Toolkit: Accessing Funds from Local School Districts
Interactive
Aug 3, 2021
Use this toolkit to assist in pursuing partnerships with school districts to provide afterschool and summer programs to support student recovery.
Funding
The COVID-19 experience shows government budgeting can become more nimble
Report
May 13, 2021
Tim Higashi and Stuart M. Butler look at several examples of innovative ways in which communities responded to COVID-19 by using a variety of special techniques to “braid and blend” funds from different programs and sources to address pressing health, education and other service need.
Lost in the Masked Shuffle & Virtual Void: Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Amidst the Pandemic
Report
Dec 1, 2020
420,000.
Direct Cash Transfers Programs Can Help Youth Sustainably Exit Homelessness
Report
Nov 3, 2020
As housing costs have escalated and inequities persist across the country, many young people need flexible, empowerment-based investments to get stably housed and onto a path to thriving.
CDBG and HOME: Essential Grants for Mid-Sized Cities
Interactive
Jan 10, 2018
Mid-sized cities rely on CDBG and HOME grants to meet the needs of their citizens. Since mid-sized cities lack revenue-making mechanisms that large cities have, CDBG and HOME grants are critical to the well-being of cities and citizens.
Paycheck to Paycheck 2017
Report
Sep 27, 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that from 2014-2024, employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow by 19 percent and add about 2.3 million jobs.
Rural Communities Need Funding and Support to Address Rural Youth Homelessness
Report
Oct 20, 2020
While both urban and rural areas share similar rates of youth homelessness, in rural regions the issue is less visible and less researched. This qualitative study explores the challenges that rural communities in the U.S.
Economist: Giving more money to Chicago schools could significantly reduce violence
News Article
Feb 1, 2018
Chicago’s troubling homicide rate could be significantly reduced through a massive increase in state spending for Chicago schools. That's just one of the proposals floated Monday by a prominent University of Chicago economist Jens Ludwig.
CLPHA Housing Is Summit 2020: How Hospitals are Investing in Housing
Video
Jun 12, 2020
June 4-5, 2020, Hosted Virtually via Zoom
NCAN Announces New Advocacy Grant Opportunity for Members
The National College Access Network is pleased to launch this opportunity for our members to engage in advocacy work in higher education policy. Policy decisions at both the federal and state level impact students’ ability to access, pay for, and succeed in college. Our students’ voices, and those of the practitioners who work with them, are powerful avenues to influence policymakers’ decisions at the state level and in Washington, D.C.