Comprehensive Neighborhood-Based InitiativesAbstractA new generation of comprehensive community initiatives has been launched over the past decade to address the growing concentration, isolation, and persistence of poverty in urban America. While these initiatives may lead with a housing, economic development, or human service reform strategy, what they all share conceptually is an appreciation of the interdependence of physical, economic, and social development strategies and a desire to seek opportunities to create synergy among them. The characteristics of the initiatives are reviewed in this article, as are the challenges they create for evaluators and policymakers. Finally, there is a discussion of actions the Federal Government might take to ensure that the initiatives achieve the size and generate the amount of knowledge that will position them to contribute to the development of urban policy over the next decade.Comprehensive Neighborhood-Based Initiatives (*.pdf, 98 KB)
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