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How to Give Back in the New Year

GovLoop

If you’re a communications professional, for example, you could help a local soup kitchen with their outreach or create promotional materials for a blood drive. A version of this article originally appeared on January 3, 2019. No matter what your job is, you probably have some specific skills to offer. Favorite.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Some researchers have advocated for tracking landlords who are most likely to evict tenants, so that localities can conduct targeted outreach to landlords (to help with financial assistance or code compliance, for example) and/or tenants (for rental assistance and/or to provide connections to legal services) ( Rutan and Desmond, 2021 ).

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Exploring Variations in ERAP Application Rates Across New York State

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Landlord outreach and participation remain crucial in turning obligated funds, which are earmarked once a tenant applies and is determined eligible, into payments, which are only made once landlords are aware of and complete their portion of the application. Zoom and mouse-over ZIP Codes to explore variations across the state.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element could be treating schools as "neighborhood cultural centers" too, the way I describe how neighborhood libraries should be positioned (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019). I don't know if that happens at the poorer schools too. but it fell off.

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STEAM-empowered: AWS launches new skills and education programs to inspire cloud-curious students and empower girls, women across Virginia and beyond

AWS Public Sector Blog

“At AWS, we’ve made it a priority to support several initiatives to help create the next generation of creative thinkers and future builders in the communities where we have a physical presence,” said Cornelia Robinson, head of inclusion and outreach at AWS. “We

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

During the study period, answering rates—or the rate at which tenants appeared in response to court filing—increased dramatically throughout the city, likely due to citywide outreach and tenant engagement. However, the study did not find a significant difference in answering rates in UAC ZIP Codes. Background.

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10 Tips to Make The Most of Your Next Library Marketing Conference

Super Library Marketing

You may be expecting me to recommend that you always attend sessions in the marketing, communications, or outreach track. I was hired by NoveList in 2019 after meeting my current manager at the Library Marketing and Communications Conference ! And I do… but only if your library is sending more than one person to the conference.