GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Shelterforce Magazine

The work of Greater Boston community development corporations to improve transit access and spur local development is discussed in this article appearing in Shelterforce magazine. Specifically highlighted are Somerville Community Corporation and the community development corporations making up the Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative.

To read the article, click here.

Featuring Somerville Community Corporation and Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative, grantees of the Herman & Frieda L. Miller Foundation.

RESEARCH IN ACTION

The New York City watchdog group Community Voices Heard released a report, “Democracy (In)Action: How HUD, NYCHA and Official Structures Undermine Resident Participation in New York City Public Housing.”

The report finds that the NYC Housing Authority is violating federal regulations meant to ensure that residents participate in policy decisions affecting public housing.

The report is based on a survey with over 1,100 public housing residents across the five boroughs, five in-depth focus groups, a review of three years of meeting minutes between NYCHA and public residents, and observations of key resident participation events.

Authors: Sondra Youdleman and

Contact: sondra@cvhaction.org

Date: January 2010

To read the report, click here.

Featuring Community Voices Heard, a grantee of the Sociological Initiatives Foundation

SUCCESS STORIES

Evidence-based practice is a hot topic in the nonprofit sector. Foundations and nonprofit organizations are eager to define what works with more precision. The concept comes from the field of medicine and suggests that clinical decisions made by doctors should be backed up by data.

The concept makes intuitive sense but is actually quite rare in practice.  In the field of medicine, for example, authoritative sources ranging from the National Academy of Sciences to the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment have estimated that over half of clinical practice in medicine are based on concepts that have not been proven. Continue Reading »