Investing in What Works for America’s Communities

March 22, 2013

Housing Opportunity 2013

David Fleming, MD, Public Health – Seattle & King County

Jane Graf, Mercy Housing

Brian Prater, Low Income Investment Fund

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Talking about What Works

• 9,000+ copies distributed

• Launch events in Washington, DC in 2012

• Regional events planned for 2013 in LA,

Chicago, New York, Boston, SF

• Website, blog, social media reaching 800,000+

• 10+ university courses

incorporating into curricula

(Harvard, UC Berkeley, MIT)

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A Holistic View of Community

Development

“At one time, policy discussions revolved

around whether community development

was about people or places. I would argue

that the debate is over and both sides won.”

— Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke

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Changing the Way We Think & Work

• Integration and collaboration

• Entrepreneurial, flexible solutions

• Regions matter

• Invest in people and places

• Evidence-based accountability

Investing in What

Works for America's

Communities is a call

for a new, more

integrated approach

to antipoverty efforts

that builds on what

we know is working.

Follow @whatworksforUSA and #IdeasThatWork

Read & request the book at

whatworksforamerica.org.