In the Community Development and Policy Studies (CDPS) Department's field work throughout the Seventh District, CDPS contacts - in varying contexts - have voiced concerns about conditions impacting low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities. CDPS' goals include conducting research on community and economic development topics that impact lower-wealth, lower-income, and recent immigrant pop... Read More
Stemming from the Industrial Cities Initiative, which explored the economies of former Seventh District manufacturing hub cities over 50 years, the Chicago Fed's Community Development and Policy Studies (CDPS) has placed a continued focus on workforce development and its relevancy for marginalized populations. Among various events and publications, a 2013 edition of ProfitWise News and Vi... Read More
In Community Development and Policy Studies (CDPS) field work throughout the Seventh District, CDPS contacts - in varying contexts - have voiced concerns about conditions impacting low- and moderate-income (LMI) populations and communities. CDPS conducts regular surveys of people representing organizations that serve LMI communities in varying ways. Our survey respondents represent organi... Read More
The Minority Capital Access forum in October 2014, hosted by the Community Development and Policy Studies Department, brought together panels of experts to reflect on recent efforts in Detroit to support small business owners, and to identify strategies that help funders connect with minority businesses with capital.1 Panelists representing banks and nonprofit lenders delivered a... Read More
In Community Development and Policy Studies (CDPS) field work throughout the Seventh District, CDPS contacts - in varying contexts - have voiced concerns about conditions impacting low- and moderate-income (LMI) populations and communities. CDPS conducts regular surveys of people representing organizations that serve LMI communities in varying ways. Our survey respondents represent organi... Read More
Community Development and Policy Studies' (CDPS) most recent Profitwise News and Views (PNV) entitled, "From classroom to career: An overview of current workforce development trends, issues, and initiatives,"derives from CDPS' Industrial Cities Initiative (ICI). Since workforce development was the most common and the most vexing issue identified by leaders in every ICI city profiled in th... Read More
Building off the 2013 Healthy Communities Chicago Regional Summit, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will be cohosting a conference, "Healthy Communities - Milwaukee," on December 2, 2014, that explores the converging visions of community and economic development, public health, and the public safety/criminal justice system. This conference is part of the Healthy Communities Initiative1... Read More
In Community Development and Policy Studies (CDPS) field work throughout the Seventh District, CDPS contacts - in varying contexts - have voiced concerns about conditions impacting low- and moderate-income (LMI) populations and communities. CDPS conducts regular surveys of people representing organizations that serve LMI communities in varying ways. Our survey respondents represent organi... Read More
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA), registered apprenticeship, a model for preparing new generations of skilled workers that can be traced back to the Middle Ages, remains an important method for training and placing workers. The current surge in apprenticeship has evolved from emphasizing learning in the traditional construction trade... Read More
The fourth and final meeting in the Redefining Rust Belt series among the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago (Detroit branch), Richmond (Baltimore branch), Philadelphia and Cleveland brought together public school superintendents to discuss the central role that quality schools play in making urban communities stronger.1 (For more information on the initiative, please visit Redefining Rust ... Read More
