Annie E. Casey Rebuilding Communities Initiative

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Evaluator(s) Annie E. Casey Foundation
Investigator(s) Not Reported
 
Domain Child/Family
Community/Neighborhood
Status Completed with continuing analysis
Duration Jan 1995 - Dec 2002
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description Rebuilding Communities (RCI) is a seven-year initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, designed to provide the supports needed to help transform troubled economically disenfranchised neighborhoods into safe, supportive and productive environments for children, youth and their families. The Foundation works in partnership with community-based organizations on comprehensive strategies to reverse social isolation and disinvestment in low-income neighborhoods.
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Last Updated 03/24/03
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Shantae Goodloe (Sgoodloe@burnesscommunications.com)
Annie E. Casey Foundation
(T) (301) 652-1558
(F) not reported
Submitter(s) Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty
215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl
(T) (646)284-9600
(F) not reported

Populations Studied

Target Population Low-income households
Minority Populations
Neighborhood-based organizations
Subgroups Analyzed Neighborhoods
Sample Size and Unit N/A

Sites Studied

The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (Boston, MA) for the Dudley Street Neighborhood in Roxbury, Boston.

Germantown Settlement (Philadelphia, PA) for the Wister, Southwest Germantown, and Chew-Chelten neighborhoods in Germantown, Philadelphia.

Marshall Heights Community Development Organization (Washington, D.C.) for neighborhoods in Ward 7 in Washington, D.C.

NEWSED Community Development Corporation (Denver, CO) for the La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood in West Denver.

Warren/Conner Development Coalition (Detroit, MI) for neighborhoods in the Eastside of Detroit.