January/February 1998
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Publications
Meeting America's Housing Needs: The Affordable Tax Credit Program: A Decade of Success, a booklet celebrating projects, sponsored by The Affordable Tax Credit Coalition. Contact: The Affordable Tax Credit Coalition, 1255 23rd St., NW, Ste. 800, Washington, DC 20037; 202-973-7739.
Utilizing the Low Income Housing Credit for Rural Rental Projects: A Guide for Nonprofit Developers, demonstrates how rural nonprofits can best use this program; $6. Accounting and Financial Operations for Nonprofits in Rural Housing; $4. Rural Housing and Welfare Reform: 1997 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing; $6. Housing Nonprofits Working with State Housing Finance Agencies, Fall '97 issue of Rural Voices; $4. Rural Housing and Welfare Reform; $6. Contact: Housing Assistance Council, 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Ste. 606, Washington, DC 20005; 202-842-8600; www.ruralhome.org
A Status Report on Housing Trust Funds in the United States by the Housing Trust Fund Project of the Center for Community Change. Contact: Mary Brooks, Center for Community Change, 1113 Cougar Ct., Frazier Park, CA 93225; 805-245-0318; Brooksm@commchange.org
Harvesting Hometown Jobs: The New Small Town Guide to Economic Development. $24.95; discounts avail. Contact: National Center for Small Communities, 444 N. Capital St., NW, Ste. 294, Washington, DC 20001; 202-624-3550.
Fall 1997 issue focus on job generation. Community Change, the Center for Community Change's quarterly newsletter, Contact: Publications, Center for Community Change, 1000 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20007; 202-342-0567; juergens@commchange.org
Testimony delivered to Congress on The Federal Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program. First copy free; add. copies $2. Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office, PO Box 37050, Washington, DC 20013; 202-512-6000; info@www.gao.gov; www.gao.gov
Community Building: Coming of Age, monograph co-published by the Urban Institute and The Development Training Institute, traces the roots of an emerging strategy to understand and define today's community-building practice and offers ways to further its goals. $5. Contact: HUD USER at 800-245-2691.
Community Works!, a bimonthly newsletter explores ways of approaching and perceiving the community process, and providing examples of concrete solutions to complex problems of individualism and community. Complimentary copy available; subscriptions $30/yr. Contact: Community Trust Institute, PO Box 143, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602; leslieak@communitytrust.org; communitytrust.org
Building Systems of Support for Neighborhood Change, report to the Charles Stuart Mott Foundation identifying the challenges and means of creating and sustaining strong grassroots organizations. Contact: Andrew H. Mott, Center for Community Change, 1000 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20007; 202-342-0519.
"Can Cities Escape Political Isolation?" in the Jan/Feb 1998 American Prospect examines the decline or polarization of cities outside the Sunbelt. $4.95 per issue/$25 yearly. Contact: The American Prospect, 6 Cambridge Rd., Cambridge, MA 02138-5723; 888-MUST-READ.
Moving a Public Policy Agenda: The Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), studies 12 conservative foundations to assess their policies and strategies. 52 p., $25. Contact NCRP, 2001 S St., NW, Ste. 620, Washington, DC 20009; 202-387-9177.
The Foundation 1000 1997/1998 edition analyzes the largest 1000 foundations in the country with detailed profiles. Includes over 135 foundations not in the previous edition. $295 plus S&H. Contact: The Foundation Center, Dept. NR23, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3076; 800-424-9836; www.fdncenter.org
Grassroots Fundraising Series, by Kim Klein, a seven-part video series with study booklets, answers questions most asked by small nonprofits. Purchase or loan on sliding price scale. Contact: Headwaters Fund, 122 W. Franklin Ave., Ste. 518, Minneapolis, MN 55404; 612-879-0602.
The Activist Cookbook: Creative Actions For A Fair Economy, a 100-page manual showcasing some of the best media stunts, street theater skits and creative direct actions from the labor, environmental and social justice movements. $16. Contact: United for a Fair Economy; 37 Temple Place, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111; 617-423-2148; stw@stw.org; www.stw.org
Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, 5th ed., from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. $7.95, bulk discounts. Contact: ACEEE, 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 801, Washington, DC 20036; 202-429-0063; ace3@ix.netcom.com; www.aceee.org
Information packet on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and other programs for homeless and low-income people, available free to nonprofits. Contact: Antonia Fasanelli, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, 918 F St., NW, Washington, DC 20004; 202-638-2535.
Guide for carrying out community "quality of life" projects. $13.95 plus $4 S&H. Contact: Dennis Raphael, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, McMurrich Building, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8; 416-978-7567; d.raphael@utoronto.ca
Access Delayed, Access Denied and Blocks to Their Future, reports on barriers to preschool education for homeless children and NIMBY opposition to housing and services. $25 each plus $3 S&H. Contact: National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, 918 F St., Ste. 412, Washington, DC 20004; 202-638-2535.
Screening Volunteers to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: A Community Guide for Youth Organizations. $17.95. Contact: The National Collaboration for Youth, 1319 F St., NW, Washington, DC 20004; 202-347-2080.
Affordable Housing Cost Study, examining the costs of single-family and, multi-family housing, and special needs projects in Portland, OR. Housing Development Center, Attn. Affordable Housing Cost Study, 2627 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97212; 503-335-3668; hdc@teleport.com