Community Building in Hard Times
A Post-Welfare View from the Streets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth A Mulroy (University of Maryland, Baltimore), Helenann Lauber (Family Support Network) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j125v10n01_01 |
| OpenAlex | W76056730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper is about the development and implementation of community building in public housing as a poverty-reduction, homeless prevention strategy. The case offers a view from the streets of a public housing project where a family support program in a large child and family agency worked with very poor residents squeezed by dual policy reforms in welfare and in affordable housing. The practice innovation was a model of non-categorical programming with four interactive domains: community improvement, family strengthening, education/life skills, and worker development. The case describes and analyzes: (1) how the conceptual framework derived from “theories of change” and principles of the family support movement; (2) how the process was facilitated by a community-based location advantage and a commitment to teamwork; (3) how inconsistent funding streams and the complexity, size, and scope of the program hindered implementation and sustainability. Finally, lessons are drawn to use the best of community building in hard times
Affordable housing · Agency (philosophy · Business · Community design · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Management · Political science · Poverty · Process (computing · Public relations · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Sustainability · Teamwork · Welfare · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Personal Communication Services (PCs) & Wireless Networks
The careless society
Nonprofit Organizations and Innovation
Building a Neighborhood Network
Building Community
Countering Urban Disinvestment through Community-Building Initiatives
Capacity Building for Integrated Family-Centered Practice
Introduction
Model Development in Community Practice
Development of Capital in Poor, Inner-City Neighborhoods
The Interweaving of Community Intervention Approaches
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2012 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |