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Publications The Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) has published A Grantmaker’s Guide to Housing Policies: A Foundation for Social Policy Investments. Spence Limbocker, NFG, 202-833-4690. Building Businesses, Rebuilding Lives: Microenterprise and Welfare Reform and Accessing Lucrative Markets: Growing Women’s Businesses in Low-Income Communities are available from the Ms. Foundation for Women’s Collaborative Fund for Women’s Economic Development www.ms.foundation.org/publications.html or 212-742-2300. Improving Community Relations in the Housing Choice Voucher Program examines controversies surrounding the Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8) and includes five steps for effective conflict resolution. Available from HUD USER. Source Ability has released a new fair housing design manual on CD-ROM. A software demonstration is available at www.sourceability.org/preview.htm. Mark English, Source Ability, 888-504-7483; markea1@bellsouth.net. Discussion Starters are video and print materials designed to spur community dialogue. They include The Community Conversations Organizer’s Guide, a manual for meaningful dialogue in diverse communities. Alex Trilling, Public Agenda, 212-686-6610; www.publicagenda.org. The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations, by Marcia Avner, provides detailed instructions on developing an effective lobbying and action plan. Published by the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. 240 pp. $30 (paper), plus $4 shipping. 800-274-6024; www.wilder.org. “Grant Avenue,” a short video about the housing activism of several low-income, mostly non–English speaking Chinese senior citizens, is free as a training or motivational tool. Contact grantavenue2002@yahoo.com. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has developed the Sample CDC Policies and Procedures Manual to assist community development corporations in their administration of federal funds. The manual can be downloaded at Liscnet. Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: Enhancing the Performance of Your Enterprising Nonprofit, by J. Gregory Dees, Jed Emerson, and Peter Economy, integrates recent concepts in business entrepreneurship with those of nonprofit management. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $34.95 (cloth); 326 pp. www.wiley.com/nonprofit. Public/Private Ventures has published Hard Work on Soft Skills: Creating a “Culture of Work” in Workforce Development by Ted Houghton and Tony Proscio, about four organizations that combine soft skills development with hard skills training. Available in PDF format at www.ppv.org. |
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