D. Articles, Reports & Evaluation

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1. Defining Community Capacity: A Framework and Implications from a Comprehensive Community InitiativeBy Robert J. Chaskin, Oct 25, 1999
2. The Paths to Leadership in Community Change By The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Mar 17, 1999

3. Durable CDCs

   In a recent ECP publication, Building Sustainable Organizations for Affordable Housing and Community Development Impact: Lessons and Recommendations from the Field, the authors examine the impact of the Great Recession on ten nonprofit affordable housing and community development organizations that either failed or otherwise experienced severe financial pressures.  The goal of this analysis was to understand what happened and why, all in an effort to draw out common themes and lessons that might be helpful to other developers facing similar organizational issues.

    An interesting companion reading is a paper produced by LISC 13 year ago.  Building Durable CDCs is a summary of a three-day meeting focused on six episodes in which CDCs either closed or were forced to scale back significantly.

    The idea was that an analysis of the severe threats to the health of these six organizations would enable LISC and other stakeholders to do better in assisting CDCs in overcoming similar challenges and building more durable organizations.