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The financial burden of health care
Rukavina, Mark (2009-07)
Because nearly 46 million Americans have no health insurance, medical debt has been behind many of today?s foreclosures. The author offers potential solutions.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 9-11

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Reviving downtown New England: Westfield, Massachusetts brownfields project
Carter, Becky (1997-10)
Westfield not only looks like other small New England cities, it also shares many of their challenges. Westfield also contains a brownfield site, this one in the middle of its downtown commercial district.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 9

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When motivation means opportunity: training for real jobs
Ghazi, Gerald (2008-01)
Vermont and New Hampshire companies needing workers with specialized skills are turning to Vermont HITEC?s training programs. The organization works with companies to screen the unemployed and underemployed for motivation and to train them for guaranteed, well-paid jobs.
Communities and Banking , Issue Win , Pages 17-19

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Neighborhood stabilization & land banking
Alexander, Frank S. (2009-07)
Land banking helps communities that acquire foreclosed properties to retain them until market demand returns. Today the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 provides support for using land banking in neighborhood stabilization efforts.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 3-5

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College financial aid in troubled times
Baum, Sandy (2009-10)
An economist and member of The College Board calls for streamlining the financial aid system to help lower-income families make an investment that is critical to their children?s future.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 12-14

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Connecting public schools to community development
Chung, Connie (2005-01)
In neighborhoods across the country, public schools and community groups are beginning to work together in new and innovative ways. Connie Chung explores the wide variety of roles that public schools can play in community development efforts.
Communities and Banking , Issue Win , Pages 10-16

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Role-playing our way to solutions
Axel-Lute, Miriam (2013-01)
Many community development challenges are intractable because it?s hard to convene all the relevant stakeholders to work on real solutions with real consequences. Now a few organizations are trying out multiplayer scenarios as a way to give serious thought to opposing views. Scenarios feel safe because they are pretend, but the great thing about pretend is that it can open minds and lead to unexpectedly collaborative innovations.
Communities and Banking , Issue Winter , Pages 20-21

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The Heron Foundation expands philanthropy's reach
Swack, Michael (2008-04)
Contrary to the perception of trade-offs between financial return and social impact, the F.B. Heron Foundation demonstrates that it?s possible to achieve competitive returns while incorporating mission-related investments into an overall portfolio and asset allocation.
Communities and Banking , Issue Spr , Pages 28-30

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The new community investment tax credit
Kriesberg, Joseph (2013-10)
A new law will enable community development corporations in Massachusetts to attract partners and financial supporters and increase the scale of their impact.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 19-22

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When high finance meets age-old problems
Kanders, Kristin (2013-01)
Preventing problems rather than trying to fix them afterward makes sense, yet even when prevention has been shown to work and save money, it often doesn't get supported or funded. That is why people are getting excited about an innovative approach to reshaping how government and nonprofits work together to deliver better social outcomes.
Communities and Banking , Issue Winter , Pages 28-29

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