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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"community-based organizations"”.
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Community-Based Organizations and the Challenges of the Anthropocene
… explore how, in the context of the Anthropocene, community-based organizations (CBOs) arrange collective actions prioritising socioecological concerns. To support this aim, the two research questions were formulated: • (RQ1) Which organizational characteristics support the community-based …
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Advocacy and Community Based Organizations: How to Achieve Policy Development
This study questions if the advocacy efforts of community based organizations, like community development corporations, voluntary member associations, and community action agencies, can achieve policy development. Policy development is defined as the proposal of a policy by a community based …
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The Relationship between Motivation and Evaluation Capacity in Community-based Organizations
Community-based organizations increasingly face the need to systematically gather and provide data, information, and insights on the quality of their services and performances to governments, donors, and funding agencies. To meet these demands, community-based organizations have identified the need …
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Latina health geographies and intervening community-based organizations in the Chicago suburbs
… their health care access to support and enable community-centered policy. The dissertation project sought to understand the forces that can constrain Latina women from participating in accessible, effective, and linguistically appropriate health care in the Chicago suburbs. Specifically, how are …
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Risky business: the foreclosure crisis, Asian Americans, and Asian American-serving community-based organizations
… highlighting how Asian American-serving community-based organizations (AA CBOs) mediate these risks for their clients. The study consequently includes interviews with AA CBO staff from across the country and focus groups with Laotian homeowners from Minneapolis-St. Paul. The results …
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An analysis of the funding patterns and sources of community based organizations who deliver adult basic education
… of adult basic education (ABE) provided by community based organizations (CBOs) and to determine their success in attracting funding from external sources such as corporations, foundations, charitable and philanthropic organizations. This study sought to develop an understanding of the …
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An Examination of the Impacts of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act on Community-Based Organizations
… that shows the impacts of the PCEPA on the Community-Based Organizations (CBO) who were actively involved with the consultation phases of both the Bedford ruling and the development of the PCEPA. This thesis seeks to fill this gap by offering a qualitative exploration of how the operations …
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The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Sudden-Onset and Chronic Disasters: the Case of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
… City of Jackson as a case study to learn from community-based organizations (CBO) representatives to understand different types of preparedness and response actions by using Organizational Learning as the primary motivating theory. This project uses 16 semi-structured qualitative interviews …
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An analysis of community-based organizations' efforts in small business assistance : a case study of the CDC Community Business Network
Efforts by community-based organizations (CBOs), such as community development corporations (CDCs), have incorporated small business development into their overall neighborhood revitalization efforts with mixed success, especially when working with minority, low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs. …
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An Assessment of the Contribution of Community Based Organizations Towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management : The Case of Mazingira Women Group in Dodoma Municipality
… sensitization meetings to the Majengo Ward community so that they pay the garbage collection fees as required, but also assist the group in acquiring skills that will enable them make alternative use of the garbage they collect. The participants included 20 members of the Mazingira Women …
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Exploring NCCARE360's Role in Addressing Food Insecurity: Onboarding Successes, Challenges, and Referral Outcomes Among Community-Based Organizations in the Piedmont Triad Region
Given the integral role community-based organizations (CBOs) play in connecting individuals to essential resources and services, understanding how CBOs engage with NCCARE360 is essential to enhancing adoption, sustainability, and impact of the platform. This study explored how CBOs in the Piedmont …
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The role of community based organizations in a changing workforce development environment : Somerville Community Corporation's response to new skill demands and new workplace organizations
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997.
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An Examination of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Organizations in Helping Low-Income Individuals Improve Their Use of Credit and Credit Scores as Part of a Wealth-Building Strategy
… is limited. This dissertation examines whether community-based organizations can help low-income individuals improve their credit usage and credit scores as part of a strategy to help them build their wealth. Credit histories and scores influence access to affordable loans and other forms of …
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Strengthening the “tap in way”: a case study of an evaluation capacity building effort in Tap In Leadership Academy’s summer enrichment program
… an effort to build evaluation capacity in a community-based organization – Tap In Leadership Academy. Following a 4-Step ECB Process, this study included facilitated work sessions with program staff and organizational leadership; observations of relevant program activities; interviews with …
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The Community-Based Organization as Cultural Broker: Building Bridges Between Recent Immigrant Families and Schools in Low-Income Communities
… qualitative case study delves into the work that community-based organizations do with recent immigrant families and schools in low-income communities by examining the cultural brokering process of one particular CBO. Understanding how an organization approaches working with families and their …
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Global fantasies and heartland realities: Making a global city in the Midwest
… conceptualization of citizenship for immigrant community-based organizations? And in what ways does this conceptualization empower or hinder the work of placemaking and belonging for community-based organizations in the city? Through an intersectional and qualitative approach, I examined the …
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From individual development accounts to community asset building : an exploration in bridging people-and place-based strategies
… homeownership, this thesis explores how community-based organizations use this tool in concert with other community development efforts to not only help individuals purchase homes, but also help families maintain the asset. Unlike most research on IDAs, this thesis studies organizations, …
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The Perceived Community Engagement Survey: Structure, Reliability, and Validity of a Community-based Organization Measure of Engagement with the Broader Community
<p>For more than 40 years government funding for community non-profit organizations has grown more than in previous decades. This dramatic increase has led to a proliferation of organizations that claim the status of community-based organizations. Community-based Organizations (CBOs) have become …
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The Perceived Community Engagement Survey: Further Exploration Of Its Reliability And Validity
<p>Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) have become the source of delivery for a number of social and health-related services in many communities. CBOs provide needed services in some of the most resource-poor communities. The moniker of community-based implies that these organizations are located …
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Evolution Of A 90-Day Model Of Care For Bundled Episodic Payments For Congestive Heart Failure In Home Care
<p>CMMI’s Episode Based Payment initiatives propose a large opportunity to reduce cost from waste and variation and stand to align hospitals, physicians and post acute providers in the redesign of care that achieves savings and improve quality. Community-based organizations are at the forefront of …
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