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When possible, these documents are provided in PDF format.


Atlanta

"Developing Transportation Alternatives for Welfare Recipients Moving to Work," by David Sawicki and Mitch Moody. Journal of the American Planning Association. Volume 66, No. 3, Summer 2000, 306-318.


Baltimore

Vital Signs for Baltimore Neighborhoods: Measuring Baltimore's progress toward strong neighborhoods and a thriving city. Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, November 2002.
Download report from the BNIA website

Baltimore Main Streets Initiative: Belair-Edison Merchants Survey, conducted by the Goucher College Survey Research Group. Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, March 2001.
PDF

Greater Mondawmin: A Community Survey Conducted by the Greater Mondawmin Coordinating Council, by Earl Arnett. Greater Mondawmin Coordinating Council, 2001.
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Boston

Understanding Boston—Funding for Cultural Organizations in Boston & Nine Other Metropolitan Areas. The Boston Foundation, 2003.
PDF

Social Capital in Boston: Findings from the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2001. The Boston Foundation, 2001.
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The Wisdom of Our Choices: Boston's Indicators of Progress, Change, and Sustainability. A civic project sponsored by Sustainable Boston/City of Boston, and the Boston Community Building Network at the Boston Foundation, 2000.
View the report at the Boston Foundation website


Camden

A Path Forward for Camden: Situational Analysis. McKinsey & Company, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, June 2001.
PDF


Chattanooga

Choices: A Report on Risky Behaviors Among Hamilton County Teens. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Health Council, October 2002.
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Housing in Hamilton County - Part II: An Inventory of Existing Units, Funding Sources, Programs, and Referral Agencies for Low Income and Special Needs Populations. The Metropolitan Council for Community Services, March 1997.
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Reducing Risks, Expanding Opportunities: A Report on Community Health. Greater Chattanooga Health Assessment Task Force, May 1996.
PDF


Cleveland

Welfare Recidivism Among OWF Leavers in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change, December 2002.
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No Work, No Welfare. What it means to OWF Leavers in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change, November 2002.
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Welfare Reform in Cleveland: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, September 2002.
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"Prisoner Reentry in Perspective," by James P. Lynch and William Sabol. Crime Policy Report, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, Volume 3, September 2001.
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An Inner City Health Study—Ohio Inner City Health Profile, by Claudia Coulton, Natalie Colabianchi, Thomas Cook, and Cheehyung Kim. Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change, June 2001.
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"Housing, Transportation, and Access to Suburban Jobs by Welfare Recipients in the Cleveland Area," by Claudia Coulton, Laura Leete and Neil Bania, in Sandra J. Newman, ed. The Home Front: Implications of Welfare Reform for Housing Policy. Washington DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1999.
For ordering information, go to the Urban Institute website.


Dallas

Wholeness Index. J. McDonald Williams Institute, October 2006.
PDF


Denver

Community Quality of Life Conference, Opening Plenary Remarks. Terri J Bailey, March 2004.
PDF

The Learning Connection. Community Learning Network, Summer 2003.
PDF

2000 Census Fact Sheet: Second Edition. The Piton Foundation, Summer 2003.
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Neighborhood Fact Sheets from the 2000 Census: 2nd Edition. The Piton Foundation, May 2003.
Baker  |  Cole  |  La Alma/Lincoln Park  |  Sun Valley

2000 Census Fact Sheet: First Edition. The Piton Foundation, Summer 2002.
PDF

Neighborhood Fact Sheets from the 2000 Census. The Piton Foundation, January - March 2002.
Baker  |  Cole  |  La Alma/Lincoln Park  |  Sun Valley

Improving Public Education in Denver: The Piton Foundation's Agenda 2000. The Piton Foundation, May 2000.
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Neighborhood Facts 1999—The Status of Denver Neighborhoods, by Terri J. Bailey, Alan Gottlieb, Stephanie Nelson, and Diane DiGiacomo Peck. The Piton Foundation, November 1999.
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Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Research: A Study of Youth in Detention in Denver. The Piton Foundation, September 1999.
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Des Moines

Starting Early: Kindergarten Entry Assessments and Addressing the Achievement Gap in Des Moines Public Schools. Neighborhood Learning Partnership, May 2004.
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Justice System Involvement of Young Men in Polk County: Implications for Family Strengthening. Neighborhood Learning Partnership, April 2004.
PDF

Excellence and Equity: Closing the Achievement Gap in Des Moines Public Schools. Child and Family Policy Center, April 2004.
PDF

Corrections and Making Connections: The Impact of Incarceration on Neighborhoods. Neighborhoof Learning Partnership, March 2004.
PDF

Workforce and Family Earnings in Polk County. Neighborhood Learning Partnership Neighborhood Information Service, April 2003.
Word doc

Voter Participation in Des Moines and Making Connections Neighborhoods. Neighborhood Learning Partnership Neighborhood Information Service, Spring 2003.
Word doc

Through the Family’s Eyes: How Families Experience Polk County’s Helping Systems, by Monica Cameron and Charles Bruner. Child and Family Policy Center, Neighborhood Learning Partnership, February 2003.
PDF

Affordable Housing Report 1: Homeownership Issues in Making Connections Neighborhoods and Polk County. Neighborhood Learning Partnership Neighborhood Information Service, Fall 2002.
Word doc

The Dilemma of Getting Ahead: Low-Waged Families, Child Care, Income Transfer Payment and the Need to Re-Examine Government's Role, by Charles Bruner and Jason Goldberg, 2000.
PDF

Community Empowerment Board Toolkit, prepared by the Iowa Forum for Children and Families in Collaboration with the Iowa Empowerment Board, March 1999.
PDF

Reinventing Common Sense, by Judith L. Levey. National Center for Service Integration, January 1999.
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The ABC's of Early Childhood: Trends, Information and Evidence for Use in Developing an Early Childhood System of Care and Education. Joint Publication of the Iowa Kids Count and Iowa Forum, 1999.
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Resident Experts: Supporting Neighborhood Organizations and Individuals in Collecting and Using Information, by Charles Bruner and Veronica Kot, 1999.
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Hartford

KIDSCOUNT Data Book 2002-2003: A Tale of Two Connecticuts. Connecticut Association for Human Services, Inc., May 2003.
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Citizen Service Centers: Two Connecticut Municipalities Devise a Better Way for Residents to Access Local Government Service, by Jim H. Smith. Connecticut Policy and Economic Council, Inc., February 2002.
PDF


Indianapolis

No publications available at this time.


Los Angeles

Community Informatics for Community Development: Hope or Hype? by Bill Pitkin. UCLA Advanced Policy Institute.
PDF

Living Independently in Los Angeles (LILA): Lessons from Establishing a Community Information System Built for and by People with Disabilities, by Alan Toy and Neal Richman. UCLA Advanced Policy Institute.
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Subprime Lending and Neighborhood Conditions in the City of Los Angeles, by Bill Pitkin and Neal Richman. UCLA Advanced Policy Institute, November 2001.
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The Politics of Neighborhood Planning and Collective Action, by Bill Pitkin. UCLA Advanced Policy Institute, November 2001.
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Theories of Neighborhood Change: Implications for Community Development Policy and Practice, by Bill Pitkin. UCLA Advanced Policy Institute, November 2001.
PDF


Louisville

No publications available at this time.


Miami

No publications available at this time.


Milwaukee

A Model for Evaluating Public Participation GIS Programs, by Michael Barndt, October 1998.
HTML

"Public Participation GIS: Barriers to Implementation," by Michael G. Barndt. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. Volume 25, No. 2, 1998, 105-112.

Building A Structured Local Information Resource On Line, by Michael Barndt.
HTML

"Data Providers Empower Community GIS Efforts," by Michael G. Barndt and William J.Craig. GIS World. July 1994, 49-51.


Nashville

The Future of Neighborhoods: a Vision for the Future of Nashville and Davidson County. The Neighborhoods Resource Center, December 2006.
PDF


New Orleans

Who makes what decisions? Management & technical roles in designing online PPGIS, by Denice Warren. August 2005.
PPT(5.7 MB)

You can't always get what you want: When the data you want isn't available, here's how to choose correlated data as a stand-in for the data you need, by Allison Plyer with Denice Warren. August 2005.
HTML

User-Centered Design for Community Data Centers, by Denice Warren. August 2004.
Word doc

Change in the Irish Channel: Thirty years of data about a historic New Orleans neighborhood, by Allison Plyer and Denice Warren. March 2004.
HTML

Usability Testing of Community Data and Mapping Systems, by Denice Warren and Joy Bonaguro. July 2003.
HTML

Tax refunds for the working poor: Information paves the way in New Orleans' Central City neighborhood, by Neill Goslin, Allison Plyer, and Denice Warren. April 2003.
HTML

Democratizing Data: Making information a tool of the people for the people, by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and the Jim Dunn Center for Anti-Racist Community Organizing. February 2003.
HTML

New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center: Using numbers and strong partnerships to take on predatory lending, by Jeffrey P. May. GNO Fair Housing Action Center, February 2003.
HTML

Thurgood Marshall: Scientific evidence supported his case against segregation, by Allison Plyer. February 2003.
HTML

Ida B. Wells: Journalist, civil rights leader, mother of four (and savvy data-user), by Denice Warren. January 2003.
HTML

Numbers talk... and at the neighborhood level they may talk even louder!, by Allison Plyer. January 2002.
HTML

Are Census numbers accurate?, by Allison Plyer. November 2001.
HTML

Race & Ethnicity in the Census, by Allison Plyer and Denice Warren. September 2001.
HTML


Oakland

A Survey of Selected National Organizations Providing Support to the Community Building Field. Urban Strategies Council, December 1999.
PDF

Essential Partners: The Integration of Youth Development and Community Building, Reporting from the Field. Urban Strategies Council, July 1999.
For abstract, visit the Urban Strategies Council website.

Building Community in West Oakland: People Working Together To Make a Difference. Urban Strategies Council, January 1999.
For abstract, visit the Urban Strategies Council website.


Philadelphia

Workforce 2002: Measuring What Matters. The Reinvestment Fund and the Regional Workforce Partnership, October 2002.
PDF.

Choices: A Report on the State of the Region's Housing Market. The Reinvestment Fund and the Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center, December 2001.
PDF

Flight or Fight: Metropolitan Philadelphia And Its Future. The Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center, September 2001.
PDF without graphics

Predatory Lending: An Approach to Identify and Understand Predatory Lending. The Reinvestment Fund, 2001.
PDF

"Nothing Left To Lose: Only radical strategies can help America's most distressed cities," by Edward W. Hill and Jeremy Nowak. Brookings Review, Brookings Institution Press. Volume 18, No. 3, Summer 2000.
HTML doc


Providence

Development and Use of Neighborhood Health Analysis: Residential Mobility in Context. The Providence Plan, October 2002.
PDF

Residents and Data: Making the Connection. The Providence Plan and Rhode Island Kids Count, September 2002.
PDF

Southside Providence: A Guide to Neighborhood Diversity and Creativity. The Providence Plan, April 2002.
PDF (Warning: 8.7 Meg File)

Turning Stories Into Numbers: New Indicators to Describe a Diverse Neighborhood. The Providence Plan, Spring 2002.
PDF (Warning: 11.2 Meg File)

Findings Related to Elevated Blood Lead Levels and Educational Performance Among Children in Providence Public Schools. The Providence Plan, August 2000.
PDF

Counting on Ourselves. The Providence Demography Initiative/A First Portrait: Schools. The Providence Blueprint for Education and the Providence Plan, 1998.
PDF


Sacramento

Sacramento County Children's Report Card. Community Services Planning Council, September 2004.
PDF

A Profile of Older Adults in Sacramento County. Community Services Planning Council, August 2004.
PDF

A Regional View of Social Disparities. Community Services Planning Council, May 2004.
PDF

Sacramento Investing in Youth. September 2001.
PDF

Community Indicators: Measuring our progress toward healthy communities. Community Services Planning Council, 1998.
PDF


Seattle

Public Health Data Watch Reports: Key Health Indicators for King County, Washington State. Public Health, Seattle and King County. (Series)
Public Health website

Communities Count 2002: Social and Health Indicators Across King County. Public Health—Seattle & King County: Epidemiology, Planning and Evaluation Unit.
PDF

Communities Count 2000: Social and Health Indicators Across King County. Public Health—Seattle & King County: Epidemiology, Planning and Evaluation Unit.
PDF

From Neurons to King County Neighborhoods: The Science and Policies of Early Childhood Development. Public Health of King County.
PDF


Washington

100,000 New Taxpayers Does Not Have To Mean 100,000 New Residents, by Mark Rubin. DC Agenda, April 2003.
PDF

2000 Census Numbers Reveal Higher Poverty in the District by Ward and Neighborhood Cluster, by Mark Rubin. DC Agenda, October 2002.
PDF

Housing in the Nation's Capital 2002. Fannie Mae Foundation and the Urban Institute, June 2002.
HTML

Equitable Development—An Approach to Increasing Affordable Housing and Asset Building Opportunities in the District of Columbia, by Mark Rubin. DC Agenda, May 2002.
PDF

Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C.: A Report and Recommendations, by DC Agenda with assistance from the National Civic League. April 2001.
Word doc


The Urban Institute

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