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Community Investment

You are in the Community Investment section of the Casey Foundation Knowledge Center. This section contains resources published and or funded by Casey that you may download. Resources address investments and grantmaking in housing, facilities and business, and commercial development.

See also Our Work: Economic Security, an overview of the Casey Foundation's investments in this issue. 

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Featured Publications

Publication thumbnail for Meeting the Housing Needs of Families: A Resource Guide

Meeting the Housing Needs of Families: A Resource Guide

2000

This guide addresses the serious housing problems faced by millions of low-income families across the country and within the 22 Making Connections sites. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.

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Publication thumbnail for Hometown Prosperity: Increasing Opportunity for DC’s Low-Income Working Families

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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Publication thumbnail for From Poverty, Opportunity: Putting the Market to Work for Lower Income Families

From Poverty, Opportunity: Putting the Market to Work for Lower Income Families

2006

This report, analyzing both national data and data from 12 major metropolitan areas across the country, is about this opportunity to put the market to work for lower income families.

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Publication thumbnail for Centers for Working Families EarnBenefits Evaluation-Learning Paper

Centers for Working Families EarnBenefits Evaluation-Learning Paper

2005

This learning paper focuses on the core service areas of Casey's Center for Working Families initiative. The authors of this paper discuss Seedco’s EarnFair Alliance implementation of EarnBenefits, a natural experiment used to test the hypothesis that integrating services is a better way to help low-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency.

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Publication thumbnail for Driver's License Suspension Policies

Driver's License Suspension Policies

2005

While access to an automobile can be difficult for the working poor because of cost or credit issues, license suspension is another barrier to reliable transportation. For workers without a license, jobs may be inaccessible because the license is a prerequisite, or because a car is the only means to access a job far from home.

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Publication thumbnail for FES Local Action Handbook for Making Connections Teams

FES Local Action Handbook for Making Connections Teams

2005

This handbook is designed to meet the needs of Making Connections’ site teams focused on improving results for families by strengthening the structures that lead to family economic success. It features ideas and examples of policy and regulatory actions that can be promoted by residents.

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