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Where are the ARPA Funds Going in Large American Cities and Counties?

Barrett & Greene

According to Joshua Pine, City Innovation and Data Program manager for the National League of Cities, “The current data on our Tracker is for plans submitted August 31st, 2021. The data we are currently cleaning and hope to have running early next week is for plans submitted December 31st 2021.” Housing – 12.5%.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Our Council member, Kenyatta Johnson, is now also Council president, and he has enormous power to protect affordable housing in his district and beyond.

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ARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses

Center for Community Progress

It will likely be more efficient for communities to pursue these activities under that Rule’s “public health and negative economic impacts” eligible use category, rather than trying to pursue them under the CDBG-eligible projects category. 2 ︎ Community Progress does not focus on these uses in this blog.

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How to Prevent and Reduce Illegal Dumping

Center for Community Progress

In 2021, in partnership with Community Progress, the Genesee County Land Bank Authority, and Camden Community Partnership, the University of Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI-YVPC) conducted a pilot study to see what low-cost, community-driven interventions could prevent dumping on vacant lots. Why is illegal dumping a problem?

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CED through Local and Regional Food Systems: The Latest Resources

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

At the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health held last fall, a commitment was made to invest in local community and economic development to increase access to food (see page 12 of the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health presented at the Conference).

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Innovating, investing, and improving: AWS Summit New Delhi and AWS Summit Singapore 2022 keynote recaps

AWS Public Sector Blog

On September 17, 2021, CoWIN recorded 22.5 Elsie Tan, country manager for worldwide public sector at AWS, opened up the AWS Summit Singapore keynote by highlighting how AWS’s continued investment in the ASEAN region is driving innovation in the public sector. When it first launched, 1.9 million people accessed the system.

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AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity

AWS Public Sector Blog

This year’s cohort brought forward innovative ideas that will improve access to care, provide actionable health equity data, expand access to medical transport, and help people without a home reach housing and health goals. Chan School of Public Health , Mass General Brigham , Philips , Rock Health , and ScaleHealth.