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Coming Home (Chapter 2 of Owning Up: Poverty, Assets, and the American Dream)

This chapter, entitled "Coming Home," focuses on the importance of maintaining the strength of neighborhoods in order to benefit homeowners that live there. As a case study, it looks at Battle Creek, Michigan, where a nonprofit called Neighborhoods Incorporated lends money for home purchase and neighborhood rehabilitation.

December 31, 2002
Asset-Based Community Building: Creating Social Capital to Build Neighborhood as Better Places to Live

Community issues such as poverty and crime are often best addressed by leveraging the assets of community members to identify possible solutions that already exist. Neighbors are a valuable resource that can contribute greatly to community wellbeing.

December 31, 2002
Reaching Home: A 10-Year Plan to End Long-Term Homelessness in Connecticut

This report seeks to address the issue of homelessness in Connecticut and offers supportive housing as a possible solution. It uses the Connecticut Supportive Housing Program as a case study demonstrating the success of the system.

December 31, 2002
Before and After School Activities in Connecticut’s Elementary and Middle Schools

This study on before and after school activities was conducted through a mail survey with administrators and a telephone survey with elementary school parents. Results were used to identify barriers to operating and accessing these activities and opportunities for improving them.

September 18, 2002
Comprehensive Community-Wide Youth Prevention Plan

The New Haven Prevention Policy Board published this report to highlight the ways in which the city can support youth through school and community programs.

March 01, 2002
Jobs First: Final Report on Connecticut's Welfare Reform Initiative

The MDRC studied the effects of Jobs First, Connecticut's welfare program, on welfare recipients and their families. Jobs First limits welfare recipients to 21 months of cash assistance. This system was compared to the previously existing system.

February 28, 2002

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