

Overview of Community Characteristics in Areas With Concentrated Poverty
The brief describes the characteristics of pockets of concentrated poverty within metropolitan areas and the individuals that live in these communities. Topics covered include race and ethnicity, family type, birth rates, and educational attainment. The figures presented are based on ASPE's analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007-2011 American C
rb_concentratedpoverty.pdf


Evaluation of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Teams Pilot: Final Report
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative (SC2) is a new interagency approach to partnering with cities for economic growth launched by the White House Domestic Policy Council in 2011. The SC2 initiative represents a new model of collaboration between federal and local government to improve how the federal government invests in and offers
rpt_SC2FinalReport.pdf