Neighborhood Development
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Featured Publications
Casey Connects: Winter 2008
2008
Why is a foundation devoted to disadvantaged children supporting major redevelopment projects in Baltimore and beyond? Casey’s community change strategy is grounded in the belief that improving distressed neighborhoods will boost children’s odds for success. The Winter 2008 issue of Casey Connects highlights efforts in Baltimore and other cities to promote responsible redevelopment -- to ensure that residents who either stay or are relocated truly benefit and that the rebuilding process is carried out in partnership with the community.
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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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The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Survey of Funders- Camden, New Jersey
2007
This survey of funders for the city of Camden, commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, provides an overview of the resources private, community and family foundations, corporate and public funders have allocated to Camden’s revitalization efforts.
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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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Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions
2006
This publication identifies six broad strategies for increasing the availability of affordable homes and details 22 high-impact policies within those strategic categories. Also included are examples of the successful implementation of each policy solution, including photos that demonstrate that affordable homes can be well-built, well-maintained assets to a community.
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Resident Leadership and Facilitation Work Book
2008
The Resident Leadership and Facilitation Training is designed to help participants gain an understanding of the skills needed to lead successful meetings that result in decisions about actions that will achieve desired results.
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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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Casey in Seattle: Jobs Initiative Brightens Outlook for Low-Wage Workers
2007
Seattle was the home of UPS founder Jim Casey and his siblings, who created the Annie E. Casey Foundation in honor of their mother and committed it to serving disadvantaged kids. This publication features some of the Casey projects and partnerships that reflect that commitment, including Seattle Jobs Initiative, a decade-long effort to link low-income men and women with a living wage; Making Connections White Center, which is showing us new ways communities and neighborhood residents can lead efforts to improve tough neighborhoods; and Thrive by Five, a public-private partnership that promises to greatly improve, expand, and promote early childhood education in the state.
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Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook for State and Local Leaders, Fact Sheet
2007
This fact sheet highlights the main points of the full handbook "Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook for State and Local Leaders."
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Family Strengthening Writ Large: On Becoming a Nation that Promotes Strong Families and Successful Youth (No. 24)
2007
Culture and systemic change are paramount to achieving significant and long-lasting gains in child and youth wellbeing and, in time, securing the future of our nation. This brief – based on a high-level synthesis of eight years of experience and research in the place-based family strengthening field – makes the case for a national transformation to a society that visibly promotes families, the most important asset shaping outcomes for children and youth.
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