Research
SoBRO bases its economic development and human service approach on current research.
Selected Publications and Data Sources
YOUTH
- The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills, 2007 Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- The Costs of Out-of-School-Time Programs: A Review of the Available Evidence, December 2005 Public Private Ventures
- Quality Time After School, April 2007 Public Private Ventures
- Getting It Right: Strategies for After-School Success, September 2005 Public Private Ventures
COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
- The Benefits of Business Improvement Districts: Evidence from New York City
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Policy, New York University - Mayor's Resource Guide on Vacant and Abandoned Properties National Housing Institute
HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
- State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods 2006 The Furman Center for Real Estate and Policy, New York University
- The Homeownership Experience of Low-Income and Minority Families U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research
- Understanding Family Homelessness in New York City
Vera Institute of Justice - "I Would Not Have Anywhere to Go": Understanding Section 8 Housing Subsidy Loss in New York City Vera Institute of Justice
- Widening the Lens: A Panoramic View of Juvenile Justice in New York State System Indicators for State and Local Planning Vera Institute of Justice
- Promoting Homeownership among Low-Income Households
The Urban Institute - Affordable Housing's Green Future, 2007 Enterprise Foundation
- More Than Roof and Walls: Why Resident Services are an Indispensable Part of Affordable Housing, 2006 Enterprise Foundation
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
- Chance of a Lifetime, May 2006 Center for an Urban Future
- Work in Progress, June 2007Center for an Urban Future
- Place Matters: Employers, Low-Income Workers, and Regional Economic Development, May 2007
The Urban Institute
ADULT EDUCATION
- Working to Learn, Learning to Work: Unlocking the Potential of New York’s Adult College Students, August 2007 Center for an Urban Future
- Lost in Translation, November 2006 Center for an Urban Future
- Pressures and Possibilities: Supporting Families and Children At Home, Summer 2007
Center for an Urban Future
POVERTY
- From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half, March 2007
The Center for American Progress Task Force on PovertyIMMIGRATION
- Immigrant Integration in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods, November 2007 The Urban Institute
- A World of Opportunity, February 2007
Center for an Urban Future
PHILANTROPHY
- Paying for Overhead: A Study of the Impact of Foundations’ Overhead Payment Policies on Educational and Human Service Organizations, March 2007 The Center on Philantrophy at the Indiana University
- Kids Count: State-Level Data Online Annie E. Casey Foundation Children Data
- American Community Survey US Census, Community Level Data
- US Census
National, Community, and Individual Data - New York State GIS Clearinghouse GIS Data
- Infoshare Online
- Inside Schools NYC Public Schools Data
STATISTICS


