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What to Know About ACOs: An Introduction to MassHealth Accountable Care Organizations
AUTHOR: Robert W. Seifert & Kelly Anthoula Love; Center…
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
The Massachusetts Medicaid program, MassHealth, introduced accountable care organizations (ACOs) for many of its members in March 2018.
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The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2018
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The U.S.
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How are Massachusetts Community-Based Organizations Responding to the Health Care Sector's Entry into Social Determinants of Health?
AUTHOR: Elena Byhoff, MD, MSc Tufts Medical School Lauren A.…
YEAR: 2018
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This report aims to address this knowledge gap by summarizing the findings from a qualitative study that sought to better understand how CBOs are r
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Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions
AUTHOR: Rachel Bogardus Drew
YEAR: 2018
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While most urban scholars agree on a generic definition of gentrification – the change that occurs when a traditionally low-income neighborhood exp
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The State of Zoning for Accessory Dwelling Units
AUTHOR: Pioneer Institute and Mass Smart Growth Alliance…
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
A review of
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Food at Home: Affordable Housing as a Platform to Overcome Nutritional Challenges
AUTHOR: Enterprise Community Partners
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
This report provides a series of actionable recommendations that demonstrate how affordable housing and housing
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Proven Local Strategies For Expanding the Supply of Affordable Homes and Addressing Cost Challenges
AUTHOR: Ahmad Abu-Khalaf , Enterprise Community Partners, Inc…
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
This white paper highlights proven local strategies for expanding the supply of affordable homes and addressing
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Strategies for Investing in Opportunity
AUTHOR: HIA Group
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
"Strategies for investing in Opportunity; An Assessment of the Assisted Housing Portfolio, Neighborhood Quality
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Climate Justice for the City of Boston: Visioning Policies and Processes
AUTHOR: Office of Boston City Council
YEAR: 2018
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This report by Graduate Fellow Christina Schlegel (Office of City Council President Michelle Wu) highlights the
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Redefining Sanctuary
AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
This report is an analysis of public attitudes and media coverage of sanctuary jurisdictions and related immigra
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Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network
AUTHOR: Caroline Levine
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
Forms offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today—how to connect
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Improving Community Health by Strengthening Community Investment: Roles for Hospitals and Health Systems
AUTHOR: Robin Hacke, Executive Director, Center for Community…
YEAR: 2017
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This paper is the result of interviews with a dozen such institutions, as well as a literature review that looked more broadly at social determinan
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Measuring Health Outcomes: Success Measures Evaluation Tools for Community Development and Health
AUTHOR: Jessica Mulcahy, Success Measures
YEAR: 2017
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This new toolkit, developed by Success Measures at NeighborWorks America, offers more than 65 data collection to
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Why disability rights are central to social justice work—and what we’re doing about it
AUTHOR: The Ford Foundation
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
This report takes a closer look at the importance of disability rights in the work being done by the Ford Foundation.
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Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty
AUTHOR: Congress for the New Urbanism
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
The report, Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty, is full of information about poverty trends and remedies in suburban areas of King County, Wa
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The SPARCC Initiative: Fostering Racial Equity, Health, and Climate Resilience in the Built Environment
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
This article explains why we, as funders, came to the table to develop and support the Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPA
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Field Guide for Creative Placemaking and Parks
AUTHOR: The Trust for Public Land and the City Parks Alliance…
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
The Field Guide is intended to connect creative placemaking with parks and open spaces.
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Not Just Murals: Insights into Artists' Leadership in Community Development
AUTHOR: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
Part of a series of reports and case studies commissioned by LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation), Not Just Murals dives into the effect ar
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Building on What Works: Cross-Sector Community Development
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
This issue of the Community Development Investment Review celebrates and builds on the themes of What Works and explores innovations and lessons le
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Innovative Models in Health and Housing
AUTHOR: Low Income Investment Fund
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness features LIIF’s report with Mercy Housing as a resource for thought leaders interested in end
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Opportunity in Change: Preparing Boston for Leader Transitions and New Models of Nonprofit Leadership
AUTHOR: Third Sector New England and the Boston Foundation…
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
This report was created in response to growing concern about the unprecedented number of leaders exiting from
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CultureBank: A New Paradigm for Community Investment
AUTHOR: Penelope Douglas and David Erickson
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
Building on the concept of creative placemaking, this paper presents an idea for a Community Development Financial Institution organized around art
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Bridging the Gap: Creating Middle Income Housing through Inclusionary Development
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
First ever Inclusionary Development Policy report details how private development has increased Boston’s affordable housing stock, as well as outli
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There’s No Place Like Home: Reshaping Community Interventions and Policies to Eliminate Environmental Hazards and Improve Population Health for Low-Income and Minority Communities
AUTHOR: Emily A. Benfer and Allyson E. Gold*
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
This article analyzes the relationship between policies governing healthy communities and housing and health outcomes for residents.
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