News & Views Focusing on the whole family through research, policy and practice: Q&A with Jodi Sandfort April 5, 2018 At the Redesign for Whole Families Summit in Minneapolis, human services providers, academic researchers and government officials will come together to discuss what needs to be considered to design more effective programs and systems to support families. The summit is the first of its kind and will be held at…
News & Views Kresge’s learning and evaluation practice expands with appointment of new strategic learning and evaluation officer April 4, 2018 Anna Cruz has joined The Kresge Foundation as a strategic learning and evaluation officer with the organization’s strategic learning, research and evaluation practice. As an anthropologist, Cruz has extensive experience conducting qualitative research and evaluation with ethnographic and participatory approaches both in the United States and abroad. Cruz is skilled…
News & Views Report offers 10 principles for building resilience against climate change shocks March 28, 2018 The Urban Land Institute’s Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance published a new report this week offering key principles for building resilient cities and regions that are better able to recover from climate-change amplified shocks. “Ten Principles for Building Resilience” was funded by The Kresge Foundation’s Environment Program and the…
News & Views Mission, Money & Markets: Strong community development finance system key to building urban opportunity, from newly designated ‘Zones’ and beyond March 26, 2018 As Washington celebrated the overhaul of the tax system earlier this winter, those of us committed to under-resourced communities grew worried. Essential tools that American cities rely on to support and improve disinvested communities were nearly eliminated. Thankfully, these programs survived – although badly bruised. What does it signal when…
News & Views New $20 million playfield for youth baseball opens at former Tiger Stadium site March 22, 2018 There are few spaces in Detroit that have changed so much, for so long, with so much attention as the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. A rickety wooden ballpark arose there in 1896, and it gradually evolved into beloved Tiger Stadium. It has now been transformed into the Detroit Police…
News & Views NCAN announces new competition to improve FAFSA completion March 16, 2018 This week, the National College Access Network announced the 2018-19 FAFSA Completion Challenge grant competition to raise FAFSA completion rates among high school seniors in cities across the country. One hundred U.S. cities are invited to submit a proposal describing how they will meet NCAN’s challenge: to raise their FAFSA completion rates among…
Resource Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Feasibility Study March 14, 2018 This paper, prepared by the HNTB Corp., considers the future of transit in the metropolitan Detroit region. The paper collects and analyzes feedback on the results of the 2016 referendum on the Regional Master Transit Plan (RTMP), on the RTMP itself and on the Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority (RTA).…
Resource Food as a Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization March 12, 2018 Food plays a central role in economic development, health and culture. The growing movement toward healthy regional food systems produces benefits for local producers and consumers, but largely overlooks low-income communities of color. This are the slides from the session at SXSW that highlighted examples of how diverse communities are using…
Resource Which Future for Human Needs and Human Services in Cities? March 12, 2018 The human services sector supports human progress and needs, including child and family stability, aging issues, behavioral health, and housing. What will these supports look like in 2030 if there’s another Great Recession? What will be the impact of the rise of the gig economy, AI, automation of jobs and…
News & Views Kresge backs screening of doc on Historically Black Colleges and Universities February 28, 2018 The 150-year history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities is a rarely told story brought to the screen in filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities.” Atlanta University graduates from the film “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black…