income neighborhoods and jobs that provide health benefits and career advancement. The "neighborhood pipeline" joins residents, schools, community organizations, employers, workforce agencies, and elected officials to connect families to jobs. Stories from Seattle/White Center, San Antonio, and Louisville show how pipelines work.
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Child Trends Fact Sheet: Neighborhood Support and Children’s Connectedness
2008
This fact sheets provides information as to whether children’s outcomes are better if they live in environments that are supportive in terms of family, peers, and community. Results indicate that children from supportive neighborhoods are more likely to have stronger connections compared to their counterparts from less supportive neighborhoods.
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