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Recommendations for Title V Programs: Co-Creating an Equitable Future with the Wisdom of Communities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

Policy Areas Children & Families, Health

Title V MCH Services Block Grant programs provide funding for three categories of essential services--direct, enabling, and public health services--but requires funded programs to be "family-centered, community-based and culturally competent." This report examines the methodologies...

Child Poverty in the U.S.: What New Census Data Tell Us About Our Youngest Children

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Children & Families, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Education

Almost 22 percent of children are poor. In 2012, over 16 million children in the U.S. were living in poverty according to the official measure, defined as living in families with income under $19,090 for a family of three. This is almost identical to figures for 2011, but an increase...

2019 Fort Thomas Fair Employment Ordinance

Type Ordinance

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Kentucky

Source City of Fort Thomas

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The ordinance prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, terminating, or discriminating against any individual on the basis of race, national origin, sex and/or gender, including gender identity, religion, age and/or sexual orientation. The ordinance requires the City Council to...

Fueling the Fire: Why Any Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout Will Be Disastrous for Communities of Color

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Health

Environmental racism and the subsequent chronic exposure to air pollution has been identified as one of the biggest contributing factors to higher rates of severe illness and death from COVID-19 within Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities. Fossil fuel plants are among the top...

Race, place and policy matter in education

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Michigan League for Public Policy

Policy Areas Education

Michigan students are increasingly diverse but their teachers are not. Access to high-quality education and care is also limited to children of color. They are more likely to change schools and have absences, and hence may cause cumulative educational inequities. Policy recommendations...

2012 New York City Initiative 800

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This initiative prohibits bias-based profiling by officers, which includes using certain personal factors such as race, color, ethnicity, national origin, immigration or citizenship status, socioeconomic status, or other defined characteristics as a basis of suspicion for unlawful...

City of Minneapolis 2040 Plan Executive Summary

Type Policy Brief or Report, Act or Session Law

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City Of Minneapolis

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This is the executive summary of Minneapolis 2040 regional development plan. Critically, this plan rezoned the entire city of Minneapolis eliminating single-family zoning. They did this to address the affordable-housing crisis and confront a history of racist housing practices....

Building Resiliency: The Role of Anchor Institutions in Sustaining Community Economic Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Education, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Children & Families

Chester, Pennsylvania, a small, formerly industrial city located on the Delaware River, not far from Philadelphia, exemplifies the problems and possibilities faced by older manufacturing cities across the United States, especially in the Northeast and Midwest. Chester's problems of...

The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America's Middle Class

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

In their 2016 report, The Ever-Growing Gap: Without Change, African American and Latino Families Won’t Match White Wealth for Centuries, the Institute for Policy Studies showed that if current trends continue, it will take 228 years for the average Black family to reach the level...

2010 King County Ordinance 16948 Advancing Equity and Justice

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level County

State(s) Washington

Source King County Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

The ordinance, in order to achieve the 'fair and just principle' embedded within the countywide strategic plan, requires that equity and justice be applied to every county action. The ordinance establishes an inter-branch team to facilitate accountability of and coordination by all...

Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The deep and persistent racial wealth divide will not close without bold, structural reform. In this report, the authors offer 10 bold solutions broken into three categories: Programs, Power and Process. These solutions are designed to strike at the structural underpinnings holding...

Delivering Hate: How Amazon’s Platforms Are Used to Spread White Supremacy, Anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Civil Rights

Through an examination of Amazon’s various platforms and services, this report reveals that for growing racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Semitic movements, the breadth of Amazon’s business combined with its weak and inadequately enforced policies provides numerous channels through which...

The Uneven Path 2020: State Investments in Women’s Economic Security

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Children & Families

Economic insecurity is the root of many of the problems women and girls face in Rhode Island. Federal and state governments can help promote women’s economic security by implementing policies that promote equality and adequate earnings in the workplace and investing in programs that...

State College Ordinance Prohibiting Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source State College Borough Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employment discrimination. It ensures that all persons receive equal opportunities for employment regardless of their perceived or actual race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status,...

Equitable Development as a Tool to Advance Racial Equity

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Government Alliance on Race and Equity

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing

This report sets equitable development goals that are focused on reducing racial inequity. It also identifies strategies, policies, and tools that local governments can adopt to meet these goals. These include increasing housing choices for communities of color; revitalizing underserved...

Polling: New Jersey's Reproductive Freedom Act

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) New Jersey

Source National Institute for Reproductive Health

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Health

This brief presents key findings from a poll conducted by Change Research. Overall, it finds that New Jersey residents are strongly supportive of the Reproductive Freedom Act, and abortion rights in general. Findings reveal that an overwhelming majority of New Jersey voters do not...

Gaining Ground Series: Proactive Legislation in the States at Midyear, 2021

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) All States

Source National Institute for Reproductive Health

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Health

This report highlights several examples of proactive state policies that were enacted to improve abortion access in the first half of 2021. This report also discusses steps states have taken to mitigate racial disparities in maternal health. Policies aim to increase public awareness...

Getting to Grocery: Tools for Attracting Healthy Food Retail to Underserved Neighborhoods

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level County

State(s) All States

Source ChangeLab Solutions

Policy Areas Health, Children & Families, Democracy & Governance, Food, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Bringing a grocery store into an underserved neighborhood not only makes fresh produce and other healthy food more accessible, it can provide livingwage jobs, raise the value of surrounding property, and anchor and attract additional businesses to the neighborhood. A wide range of...

Green for Greens: Finding Public Funding for Healthy Food Retail

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level County

State(s) All States

Source ChangeLab Solutions

Policy Areas Health, Children & Families, Democracy & Governance, Food, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

For millions of Americans, accessing healthy food is no easy matter. In low-income communities, liquor stores and gas stations proliferate, while farmers' markets are hard to find. Nationally, 11.5 million low-income people live in low-income areas where the nearest supermarket is...

2013 Multnomah County Ordinance 1202 Prohibiting Discrimination

Type Ordinance

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) Oregon

Source Multnomah County

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Spaces

This ordinance prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public places on the basis of any identity traits. This ordinance provides legal recourse for individuals who have been discriminated against and provides a specific listing of protected groups, classes, and traits...

2013 New York City Local Law 1080 Prohibiting Officers from Engaging in Bias-Based Profiling

Type Ordinance

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source City of New York

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

This local law prohibits law officers from engaging in biased-based profiling on the grounds of actual or perceived race, national origin, color, creed, age, alienage or citizenship status, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or housing status. It establishes avenues for persons...

Achieving the Anchor Promise: Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children, Families and Communities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Education, Health, Environment & Natural Resources, Children & Families

It is widely acknowledged that hospitals and universities are anchor institutions - that is, place-based institutions that are tied to their location by reason of mission, invested capital, or relationships to customers or employees and hence have a vested interest in improving the...

Feel the Heat!: The Unrelenting Challenge of Young Black Male Unemployment

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Law and Social Policy

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development

The situation of high unemployment for black men is not new. It has persisted for decades, and scholars, sociologists, economists, policy makers, and advocates have brought attention to various aspects of this challenge and put forth solutions. Yet, it is seemingly an intractable...

Memphis Fast Forward Program

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Tennessee

Source Initiative for a Competitive Inner City

Policy Areas Community Development

Suffering from years of disinvestment and persistently high rates of poverty, this case study shows how Memphis city officials joined forces with the private and nonprofit sectors to have a collective impact on some of the city's most pressing social issues....

The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Education, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Children & Families

Anchor institutions are place-based entities such as universities and hospitals that are tied to their surroundings by mission, invested capital, or relationships to customers, employees, and vendors. These local human and economic relationships link institution well-being to that...

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