Issue #146, Summer 2006

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In Overcoming Barriers to Mobility: The Role of Place in the United States and the UK, Alan Berube notes a lack of intergenerational income mobility and increases in poverty have caused mobility to remain static in America and to decline in England. While in Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the United States, 1980-2000, John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth conclude that, given the continuous immigration to both countries, policymakers face an imperative to address increasing income inequality. www.brookings.edu/metro/lse.htm and www.cepr.net/publications/immigration_2006_04.htm

Robert Zdenek, with the Center for Law and Social Policy, has authored Getting Connected: Employer Engagement in Work Supports. The report focuses on how intermediaries are working with employers to increase public benefit access, leading to more income and asset building opportunities. www.clasp.org/publications/employerworksupports.pdf

Smart Growth America has published Design Guidelines to Enhance Community Appearance and Protect Natural Resources, which describes planning considerations, tools and best management practices to create a more visually appealing community. The guidebook addresses 20 of the most common development issues including: signage, lighting, historic preservation, landscape character protection, visual corridors, pedestrian accessibility, shoreline development, storm water management and more. http://wupcenter.mtu.edu/education/land_use/design_guidelines/index.htm

A new edition of Pulling Apart: A State by State Analysis of Income Trends shows that in 38 states the incomes of the bottom fifth of families grew more slowly than the incomes of the top fifth between the early 1980s and the early 2000s. Both national and state level data are included in this report by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. www.epi.org/printer.cfm?id=813&content_type=1&nice_name=studies_pullingapart

AWARDS
The Mid South Delta Initiative is accepting applications for its Mid South Delta Leadership program, which seeks to build a network of diverse leaders who will work across economic, social and racial divides to shape policies and strategies for education and economic development in the Delta Region – the counties and parishes along the Mississippi River in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The program helps participants gain a better understanding of national and global trends, and how these trends influence the quality of life and economic and community development in the Delta. Deadline: July 21. www.msdi.org/leadership

The General Mills Foundation is continuing its Celebrating Communities of Color grants program. The grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota that serve communities of color. Fifty project grants of $10,000 each will be awarded during the year. The Celebrating Communities of Color program focuses on four areas: social service, youth nutrition and fitness, education, and arts and culture. Deadline: September 1. www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/communities_color.aspx

The Do Something Brick Awards honor dynamic leaders age 25 and under who have implemented innovative solutions to problems in the areas of community building, health and the environment. Brick winners in the “18 and under” age group receive a $5,000 higher education scholarship and a $5,000 community grant, and winners in the “19 to 25” age group receive a $10,000 community grant. Deadline: October 25. www.dosomething.org/awards/brick/apply

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