ALL PAst projects
Community Needs and Inventory Assesment
- Anawim Community Dispersion and Needs Assessment Study
- Bethel New Life
- Minding the Gap: Closing the Gap to Create a Just and Equal Society
- Latino Electoral and Non-electoral Political Participation: Findings from the 1996 Chicago Latino Registered Voter Survey
- Expanded advocacy for Mayan populations in Guatemala and Chicago
- The future of grassroots America: Local perspectives on current and emerging issues facing urban, suburban and rural communities
- Native Gathering: A Meeting with Native American Elders, Activists, Select Funders and Scholars
- Quality Home Child Care Business Feasibility
- SAAPRI Oral History Project
- Impact of Gentrification and Displacement on Different Racial and Ethnic Communities in Chicago (also at "Housing")
Community Safety
- A Defensible Space Project: Deterring Crime and Building Community in Rogers Park
- From the Perspective of Diverse Users: An Evaluation of the City of Chicago Domestic Violence Help Line
conferences and lectures
- Conference of Chicago Research and Public Policy, 1998 - Loyola hosted first bi-annual conference on Chicago-based research and public policy
- Deal Making in Illinois - 3 lectures given by Community Fellow, Doug Dobmeyer
- Safe and Fair Neighborhood Conference - Conference attended by 200 youth and adult leaders
- Fulfilling the Dream: The Chicago Freedom Movement, Fortieth Anniversary 1966-2006 (also at "Housing")
DISABILITY
- Barriers to Independence: A Study of Housing and Personal Assistance Issues for People with Disabilities Residing in Nursing Homes
- Disability Rights Movement and Public Policy: Series of presentations and workshops presented by Community Fellow Rene Luna
- Strategic Planning for the Community Economic Development Team at Access Living
Domestic Violence
- Providing a Way Station: A study to Provide Employment Services to Immigrant Women Victims of Domestic Violence
- From the Perspective of Diverse Users: An Evaluation of the City of Chicago Domestic Violence Help Line
- Transcending Boundaries: Investigating Domestic Violence Among South Asian Immigrant Women
Economic Development/Employment
- Providing a Way Station: A study to Provide Employment Services to Immigrant Women Victims of Domestic Violence (also at "Domestic Violence")
- Looking for Work From the Bottom Up
- Equitable Sustainable Community Development
- Small Business Needs and Goals: A Survey of Small Businesses in Rogers Park
- Collaborative Evaluation of the STRIVE Career Path Project
- Factors influencing a successful transition from welfare to work
- Evaluation of a Community Health Center (also at "Health")
Food/hunger
Health
- Cristo Rey Jesuit High School School-based Health Center
- Healthy Teens 2000
- American Indian Health Services Needs Assessment Study: Chicago Metropolitan Region
- South Side Partners for Community Health (SSPCH): Analyzed needs assessment data for Department of Health and Human Services proposal
- Evaluation of a Community Health Center (also at "Economic Development/Employment")
Housing
- Affordable Housing Stock Inventory in Kenmore/Winthrop Corridor (Data transferred to base maps as a guide to Edgewater Community Council's strategic planning)
- An Asian American Senior Citizen Housing Needs Assessment for the Northern Community Areas of Chicago
- The Emergence of Stable Racially and Ethnically diverse urban Communities: A Case Study of Neighborhoods in Nine U.S. Cities (published as a dedicated issue of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's national journal, Cityscape)
- Current State of Stable Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities (Presentation made at Colorlines Conference at the Kennedy School of Public Policy at Harvard University)
- Demographic Projections for a Discrimination Free Housing Market
- Affordable Housing in the Chicago Region: Perspectives and Strategies (in partnership with the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs at Roosevelt University)
- It's ok here. A History of Deborah’s Place, An Organization Serving Women Who Are Homeless or Formerly Homeless in Chicago
- Rogers Park - Community of Opportunity (Housing database being updated along with assessment of at-risk buildings)
- Southwest Foreclosure Study (including a profile book providing demographic and housing data for census tracts with the communities)
- Strategic Planning for the Community Economic Development Team at Access Living
- The Uptown Housing and Land Use Study (prepared for State Representative Larry McKeon, Organization of the NorthEast, and all residents of the Uptown Community Area)
- Fulfilling the Dream: The Chicago Freedom Movement, Fortieth Anniversary 1966-2006 (also at "Conferences and Lectures")
- Impact of Gentrification and Displacement on Different Racial and Ethnic Communities in Chicago (also at "Community Needs and Inventory Assesment")
Participatory Evaluation/Community Capacity Building
- Abraham Lincoln Centre - Analysis of client information data gathering and SPSS training for staff
- Documenting the Process and Impact of Bethel New Life's Community Development Efforts in West Garfield Park
- A Community Needs Assessment Guide: A Brief Guide on How to Conduct a Needs Assessment
- Breaking The Cycle of Homelessness Demonstration Project
- Cabrini-Green HOPE VI Survey
- An Evaluation of Service Use and Satisfaction at Lathrop Homes and Henry Horner Homes
- Cook County Sheriff's Female Furlough Program Evaluation (Preliminary data provided to Sheriff's office)
- The Family Centered Services Initiative: An Analysis of Two Local Area Networks
- EDGE/UP School-to-Work Initiative: 1997 Progress Report
- Erie Neighborhood House Evaluation and Strategic Planning Process
- Every Block a Village Online (Evaluation report and evaluation protocol delivered to Westside Health Authority. Project named one of six "Models that Work" in national competition of U.S. Health Department)
- Putting Our Values into Action: A Participatory Evaluation
- Project Process and Recommendations for a Data Analysis System
- Finding Stability: An Evaluation of Graduates of Chicago Christian Industrial League's Single Adult Program
- The Directory of Service Providers and Community-based Organizations in Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Uptown
- The SECURE Program
- Lao American Community Services - Survey and analysis of organization’s constituents
- Drive-By Peace Evaluation (for "The Peace Museum")
- The Role of Property Management of PRIDE in Improving the Life of Tenants - Past
- Does Providence-St. Mel Make a Difference in the Lives of its Students? - An Alumni Survey
- A Report on the Collaborative Evaluation of the STRIVE Career Path Project
- Factors influencing a successful transition from welfare to work
- Evaluation of Illinois Community Technology Fund
- Community Wi-Fi Initiative Evaluation
- Evaluation of Supportive Services Program
regional, national, and international policy
- The future of grassroots America: Local perspectives on current and emerging issues facing urban, suburban and rural communities
- Neighborhood Voices (Based on the research reported on in the June summit and the additional case studies, NNC completed a final report in December 2003)
- Equitable Sustainable Community Development
- Who is Listening to Local Communities?
Spin-off Initiatives
- Case Study curriculum to be used in Philanthropy and Non-Profit Sector classes
- ChicagoServes (Collaborative project with United Way. Provided online database of volunteer opportunities throughout metropolitan area)
- Philanthropy and Nonprofit Sector Graduate Certificate Program
- Service Learning (University-wide initiative to create integration of service with learning. Created ECHO, community engagement residence floor. Transferred Service Learning initiative to Magis)
welfare & welfare reform
- From Welfare to Worse?
- Unraveling the Safety Net: 1997 and Welfare Reform
- Cracks in the System: Conversations with People surviving Welfare Reform
- The Earned Income Tax Credit: Eligible Families at the Risk of Losing Benefits (Appeared in the Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, Nov-Dec. 1999)
Youth
- Youth-Led Research on Aggressive Behaviour
- Creating Community Connections: A Neighborhood Approach For Improving Early Childhood Education Programs
- Girls Transitioning to Women: Bethany Brethren Community Center (BBCC)
- Howard Area Alternative High School Accreditation
- Leadership Conference Education Fund Program Evaluation
- Needs Assesment of the Street Interventions Program
- North of Howard Development Project
- Open Book (Produced curriculum for after-school program to increase literacy. Operates in 6 school on south and west sides)
- Passport to Chicago Community Network: A curriculum (both in paper and web format)
- Maneuvering Multiple Risks: Preventing Health Compromising Behavior in Urban Pre-adolescents
- A Comparative Analysis of Existing Secondary School Districts
- St. Gregory’s School (Dept. of Communication) - Developed course to introduce students to the role of communications in society
- Teen Leadership Training and Evaluation
- YMCA Mentoring Program Evaluation
- Youth Radio (Collaboration between WLUW and various youth orgs to produce youth designed and produced radio shows)
- Youth Voices in Policy (Youth VIP) - Among its products was the development of "Girl Driven Research Project"