SoBRO: South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation

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 Poverty

  IMMIGRATION

  • 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

STATISTICS

• 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