Project Archive

  

Greater Washington Region Information and Referral Scan

Funding: Community Capacity Fund of Washington Grantmakers

The Welfare We Want

Since 1997 Britain’s “New Labour” government has introduced the world’s most wide-ranging reform of social assistance. This project

Evaluating the Success of Urban Success Stories of the 1990s

The project studied “urban success stories” which are defined as cities that gain the reputation of having rebounded from adversity, overcome their distressed

Organizing Access to Capital: Advocacy and the Democratization of Financial Institutions

This grant supported the production of an edited book, Organizing Access to Capital: Advocacy and the Democratization of Financial published

Regional Information Clearinghouse

This research expanded the Regional Information Clearinghouse (RIC), a national regional database created by the National Association

HRA Program Initiatives

This project focuses on various aspects of welfare reforms introduced in New York City by the administration of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani between 1997 and 2002

Party Effects in Congress

Conventional wisdom holds that the party system within the House and Senate is one of Congress's most important institutional structures.

Measuring Progress in the Greater Washington Region: 2001 Potomac Index

America Online, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, Meyer Foundation, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.

Central City Population Loss and State Legislative Influence: Are City-Suburban Coalitions the Answer?

As central cities have lost population relative to the rest of the state (and particularly to suburbs), their representation in state legislatures has decreased

Ranking Areas by Dimensions of Sprawl

The project measured sprawl on seven dimensions for a sample of 50 of the largest US Extended Urban Areas