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The History of Public Lands

Park Leaders

Managing these lands is no small feat, with wildfire costs alone hitting $119 million in 2018. His ongoing educational outreach highlights the importance of public engagement. If states can’t afford to manage these lands, we risk seeing them sold off and lost forever.

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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

A 2018 study found that areas maintained by Clean & Green groups saw 30 percent fewer assaults, 40 percent fewer violent crimes, and lower rates of child abuse and youth gun violence. How can outreach and education help? Their contributions supplement local government capacity and fosters neighborhood pride.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

In August 2018, Governor Northam appointed him the chief data officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Community leaders could use the root cause and supplier information to publish press releases and community outreach warning the user community of the potential danger from a specific batch.

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How One Library Marketer Advocated for (and Got) an Additional Promotional Staff Member

Super Library Marketing

Nicole is now the Communications Coordinator for the Delaware County District Library, a five-branch system with a bookmobile and other outreach services. In 2018, the Library passed a levy with the promise to build a new branch. DCDL serves a population of nearly 166,000 people. Nicole came to the library in 2012.

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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

In 2018, only 5 percent of the conventional mortgage market were loans to Black borrowers, compared to 15 percent of the FHA/VA market, which are government-mandated to serve underserved borrowers. These conversations led to the following recommendations: The 203(k) program needs more education and direct outreach.

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U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Reauthorized

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Across its various grant programs, EDA made 175 awards in North Carolina totaling more than $203 million from 2018 to early 2024. The state currently has 14 EDA Economic Development Districts (EDDs) that are administered by regional councils of government or other multi-county planning/development commissions.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Some researchers have advocated for tracking landlords who are most likely to evict tenants, so that localities can conduct targeted outreach to landlords (to help with financial assistance or code compliance, for example) and/or tenants (for rental assistance and/or to provide connections to legal services) ( Rutan and Desmond, 2021 ).

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