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This issue of Community Investments focuses on youth and education, and considers how the community development field can contribute to improving access to a high quality education for low-income children. The issue explores the links between poverty and academic achievement, highlights research that demonstrates the economic benefits of investing in early childhood education, and examines ways to connect schools with neighborhood revitalization efforts. |
Previous Issues
2007 Issues
- Focus Issue: Rural Economic and Community Development
Volume 19, Issue 1, 2007
In
this issue:
Addressing Community and Economic Development in Rural America | Si Se Puede | Lending for Rural Development Projects | Morphing Rural Community Development Models | Native Community Development Financial Institutions | Big Lessons from Small Rural Communities
| 2006 |
- Focus Issue: Homeownership
Preservation
Vol
18; No 3; December 2006
In
this issue:
Homeownership
at High Cost | Preventing Foreclosure | Calculated
Risk | Nontraditional Mortgage Guidance | CI Notebook
- Focus Issue: Immigrant Communities
Vol
18; No 2; Fall 2006
In
this issue:
Crossing
Borders, Creating Communities | Financial Access
for Immigrants | Community Development in Dynamic
Neighborhoods | Community Profiles: Arizona, Los
Angeles, California’s Central Valley, Utah| CI Notebook
- Focus Issue: Small Business Development
Vol
18; No 1; Spring 2006
In
this issue:
Small
Business Development | Microbusiness, Macro-impact:
Capitalizing on Potential | The Corner Store |
Responding to Needs | Building Bridges in Low-
and Moderate-Income Communities | Pacific Community
Ventures | CI Notebook
- Focus Issue: Neighborhood Revitalization
Vol
17; No 4; Winter 2006
In
this issue:
Tackling
Neighborhood Poverty | Credit Where it Counts | Place
Matters | Works in Progress | Neighborhoods in Bloom
| The Reinvestment Fund’s Approach to Community Development | CI Noteboo
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| 2005 |
- Focus Issue: Affordable
Housing
Vol
17; No 3; September 2005
In this
issue:
Affordable Housing in High Cost Areas | Innovations in Housing Policy | Some
Assembly Required | State Housing Trust Funds| Stuck in the Middle | CI Notebook
- Focus Issue: Asset Building
Vol
17; No 2; May 2005
In this
issue:
Savings In The Spotlight | Individual Development Accounts | Measuring
Ownership in America | The Asset Policy Initiative of California | From Refunds to Assets | CI Notebook
- Focus Issue: Environmental Assessment of the Twelfth District
Vol
17; No 1; January 2005
In this issue:
An Environmental Assessment of the Twelfth District | A Guide to the Community
Development Landscape in the Nine Western States | Individual State Summaries
| CI Notebook
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| 2004 |
- Vol
16; No 2; September 2004
In this
Issue:
Introducing Janet Yellen | A Recipe for CRA Success | Community Reinvestment
Act Resources | New Markets Tax Investments Credit Deals | Success on the
Investment Test | High-Impact Capital: Using Secondary Capital to Expand
Community Development Credit Union Capacity | and more...
- Vol
16; No 1; May 2004
In this
Issue:
Supporting Community Health Centers | Wall Street Without Walls: Preparing
Community Development Organizations for the Capital Markets | FRBSF Community
Resources | The Next Stage in Childcare Facilities Development | Funding
Our Future: Charter School Finance 101 | and more...
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| 2003 |
- Vol
15; No 3; November 2003
In this
Issue:
Serving Untapped Markets | In the Search for New Customers, Start Here |
Empowerment for the Unbanked | Providing a Headstart with CRA | A Credit
Union from the Ground Up | Investing for Social Good | Investing for "The
Little Guy" | Native Communities Web Resource | Expediting Mortgage Processing in Indian
Country | Reclaiming Native American Tax Dollars | and more...
- Vol
15; No 2; August 2003
In this
Issue:
New Markets Tax Credits Hit the Community | Sounding Off About Investment
Instruments | Icubated Businesses Thrive | Announcing the Launch of the Center
for Community Development Investments | CI Notebook | and more...
- Vol
15; No 1; March 2003
In
this issue:
Working Wheels: A Seattle Success Story | Restoring Lives to Rebuild Communities
| Ways to Work | Credit Scoring Overview | Credit Scoring and Model Development
and Maintenance | Third Party Brokers | Staff Training, Loan Pricing and
Data Accuracy | Overrides and Second-Review Process | and more...
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| 2002 |
- Vol
14; No 3; October 2002
In
this issue:
The Community Land Trust and Special Needs Housing | Fannie Mae's Section
8 Program | The Maturing Secondary Market for Community Development Loans
| District Update | and more...
- Vol
14; No 2; June 2002
In
this issue:
Using the Media to Deliver Financial Education | Youth Credit Unions | Compliance
Corner | Selling Affordable Multifamily Mortgages | District Update | and
more...
- Vol
14; No 1; March 2002
In
this issue:
Special Edition: A Guide to
Community Development Investments
Low Income Housing Tax
Credits | Community Development Real Estate Investment
Trusts | Equity Equivalent Investments | and more...
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| 2001 |
- Vol
13; No 3; December 2001
In
this issue: Small Congregations and Asset-Based Community Development | Faith-Based Initiative
Overview | Fishing by Faith | Islamic Finance and the U.S.
Banking System | Catholic Community Development | Blessed
Housing
- Vol
13; No 2; September 2001
In
this issue: Census 2000 and the Power of Demographics | Making Reinvestment Work for San
Diego | Rebuilding Communities One Site at a Time | Equity
Equivalent Investments
- Vol
13; No 1; April 2001
In
this issue: The New Market Tax Credits | Shedding Light on Sunshine | The Big Bank World
of CRA | CRA-Qualified Muni Securities
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| 2000 |
- Vol 12;
No 3; December 2000
In this issue: Combating
Financial Fraud | Digital Divide | CARAT Announces TACP
- Vol 12;
No 2; September 2000
In this issue: Financing
Childcare: Innovative Approaches | Using CDFIs to Reach the Unbanked | 2000 Conference Roundtable Q&A
- Vol 12;
No 1; May 2000
In this issue: National
Housing Development Corporation | Equity Capital Creates Rural Jobs | CRA Leadership Council Members
| Sovereign Lending | Affordable Multifamily Mortgage Risk
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| 1999 |
- Vol
11; No 3; December 1999
In this issue: Credit Scoring for Small Business Lending | Creating
Cultural Windows to Banking Opportunities | Home for Dinner Home Buyers
Program | Micropolitan Community Reinvestment Trusts
- Vol
11; No 2; September 1999
In this issue: The Great Debate - What
will become of financial modernization? | IMPACT Seeks Alliance with
California's Banking Industry | HUD's Community Builders | Hot Tips:
Q&A | The Community Reinvestment Guide to Useful Web Sites
- Vol
11; No 1; Winter/Spring 1999
In this issue: Evolution of the Revolving
Loan Fund Industry | Maximizing Your Microbusiness Opportunity | North
American Development Bank Helps Hardest Hit Communities | Financing
Special Needs Housing | Technology and Targeted Loan Products
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| 1998 |
- Vol
10; No 4; Fall 1998
In this issue: Financing Childcare: Challenges and Opportunities
| Mergers and Acquisitions in the Nonprofit World | Community Development
Venture Capital | Consortia and the CRA | CDFIs Unmasked | Second Century
Scholars Program
- Vol
10; No 3; Summer 1998
In this issue: Make the Most of Your Experience
as a Director | Credit Scoring and the Secondary Market | "Welfare
to Work" Does Work | How to Make Investing in Your Communities
Really Count | Financial Education in Schools
- Vol
10; No 2; Spring 1998
In this issue: The Case Against Economic
Development for Women | Study Identifies Eight Core Characteristics
of Successful Multi-Bank CDCs | Recent Study Supports the Competitive
Advantages of America's Inner Cities | CRA Data Collection - Answers
to Perplexing Questions
- Vol
10; No 1; Winter 1998
In this issue: Replicating CRA in South Africa | Individual Development
Accounts: What Are They? | Small Business and the Disability Community
| Community Development Credit Unions | Energy Efficiency Supports Affordable
Home Ownership
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| 1997 |
- Vol
9; No 4; Fall 1997
In this issue: Moving Out of the Ivory Tower | "Unbanked"
Citizens Draw Government Attention | Building Healthy Communities |
SBICs: More Than an Equity Investment | Connecting CRA to the Web
- Vol
9; No 3; Summer 1997
In this issue: New Directions in Native American Housing | Fair
Lending Enforcement by the Department of Justice | CRA Examination Procedures
| Combating Supermarket Flight in Los Angeles | Regulation Y Revised
- Vol
9; No 2; Spring 1997
In this issue: The Emerging Secondary Market for Community Development
Loans | Welfare Reform | Community Development Financial Institutions:
A Primer
- Vol
9; No 1; Winter 1997
In this issue: Monetary Policy, Low-Income Communities, and the
Federal Reserve System | CEDLI Celebrates its First Anniversary | Large
Banks Transition to a New CRA | Rural LISC: A Year of Rural Progress
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| 1996 |
- Vol
8; No 4; Fall 1996
In this issue: The Business of Small Business Lending | Community
Development Lending: Profit or Cost Center? | Greenlining Western Brownfields
| Understanding Census Tracts and Block Numbering Areas | The Case for
Consortia Lending: A Day in the Life of a CRA Officer
- Vol
8; No 3; Summer 1996
In this issue: Misconceptions Mask Opportunities in Indian Country
| Small Banks Respond: How We Prepared and Fared Under the New CRA Exam
Procedures | The CRA Strategic Plan Option: Should We Bother?
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