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Action Alerts: Mobilizing Your Network
1999, by Matt Perrenod
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual helps you make your voice heard by public officials when key decisions are pending on issues important to your nonprofit.

Affordable Housing's Green Future
2007, by Tony Proscio
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This book details this national model that began before Minnesota Green Communities and continues today. It includes strong state and local leadership, an inclusive process that joins a diverse coalition of stakeholders and a clear, collective vision for sustainable development based on the Green Communities framework.

Annual Report: Every Home Counts. Every Dollar Counts
2009
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Highlights the activities and the accomplishments of Enterprise in 2008.

Annual Reports: Presenting Your Success
1999, by Kathleen Murphy
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual shows you how to create a professional annual report. It includes design elements, checklists, and a sample timeline and budget.

Assessing Your Organization
1999, by Bill Batko, Darryl Burrows

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Part of the Governance Series of the Community Development Library, this manual specifies the questions to ask to measure how well your nonprofit is meeting its goals. It includes indicators and red flags on key issues.

Assessing Your Organization's Finances
1999, by Darryl Burrows, Bill Batko

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Part of the Money Management Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains how to review financial reports. It includes specific indicators to judge the financial health and highlight red flag issues.

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Board Basics
1999, by LaCharla Figgs, Mike Burns
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Part of the Governance Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains the fundamental structure, roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit board. It offers an overview of legal duties and financial oversight.

Bringing Home the Benefits of Energy Efficiency to Low-Income Households
2008, by Stockton Williams
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A new Enterprise publication that makes the case for a national commitment to increase the energy efficiency in affordable housing, especially homes for low-income people.

Brochures: Distilling Your Message
1999, by Matt Perrenod
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual demonstrates the steps of writing and designing a brochure that conveys your nonprofit’s message succinctly.

Building and Managing a Better Board
1999, by LaCharla Figgs, Mike Burns
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Part of the Governance Series of the Community Development Library, this manual helps boards of nonprofits develop a common understanding of their roles and responsibilities.

Building Opportunities for Families into Affordable Housing: How States are Using the Housing Credit to Encourage Resident Services
2006, by James Tassos
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Through their qualified allocation plans for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, states use incentives to support the inclusion of resident services. This report outlines those incentives as described in the 2005 plans for each state.

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The Case for Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development in the Denver Region
2007, by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development
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This study reviews the demand for housing near transit; explores the benefits of mixed-income, transit-oriented neighborhoods; analyzes the barriers to creating such communities; offers an array of tools for overcoming those barriers; and applies those tools in the context of four planned transit station areas in metro Denver.

The Challenge of Foreclosed Properties: An Analysis of State and Local Plans to Use the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
2009, by Amanda Sheldon, Phillip Bush, Aaron Kearsley and Anne Gass
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Under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, 306 state and local governments provided action plans detailing how they would use their funds to confront the foreclosure crisis and stabilize communities. This report summarizes those plans and highlights promising approaches. It is based on a review and analysis of 87 of the NSP action plans, including 22 states, 24 counties and 41 cities, which together comprise 58 percent of the total NSP national allocation.

Child Care Library
Purchase the Child Care Library from Atlas Books for $80.00 or download individual titles below.

These seven manuals help providers and community development practitioners improve the supply, quality and affordability of child care in low-income communities. Each book includes a substantial resource section for more information and support.

Developing a Child Care Center (655KB) Download the Excel Workbook (203KB)

Financing Family Child Care (774KB)

Introduction to Child Care for Community-Based Organizations (673KB)

Landlord and Tenant Issues for Child Care, Volume 1: For Landlords (439KB)

Landlord and Tenant Issues for Child Care, Volume 2: For Providers (678KB)

Organizing and Supporting Home-Based Child Care (825KB)

Understanding Child Care Supply and Demand in the Community (818KB)

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Download the Excel Workbook (175KB)

Communications: Getting the Word Out
1999, by Joan Woods, Joann Veto, Sandra Gregg
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains how to develop an effective communications program. It guides you in publicizing your message and reaching critical audiences.

The Community Developers' Guide to Improving Schools in Revitalizing Neighborhoods
2008, by Jill Khadduri, Heather Schwartz, and Jennifer Turnham
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Shows community developers how to work with school systems to improve individual schools. The paper describes how to be an effective advocate for individual school change as an outsider to the school system, but one with a long-term interest in the neighborhood.

Community Development Library

Communications Series of the Community Development Library
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Fund Raising Series of the Community Development Library
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Governance Series of the Community Development Library
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Money Management Series of the Community Development Library
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Planning Series of the Community Development Library
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Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library
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Creating a Budget that Works
1999, by Bill Batko, LaCharla Figgs
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Part of the Money Management Series of the Community Development Library, this manual takes you, step-by-step, through the process of creating and using realistic budgets for your organization and its programs.

Creating a Healthy Home: Field Guide for Clean-up of Flooded Homes
2006, by Enterprise Community Partners & National Center for Healthy Housing
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The clean-up protocols presented here are based on scientific research and best practices unique to the destruction in the Gulf Coast region wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Creating Homes for People with Special Needs
1999, by Wendy Shaia
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual covers creating affordable apartments or rooms offering the best possible environment for people with disabling conditions.

Creating Multifamily Rental Housing Through Renovation
1999, by Bob Santucci
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains multi-family housing. It covers the development process, financing sources, development budgets, cash flows and more.

Creating Opportunities for Families Through Resident Services: A Practitioner's Manual
2009, by Diana A. Meyer, Trevor Britt, Sabina Cardenas, David Fromm, Ian Kennedy,
Patricia Magnuson, Rich Petersen, Jennifer Covert, Vikram Khanna, Alexandra Nassau-Brownstone,
Janet E. Raffe
Download Volume One PDF for free (8 MB)
Download Volume Two PDF for free (4 MB)
The manual describes how to determine what services would most benefit your residents, and then how to fund, staff, design, implement, partner and measure the effectiveness of those services. Each section includes an overview along with multiple model documents to help you get started immediately with hands-on, helpful tools you can adapt quickly to fit your needs.

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Designing and Operating Homeownership Programs on Tribal Lands
2003, by New Mexico Tribal Homeownership Coalition
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This manual is a comprehensive overview of the steps required to create homeownership opportunities for tribal members living on reservation land, with a focus on the biggest obstacle: the mortgage lending process.

Developing a Child Care Center
2004, Kay Hutchinson, Kay Sohl, Louis Stoney, Marnie Vlahos
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Download the Excel Workbook (203KB)
Part of the Child Care Library, this manual helps organizations think through the process of creating a new child care center.

Developing and Managing Scattered-Site Rental Housing
1999, by Matt Perrenod
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains how a nonprofit housing organization acquires and renovates rental properties for low- and very low-income households.

Developing Multifamily Housing with New Construction
1999, by Matt Perrenod, Beth Hughes
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual discusses developing affordable multi-family housing on undeveloped vacant land that can require fairly complicated financing.

Developing Realistic Cash Flow Projections
1999, by Bill Batko, LaCharla Figgs
Download PDF for free (447KB) Part of the Money Management Series of the Community Development Library, this manual gives you the tools to forecast when money will be received and spent, including examples and exercises for three programs.

Developing Single-Family Subdivisions
1999, by Armand Magnelli, Deborah Webster
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual covers project planning, costs of development, financing sources and strategies, construction types, and potential risks and solutions.

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Effective Strategic Planning
1999, by Paul Yelder, Mike Burns
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Part of the Planning Series of the Community Development Library, this manual leads you through the process of generating an organizational strategic plan—from preparation to development and implementation.

Establishing a Relationship with a Federated Campaign
1999, by Chris Whitney
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Part of the Fund Raising Series of the Community Development Library, this manual details how federated campaigns, such as the United Way, operate.

Evaluating Your Executive Director
1999, by Matt Perrenod
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Part of the Governance Series of the Community Development Library, this manual shows nonprofit boards how to establish an objective evaluation process of their executive director.

Financing Family Child Care
2004, by William Kell, Elisa Erlenbach
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Part of the Child Care Library, this manual offers an array of financing options, explained in helpful terms, for providers of child care. It also includes a wealth of resources for more information.

The Fund-Raising Process
1999, by Page Ward Seville
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Part of the Fund Raising Series of the Community Development Library, this manual leads you step-by-step through the process of finding and creating relationships with funding sources for your organization.

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An Even Green Plan for Affordable Housing: How States are Using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit To Advance Healthy, Efficient and Environmentally Smart Homes
2006, by James Tassos
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This analysis builds on Enterprise’s 2005 report, A Greener Plan: How States are Using the Housing Credit to Advance Sustainability. That report analyzed 2005 Housing Credit allocation plans and found most states had begun to encourage healthy, smart and efficient building through their Housing Credit programs.

A Greener Plan for Affordable Housing: How States are Using the Housing Credit to Advance Sustainability
2005, by James Tassos
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This report discusses how states are using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to create healthy sustainable homes for low-income people. It examines smart site, energy, resource conservation and healthy living environments.

Greener Policies, Smarter Plans
2007, by James Tassos
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This report provides background on the Housing Credit program; describes the methodology used to analyze the 2007 state Housing Credit allocation plans; discusses implementation of sustainable development policies through the Housing Credit program; and presents the green elements in every state's 2007 allocation plan, sorted by the aforementioned categories.

A Guide for Collaborative Action: Youth, Crime and Community Development
2003, by Richard Mendel
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This guide helps communities steer youth away from crime toward a safe, productive future. It features 20 strategies for promoting youth development and healthy adulthood, case studies and seven steps for success.

A Guide to Community Planning
1999, by Moustafa Mourad, Michael Downie
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Part of the Planning Series of the Community Development Library, this manual provides an overview of developing and managing neighborhood-planning initiatives that work.

A Guide to Implementing a Home-Based Child Care Lead Safety Program: Program Description and Document Templates
2005, by National Center for Healthy Housing and Enterprise
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From 2003 to 2005, the Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y., Home-Based Child Care Lead Safety Program created 25 healthy and safe homes that minimized risks of injury, while improving energy efficiency and indoor air quality.

Healthy Housing, Healthy Families: Toward a National Agenda for Affordable Healthy Homes
2005, by Tony Proscio
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In June 2004, Enterprise, the National Center for Healthy Housing and the Annie E. Casey Foundation sponsored the conference “Healthier Homes, Stronger Families.” This paper is a follow-up to the conference.

Housing Credit Policies in 2007 that Promote Supportive Housing
2007, by James Tassos
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A compressive look at the policies states have adopted to foster and encourage supportive housing development within qualified allocation plans for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, analyzing each of the 50 states’ 2007 Housing Credit allocation plans.

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This report highlights the incremental cost of building to meet Enterprise Green Communities Criteria and outlines the long term-benefits of green building methods. It includes powerful data from more than three years of learning and outlines a path to a greener affordable housing future.

Innovation In Capital Markets: A New Generation of Community Development Funds
2009, by My B. Trinh
Enterprise Community Partners
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This report profiles three funds created to leverage acquisition and predevelopment capital, and turn limited government and foundation funds into valuable resources that build strong, sustainable communities

Innovation in Senior Housing: Four Case Studies
2010, by Leo Quigley
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Find out how some of Enterprise’s senior housing development partners overcame these challenges to tap numerous capital sources, fund operations and supportive services, and build lean and green.

Introduction to Child Care for Community-Based Organizations
2004, by Kay Hutchinson, Kay Sohl, Louis Stoney, Marnie Vlahos
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Part of the Child Care Library, this manual provides an overview of the child care industry, including the types of programs usually offered, a review of the regulatory system, the types of funding available and myths and facts.

Landlord and Tenant Issues for Child Care, Volume 1: For Landlords
2004, by William Kell, Elisa Erlenbach
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This manual will help landlords understand their roles and responsibilities toward tenants who offer child care on the premises. It will help you address safety and liability concerns and it includes resources for more information.

Landlord and Tenant Issues for Child Care, Volume 2: For Providers
2004, by William Kell, Elisa Erlenbach
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This manual is a first step in gathering information on what you need to know before you sign a lease, what to do if the landlord tells you to stop providing child care, how to address liability concerns and where to go for legal help.

Leadership Skills for Board Members
1999, by LaCharla Figgs, Carlene Morgan
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Part of the Governance Series of the Community Development Library, this manual offers nonprofit boards practical ideas on becoming more effective leaders in their organization.

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Managing to Prevent Crime: A Guide for Property Managers
1997, by Enterprise and the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management
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This manual examines the approach used by property managers when establishing procedures for preventing crime. It discusses the steps that can lead to a safer community.

Many Right Ways, video and handbook, 2004
Muchas Maneras Correctas (Spanish edition)
Handbook by Kathy Modigliani, Ellen Moore and the Family Child Care Project
Video by Porchlight Productions, Megan Sheer, Michael J. Moore
Available in English and Spanish, this one-hour video and companion handbook help child-care providers transform their homes into high-quality environments for children to learn and grow.

Order the English handbook and video from Redleaf Press for $29.95 or the handbook only for $16.95.

Order the Spanish handbook and video from Redleaf Press for $29.95 or the handbook only for $16.95.

Marketing Sheets: Promoting Your Program
1999, by Joan Woods, Catherine Hyde
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual illustrates the steps of preparing a concise, effective overview of your nonprofit that defines your purpose and promotes your agenda.

Media Relations: Publicizing Your Efforts
1999, by Joan Woods, Joann Veto, Sandra Gregg
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual introduces you to the rules of the media game, how they work and what the media considers newsworthy.

MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing
Since 1995, the MetLife Foundation has funded these awards, and each year, Enterprise publishes case studies profiling the winning programs.

2009 Winner Case Studies
Download PDF for free (670K)http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/publications_catalog/#senior

2008 Winner Case Studies, by Brigitta Kral
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2007 Winners Case Study Book, by Brigitta Kral
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2006 Winners Case Study Book, by Ian Kennedy
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More Than Roof and Walls: Why Resident Services are an Indispensable Part of Affordable Housing
2006, by Tony Proscio
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This report describes why low-income families need and benefit from access to resident services and how the programs work. It explores the impact that these services have on both families and valuable affordable housing assets, where experiences shows that the presence of resident services programs can benefit occupancy and rent collection and reduce evictions and maintenance costs.

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Neighborhood Green-A Guide for Community-Based Organizations
2002, by Jennifer Kao
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This overview illustrates and documents successful community garden projects generated by community-based organizations in New York City and highlights best practices to help organizations develop open-space projects.

Neighborhood Tours: Showcasing Results
1999, by Matt Perrenod
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Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual describes how to orchestrate a tour that will demonstrate the impact your nonprofit is having in a community.

New Construction of Single-Family Housing for Infill
1999, by Bob Santucci
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual describes how to successfully construct single-family houses on vacant lots within existing neighborhoods.

Newsletters: Informing Your Public
1999, by Kathleen Murphy
Download PDF for free (352KB)Part of the Communications Series of the Community Development Library, this manual guides you through the process of creating a professional, eye-catching newsletter or improving an existing one.

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Operating a Home Improvement Program
1999, by Bob Santucci
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This manual explains a home improvement program, a resource for the renovation of single-family homes in a neighborhood. It includes information about program stages and design, staffing and skills required, etc.

Organizing and Supporting Home-Based Child Care
2004, by Kay Hutchinson, Kay Sohl, Louis Stoney, Marnie Vlahos
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Part of the Child Care Library, this manual is written for organizations with little knowledge or expertise in child care to use as a guide for supporting parents and home-based care providers in your communities.

Organizing Your Office and Staff for Your Fund-Raising Efforts
1999, by Page Ward Seville
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Part of the Fund Raising Series of the Community Development Library, this manual illustrates how to create materials to streamline your fund-raising process and make it more successful.

Planning a New Business Venture
1999, by Paul Yelder, Mike Burns, Jane Usero, Catherine Hyde
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Part of the Planning Series of the Community Development Library, this manual illustrates the steps of creating an effective business plan that will explain your concept, attract investment and establish operating goals.

Policy Roadmap for Expanding School-Centered Community Revitalization
2008, by Jill Khadduri, Heather Schwartz, and Jennifer Turnham
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This paper is the third in a series of three commissioned by Enterprise Community Partners as part of a collaborative project on school-centered community revitalization.

The Positive Impacts Affordable Housing on Education
2007, by Enterprise Community Partners and the Center for Housing and Policy Research
These resources analyze research on the ways our homes and the neighborhoods where we live affect health and educational outcomes.
The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education: A Research Summary
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Framing the Issues: The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education
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Annotated Bibliography: The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education
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The Positive Impacts Affordable Housing on Health
2007, by Enterprise Community Partners, Center for Housing and Policy Research
These resources analyze research on the ways our homes and the neighborhoods where we live affect our health.
The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health: A Research Summary
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Framing the Issues: The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health
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Annotated Bibliography: The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health
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Program Costs and Staffing Benchmarks for Planning Resident Services for Families
2006, by Gore Flynn, Enterprise Resources Corporation
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The book is an effort to provide guidance for resident services program planning, by identifying norms for the costs of operating resident services programs. It compiles detailed research of the operations and budgets.

Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library
Download individual books in PDF below.
Creating Housing for People With Special Needs (654KB)
Creating Multifamily Rental Housing Through Renovation (222KB)
Developing and Managing Scattered-Site Rental Housing (285KB)
Developing Multifamily Housing With New Construction (349KB)
Developing Single-Family Subdivisions (318KB)
New Construction of Single-Family Housing for Infill (196KB)
Operating a Home Improvement Program (280KB)
Successful Single-Family Acquisition and Rehabilitation (299KB)
Understanding the HOME Investment Partnership Program (229KB)

Property Management: Long-Term Thinking, Short-Term Action
2004, by Birute Skurdenis, Rose Cade
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This document is a compilation of examples of good property management procedures being used in nonprofit affordable housing.

Putting School and Community on the Map
2006, by Leslie Fenwick
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This monograph summarizes the work of the Mechanicsville Community Learning Collaborative (MCLC), a five-year school-anchored community development initiative based in Atlanta, Georgia, that focused on systematically transforming the lives of children who attend Dunbar Elementary School.

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Reconnecting Schools and Neighborhoods
2007, by Jill Khadduri, Heather Schwartz, Jennifer Turnham
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This paper provides an introduction to school-centered community revitalization. Part 1 presents the case for integrating school improvement into community development. Part 2 presents the core components of school-centered community revitalization. The final part of the paper illustrates the diverse approaches currently being taken to improve schools and neighborhoods.

Schools, Community and Development: Erasing the Boundaries
2005, by Tony Proscio
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This report describes the remarkable results of efforts in four neighborhoods in three cities (Baltimore, St. Louis and Atlanta) to connect community-based revitalization initiatives with school reform programs in the neighborhood.

Solving Chronic Nuisance Problems
2001, by John Campbell
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This book identifies barriers to solving chronic nuisance problems, discusses ways that experienced leaders find solutions and provides a set of references for pursuing specific nuisance abatement goals.

Sound Financial Management
1999, by David Crowley, LaCharla Figgs
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Part of the Money Management Series of the Community Development Library, this manual provides an overview of basic accounting and financial-management principles for nonprofit community development organizations.

Staging Special Events
1999, by Kathleen Murphy
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Part of the Fund Raising Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains how to plan a special event, recruit sponsors and make your event work. Includes examples of print materials, event timeline and budget.

State Leadership in Encouraging Family Housing Enriched with Resident Services: An Assessment of 2007 Housing Credit Allocation Policies
2007, by James Tassos
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Through their qualified allocation plans for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, states use incentives to support the inclusion of resident services. This report outlines those incentives as described in the 2007 plans for each state.

Successful Single-Family Acquisition and Rehabilitation
1999, by Bill Batko
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual discusses an acquisition and rehabilitation program for homeownership, an effective strategy to help restore a community.

Sustainable, Affordable, Doable: Demystifying the Process of Green Affordable Housing
2008, by Tony Proscio
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This report collects firsthand experiences and lessons from participants in eight Green Communities developments.

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Understanding Child Care Supply and Demand in the Community
2004, by Elizabeth Smith
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Part of the Child Care Library, this workbook provides community-based organizations tools to measure the demand for and supply of child care in their communities.

Understanding Financial Statements
1999, by David Crowley, Bill Batko
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Part of the Money Management Series of the Community Development Library, this manual details how to keep tabs on where the money goes at your nonprofit. It explains the elements of nonprofit financial statements.

Understanding the Federal Rules for Nonprofit Fiscal Management
1999, by Bill Batko
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Part of the Money Management Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains how to keep your nonprofit in compliance with the regulations regarding receipt of federal funds.

Understanding the HOME Investment Partnership Program
1999, by Bill Batko
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Part of the Program Operations Series of the Community Development Library, this manual explains HOME, the federally funded block grant to cities, counties and states.

Using the Housing Credit for Supportive Housing: An Assessment of 2005 State Policies
2006, by James Tassos
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Published by the Supportive Housing Investment Partnership, this document looks at the 2005 state policies that foster and encourage supportive housing within qualified allocation plans for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit.

When Housing and Child Care Meet: Lessons Learned from Seven Child Care and Community Development Partnerships
2003, by Diana Meyer, Elizabeth Smith, Toni Porter, Sabrina Cardenas
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Order a print copy from Atlas Books for $10.00
This book documents the work of seven child care partnership programs designed to create or support networks of home-based child care providers or to develop home repair or homeownership programs for providers.