Collaborating To Reduce Poverty: Views from City Halls and Community-based Organizations

Surveyed city officials and executive directors of nonprofit organizations nationwide regarding how community-based organizations (CBOs) and city governments collaborated to reduce poverty and revitalize neighborhoods. Although city-CBO collaboration was fairly widespread, in most communities the co...

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Published in:Urban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) Calif.), 2001-11, Vol.37 (2), p.184-204
Main Authors: Rich, Michael J, Giles, Michael W, Stern, Emily
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alleviation
Cities
City Government
Collaboration
Community
Community Based Organizations
Community Development
Community organization
Community Organizations
Cooperation
Cooperative Planning
Government
Investment
Local Government
Low Income Areas
Mayors
Municipal government
Neighborhood Improvement
Neighbourhoods
Nonprofit Organizations
Organizations
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Poverty relief
United States
Urban Areas
Urban policy
Urban Poverty
Urban Renewal
Urban studies
USA
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Summary:Surveyed city officials and executive directors of nonprofit organizations nationwide regarding how community-based organizations (CBOs) and city governments collaborated to reduce poverty and revitalize neighborhoods. Although city-CBO collaboration was fairly widespread, in most communities the collaboration was rather "thin," and barriers to collaboration were substantial. City and CBO officials acknowledged the importance of collaborative approaches to reducing poverty. (SM)
ISSN:1078-0874
DOI:10.1177/10780870122185253