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 Economy
Oklahoma Billboard Control and Removal Program (Oklahoma)

 Economy / Economic Climate
A Living Laboratory: The City of Chattanooga, USA (Chattanooga, TN)
New York's Banking Development Districts (New York)
The Youth Registered Apprenticeship Tax Credit (Michigan)
Chicago Community Loan Fund (Chicago, IL)
Neighborhood Market DrillDown + (USA)
New York Avenue Metro Station Corporation (Washington, DC)
Third Regional Plan for New York Tri-state Region (New York, NY)
Threshold 21
The Winds of Change (Roaring Fork Valley, CO)
The Bronx Center Project (Bronx, NY)
Smart Growth (Maryland)
Chattanooga Affordable Housing (Chattanooga, TN)
Burlington Legacy Project (Burlington, VT)
California Main Street (California)
Center in the Square (Roanoke, VA)
Crosstown 116: Bringing Habitat II Home (San Francisco)
Land Value Taxation (Pennsylvania)
South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative (Boston, MA)
Sustainable Stapleton (Denver, CO)
Memphis Central Station (Memphis, TN)
Buy Local Berkeley (Berkeley)
Put Illinois To Work (Illinois)
La Posada Hotel (Winslow, Arizona)
Sentenac Canyon and Cienega (San Diego County, CA)
B&O Railroad Station (Oakland, MD)
HIRED (Minneapolis, MN)
EMERGE (Minneapolis, MN)
Twin Cities RISE! (Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN)
The Millennium Project
Yerba Buena Gardens Neighborhood Revitalization (San Francisco)

 Economy / Employment
Telecommuting Program - Arizona (Maricopa County, AZ)
Providing Professional Clothing to Low-Income Men and Women (Fargo, ND)
Partnerships That Work: National Service and Business in Welfare to Work (USA)
The Orange Grove Recycling Center (OGRC) (Chattanooga, TN)
YIELD the Power (Chicago, IL)
Bay Cove Academy's Career Development Program (Brookline, MA)
Interlocal Association's Youth with Disabilities Project (Indianapolis region, IN)
DO-IT (Disabilities Opportunities Internetworking Technology) Scholars Program (Seattle, WA)
Imua Project (Honolulu, HI)
Improved Solutions for Urban Systems' High Schools (Dayton, OH)
Jewish Vocational Service Programs for Youth with Disabilities (San Francisco)
Job Link (Cleveland, OH)
Linking Learning to Life (Chittenden County, VT)
Bridges . . . from school to work (Washington, D.C.)
Montgomery Youth Work's Partnership for All Youth (Wheaton, MD)
My Turn (Brockton, MA)
The Strategies for Workforce Inclusion and Family Training (SWIFT) Project (Minneapolis, MN)
Project COFFEE (Co-Operative Federation for Educational Experiences) (Oxford, MA)
Project SEARCH (Cincinnati, OH)
Sacramento Job Corps Center (Sacramento, CA)
Salem County School-to-Careers Initiative (Salem County, NJ)
Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center (Tuscon, AZ)
Work Resource Center High School/High Tech Program (Cincinnati, OH)
Youth with Disabilities Demonstration Project (Seattle, WA)
YouthBuild McLean County (McLean County, IL)
Taller Tech (Santa Ana, CA)
Connecting Activities (Massachusetts)
The Youth Registered Apprenticeship Tax Credit (Michigan)
Youth Empowerment Program (Manchester, NH)
Juma Ventures' Individual Development Accounts (San Francisco)
Opportunity Passport
Building Essential Skills through Training/ BayStateWorks (Massachusetts)
The Achieve Program (Cleveland, OH)
TJXtra!
The Associate Resource Line
Child Care Plus
Goodwill Industries Transitional Jobs Program (San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin)
The Neighborhood Work Project (New York, NY)
Pioneer Human Services (Seattle, WA)
Parents' Fair Share
Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority (Savannah, GA)
The Holistic Management Project (Washington)
Horizon House (Indianapolis, IN)
The Hundred Year Association of New York Municipal Awards Program (New York, NY)
Career Pathways (Seattle-King County, WA)
Palcare (Burlingame, CA)
New York Refugee and Immigrant Job Centers (New York, NY)
Michigan Family Independence Agency (Kent County, MI)
Washington's WorkFirst Program (Washington)
Wisconsin Works (W-2) (Wisconsin)
Housing Opportunities Program (San Mateo County, CA)
Center for Employment Training (CET) (San Jose, CA)
Chicago Commons Employment Training Center (Chicago, IL)
Washington DC One-Stop (Washington, DC)
Consumer Connections and Career Connections Employment Resource Institute (New Jersey)
Welfare-to-Work Voucher Program (USA)
Center for Employment Opportunities (New York, NY)
Job Corps (USA)
Supporting Adolescents with Guidance and Employment (SAGE) (Durham County, NC)
California Green Jobs Corps (Sacramento)
Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program (Riverside, CA)
Minnesota Family Investment Program (Minnesota)
Work Advancement and Support Center (USA)
Career Gear (USA)
Put Illinois To Work (Illinois)
Opportunity NYC Demonstrations- Work Rewards (New York City)
Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative (TEEI) (San Francisco, CA)
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) (USA)
Arriba Juntos (San Francisco, CA)
MatchBridge (San Francisco, CA)
Career Skills Mentoring Program (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
Aspiritech (Chicago, IL)
Spectrum Vocational Services (Downers Grove, IL)
Humanim (Howard County, MD)
Baystate-Springfield Educational Partnership (BSEP) (Springfield, MA)
The Fortune Society (New York City)
Project for Pride in Living (Minneapolis, MN)
HIRED (Minneapolis, MN)
EMERGE (Minneapolis, MN)
Twin Cities RISE! (Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN)
RESOURCE (Minneapolis, MN)
WomenVenture (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)
Rebuild Resources (St. Paul, MN)
Providing Reliable Used Cars to Low-Income Families (New Hampshire)
The Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)
Combining Innovative Recycling Initiatives and Job Creation in Graz (Austria)
The Isles Career Center (Trenton, NJ)
Senior Community Service Employment Program (Princeton, WV)
The Summer Youth Fellows Program (Atlanta, GA)
Work Central Project (North Carolina)
Project RIO (Re-Integration of Offenders) (Texas)
Fathers at Work Initiative (USA)

 Economy / Government Assistance Programs
Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter (New York, NY)
Home Again: A Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in Portland and Multnomah County (Portland and Multnomah County, OR)
San Francisco Working Families Credit (San Francisco)
Indiana's Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign (Indiana)
Kansas' Refundable Tax Credit for Employer-Based Health Insurance (Kansas)
Pennsylvania's Task Force for Working Families (Pennsylvania)
The Youth Registered Apprenticeship Tax Credit (Michigan)
TJXtra!
Project Homeless Connect (San Francisco)
Michigan Family Independence Agency (Kent County, MI)
Office of Multi-Cultural Services (Hennepin County, MN)
Washington State Translation Program (Washington)
Alaska's Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) (Alaska)
Utah's Emergency Assistance Program (Utah)
Washington's WorkFirst Program (Washington)
Wisconsin Works (W-2) (Wisconsin)
Housing Opportunities Program (San Mateo County, CA)
Partnership for Permanent Housing (Montgomery County, MD)
Chicago Commons Employment Training Center (Chicago, IL)
Washington DC One-Stop (Washington, DC)
Integration of TANF and Child Welfare Systems in El Paso (El Paso County, CO)
Affordable Housing in Arlington, Virginia (Arlington, VA)
The Pacific Hotel: Low-Income Housing (Seattle, WA)
Welfare-to-Work Voucher Program (USA)
Free Income Tax Assistance Program (Tulsa, OK)
Campaign for Working Families (Philadelphia, PA)
Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP) (Wisconsin)
Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program (Riverside, CA)
Minnesota Family Investment Program (Minnesota)
Work Advancement and Support Center (USA)
National Produce Program (USA)
BackPack Program (USA)
Put Illinois To Work (Illinois)
Maryland WIC 5-A-Day (MD)
Bank On San Francisco (San Francisco)
New York's Facilitated Enrollers for Health Insurance (New York)
Food Stamps and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) at Arizona Farmer's Markets (Arizona)

 Economy / Homelessness
The Homeless Garden Project (Santa Cruz County, CA)
Larkin Street Youth Services' HIRE UP Program (San Francisco)
Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter (New York, NY)
Home Again: A Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in Portland and Multnomah County (Portland and Multnomah County, OR)
Project Homeless Connect (San Francisco)
Homeless Families Program (Los Angeles, CA)
SteppingStone Place (Phoenix. AZ)
Horizon House (Indianapolis, IN)
Alaska's Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) (Alaska)
Partnership for Permanent Housing (Montgomery County, MD)
Mercy Housing Colorado Affordable Housing (Colorado)
The Pacific Hotel: Low-Income Housing (Seattle, WA)
Critical Time Intervention (New York, NY)
Building Tulsa, Building Lives (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Common Ground (California)
Florida State Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (Florida)
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (USA)
Homeless Prenatal Program (San Francisco)
Illumination Foundation (Orange County, CA)
Renewal House (Western Connecticut region)
At the Crossroads (ATC) (San Francisco, CA)
Corporation for Supportive Housing (USA)
Blueprint to End Homelessness (Indianapolis, IN)
Housing First (New Hampshire and Massachusetts )
Chicago Housing Health Partnership (Cook)
Pathways to Housing, Inc. (NYC, DC, Philadelphia)
Feed The Hungry (San Francisco, CA)
Move Beyond Crisis (San Francisco, CA)
GLIDE Housing (San Francisco, CA)
EMERGE (Minneapolis, MN)
The Continuum of Program-Enriched Services (Denver, CO)
H.O.M.E., Inc: Sustainable Human Settlement Development (Orland, ME)
Elders Living at Home Program (ELAHP) (Boston, MA)
Planning for Elders in the Central City (San Francisco, CA)
InnVision the Way Home (San Jose to Redwood City)
Homeward Bound of Marin (HBOM) (Marin, CA)
Preventing Recurring Homelessness Among Mentally Ill Men Using a Critical Time Intervention (CTI) (New York City, NY)

 Economy / Homeownership
Isles, Inc (Trenton, NJ)
North Carolina Antipredatory Home Lending Law (North Carolina)
Individual Development Accounts in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa, OK)
Multistate Investigation into Ameriquest's Predatory Lending Practices
Police Homeowner Loan Program (Columbia, SC)
Chattanooga Affordable Housing (Chattanooga, TN)
Right Stuff About Renting (RSAR) (Bethlehem, PA)
Utah's Emergency Assistance Program (Utah)
Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation (KMHDC) (Clay and Jackson Counties, KY)
The Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee, Inc. (SMTCCAC) (Maryland)
Community Frameworks (Washington )
Come Home Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Rebuilding Together (USA)
The Continuum of Program-Enriched Services (Denver, CO)
The Bricklayers and Laborers Nonprofit Housing Corp (Boston, MA)
Community Home Buyer's Programme
H.O.M.E., Inc: Sustainable Human Settlement Development (Orland, ME)
Glacier Affordable Housing Foundation (GAHF) (Montana)
Metropolitan Housing and CDC (MHCDC) (North Carolina)

 Economy / Housing Affordability & Supply
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Housing: Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Programs (USA)Cdc
Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter (New York, NY)
Home Again: A Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in Portland and Multnomah County (Portland and Multnomah County, OR)
Health Impact Assessment in Land Use Development (San Francisco, CA)
Campaign for a Clean, Safe and Habitable Community (Los Angeles, CA)
Isles, Inc (Trenton, NJ)
World/BRIDGE Initiative (San Francisco)
McAuley Village (Providence, RI)
Chicago Community Loan Fund (Chicago, IL)
Chattanooga Affordable Housing (Chattanooga, TN)
Operation Walking Shield
Resident and Community Services (Omaha, NE)
South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative (Boston, MA)
The Loading Dock (Baltimore, MD)
Warren Village (Denver, CO)
Utah's Emergency Assistance Program (Utah)
Housing Opportunities Program (San Mateo County, CA)
Partnership for Permanent Housing (Montgomery County, MD)
Mercy Housing Colorado Affordable Housing (Colorado)
Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation (KMHDC) (Clay and Jackson Counties, KY)
Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland (Maryland)
The Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee, Inc. (SMTCCAC) (Maryland)
Affordable Housing in Arlington, Virginia (Arlington, VA)
The Pacific Hotel: Low-Income Housing (Seattle, WA)
Welfare-to-Work Voucher Program (USA)
Building Tulsa, Building Lives (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Florida State Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (Florida)
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (USA)
Genesee County Land Bank (Genesee, MI)
Transitional Housing Placement Plus (California)
Illumination Foundation (Orange County, CA)
Renewal House (Western Connecticut region)
Corporation for Supportive Housing (USA)
Housing First (New Hampshire and Massachusetts )
Move Beyond Crisis (San Francisco, CA)
Project for Pride in Living (Minneapolis, MN)
The Continuum of Program-Enriched Services (Denver, CO)
The Bricklayers and Laborers Nonprofit Housing Corp (Boston, MA)
Community Home Buyer's Programme
H.O.M.E., Inc: Sustainable Human Settlement Development (Orland, ME)
Yerba Buena Gardens Neighborhood Revitalization (San Francisco)
Glacier Affordable Housing Foundation (GAHF) (Montana)
Metropolitan Housing and CDC (MHCDC) (North Carolina)
Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing (Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New Y)
Elders Living at Home Program (ELAHP) (Boston, MA)
InnVision the Way Home (San Jose to Redwood City)
Homeward Bound of Marin (HBOM) (Marin, CA)

 Economy / Housing Vacancies
Right Stuff About Renting (RSAR) (Bethlehem, PA)
Genesee County Land Bank (Genesee, MI)

 Economy / Income
San Francisco Working Families Credit (San Francisco)
Connecting Activities (Massachusetts)
Free Income Tax Assistance Program (Tulsa, OK)
Campaign for Working Families (Philadelphia, PA)
EARN (California)
Cash Back (New York )
Neighborhood Health Clinic (Collier County, FL)
Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program (Riverside, CA)
Transitional Housing Placement Plus (California)
Career Gear (USA)
CAMINOS (San Francisco, CA)
WomenVenture (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)
CareNet (Florida)

 Economy / Investment & Personal Finance
Educating and Delivering Financial Services to Low-Income, Underserved Residents and Businesses (Cuyahoga County, OH)
World/BRIDGE Initiative (San Francisco)
San Francisco Working Families Credit (San Francisco)
Bank One's Alternative Banking Program (Chicago, IL)
North Carolina Antipredatory Home Lending Law (North Carolina)
New York's Banking Development Districts (New York)
Individual Development Accounts in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa, OK)
Pennsylvania's Task Force for Working Families (Pennsylvania)
Multistate Investigation into Ameriquest's Predatory Lending Practices
Banking on Our Future: Financial Literacy Education for Youth
Juma Ventures' Individual Development Accounts (San Francisco)
Finanzas (Georgetown, DE)
Houston READ Commission (Houston, TX)
Opportunity Passport
Land Value Taxation (Pennsylvania)
Right Stuff About Renting (RSAR) (Bethlehem, PA)
Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation (KMHDC) (Clay and Jackson Counties, KY)
The Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee, Inc. (SMTCCAC) (Maryland)
Affordable Housing in Arlington, Virginia (Arlington, VA)
Free Income Tax Assistance Program (Tulsa, OK)
Campaign for Working Families (Philadelphia, PA)
EARN (California)
Opportunity NYC Demonstrations- Family Rewards (New York City)
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! (EKS) (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
It's a Habit, Sammy Rabbit! (USA and international )
Bank on Oakland (Oakland, CA)
SparkPoint Centers (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Women's Initiative (San Francisco, CA)
Arriba Juntos (San Francisco, CA)
Banking on the Future (Orange County, CA)
Credit Builders Alliance (Washington, D.C.)
Bank On San Francisco (San Francisco)
Communicare - a Statewide Volunteer Network of Care Providers (South Carolina)
Don't Borrow Trouble Antipredatory Lending Campaign
Community Home Buyer's Programme
Work Central Project (North Carolina)
Glacier Affordable Housing Foundation (GAHF) (Montana)

 Economy / Poverty
Buying Nutritional Food on a Limited Budget (Wisconsin)
Teaching Nutrition and Life Skills to Adults with Low Incomes (Verona, VA)
RealBenefits (Boston, MA)
Campaign for a Clean, Safe and Habitable Community (Los Angeles, CA)
Circles of Hope (St. Louis, MO)
Community Gardens Program (Trenton, NJ)
World/BRIDGE Initiative (San Francisco)
McAuley Village (Providence, RI)
California's Lifeline Auto Insurance Program (California)
Bank One's Alternative Banking Program (Chicago, IL)
Indiana's Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign (Indiana)
Individual Development Accounts in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa, OK)
Pennsylvania's Task Force for Working Families (Pennsylvania)
Juma Ventures' Individual Development Accounts (San Francisco)
Finanzas (Georgetown, DE)
Child Care Executive Partnership (Florida)
Homeless Families Program (Los Angeles, CA)
Chicago Child-Parent Centers (Chicago, IL)
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) (Washington)
Quantum Opportunity Program
SteppingStone Place (Phoenix. AZ)
Warren Village (Denver, CO)
Michigan Family Independence Agency (Kent County, MI)
Washington's WorkFirst Program (Washington)
Boys and Girls Club Project Learn
Career Beginnings
Cash Back (New York )
Blessings in a Backpack
Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP) (Wisconsin)
Farmworker Case Management Across Borders (Putnam County, FL)
Minnesota Family Investment Program (Minnesota)
Work Advancement and Support Center (USA)
National Produce Program (USA)
BackPack Program (USA)
Illumination Foundation (Orange County, CA)
At the Crossroads (ATC) (San Francisco, CA)
Corporation for Supportive Housing (USA)
THINK Together (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino)
Reading Partners (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino)
Opportunity NYC Demonstrations- Family Rewards (New York City)
Opportunity NYC Demonstrations- Work Rewards (New York City)
College Track (Oakland, CA)
Summer Search (San Francisco, CA)
The Food Trust (USA)
Bank On San Francisco (San Francisco)
Feed The Hungry (San Francisco, CA)
Move Beyond Crisis (San Francisco, CA)
Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth and Childcare Center (San Francisco, CA)
GLIDE Housing (San Francisco, CA)
Every Woman Southeast (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Trooper Island (Kentucky)
Providing Reliable Used Cars to Low-Income Families (New Hampshire)
Communicare - a Statewide Volunteer Network of Care Providers (South Carolina)
Matching Volunteer Mentors with Adults Working towards Self-Sufficiency (Amarillo, TX)
Planning and Facilitating Life Skills Classes for Welfare Recipients (Kentucky)
Developing Community Service Career Ladder Programs to Support Welfare-to-Work (Rhode Island)
Transforming Neighborhoods Together (TNT) (Knoxville, TN)
Food Stamps and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) at Arizona Farmer's Markets (Arizona)
InnVision the Way Home (San Jose to Redwood City)
Homeward Bound of Marin (HBOM) (Marin, CA)
Partners Through Food: Organizing to Increase Access to Healthy Food (Upper Falls, NY)
New Chance (USA)