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Housing and Communities

We develop and study housing assistance policies, community revitalization initiatives, and “place-based” employment programs that seek to improve the economic mobility of people who live in under-resourced neighborhoods.

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"Making A Way Out of No Way"

How Mothers Meet Basic Family Needs While Moving from Welfare to Work

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Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency Project

Employment, Earnings, and Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration (STED) Project

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Mayor’s Fund & Center for Economic Opportunity Social Innovation Fund Project

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TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project

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Performance-Based Scholarship Demonstration

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Chicago’s New Communities Program

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The Camden Regional Equity Demonstration Project

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The UK Employment Retention and Advancement Project

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New Chance

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Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families

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Minnesota Family Investment Program

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Next Generation

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Employment Retention and Advancement

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Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ

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