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New initiative seeks to help people help themselves to escape poverty in Chicago

News Article

Sep 25, 2018

Manny Ramos for The Chicago Sun Times

In 17 years, the Family Independence Initiative has enrolled 3,000 families — four people per household on average — and is operating in 14 different cities across the country. Now the initiative is making a move into 10 neighborhoods across Chicago.

When a Hospital Plays Housing Developer

News Article

Sep 21, 2018

Laura Bliss for CityLab

A children’s hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is trying to treat a difficult patient: Its own struggling neighborhood.

10 Characteristics of Infants and Toddlers

Interactive

Sep 18, 2018

Cara Lou and Gina Adams for Urban Institute

Understanding the characteristics of infants and toddlers in our states and communities is an important first step for supporting children’s development during their most critical years.

The New Stigma of Relocated Public Housing Residents: Challenges to Social Identity in Mixed-Income Developments

Research

Jul 23, 2018

To what extent does a change of address and transformation of the surrounding environment translate into a reduced sense of stigmatization of public housing residents? This article explores this question.

'If I lived on the North Side'

News Article

Jul 9, 2018

Darcel Rockett for THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Neighborhood may matter more than race in breast cancer survival rates

Building Communities for Better Health

News Article

May 25, 2018

Jacqui Cook

Community organizations are improving health equity by tackling the cycle of poverty in urban neighborhoods.

New Community | Jul 10, 2018

CSH/CLPHA/UHC Aligning Housing & Healthcare Cohort

Connecting grantees of the CSH/CLPHA/UnitedHealthcare planning grant, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, that seeks to align public housing authorities (PHAs) and Medicare managed care organizations (MCOs) in three states -- Ohio, Texas, and Washington State -- at the system, program, and individual level.