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Innovative strategies for mitigating the foreclosure crisis and stabilizing communities
The foreclosure crisis has been devastating to neighborhoods. Homes have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair, families have been displaced, and community anchors have been uprooted. The numbers are staggering. Since the crisis began in September 2008, approximately 4.5 million homes have been foreclosed, with roughly 2.1 million homes still in serious delinquency as of August 2013. Throughout, high-capacity, entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations have developed innovative solutions to stem the tide of foreclosures and stabilize affected communities.
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Building on What Works and Investing in Progress
In 2013, the Citi Foundation partnered with LIIF to launch Partners in Progress (PIP), a two-year, $5 million pilot initiative that provided flexible support and technical assistance to 14 community-based organizations to help them become Community Quarterbacks. This article reflects on the origins and impact of the What Works book and introduces a set of six case studies profiling PIP grantees and describes some of the lessons learned about supporting community quarterbacks.