Waiting for Institutional Effectiveness In 2010, after completing a PhD in US History, I returned to college administration as a Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at a community college in Illinois. At the time, community colleges were aflutter over Obama’s college graduation goal to “once again have the highestContinue Reading
Disadvantaged Communities (%) by Chicago Neighborhood We previously posted on the disparities between neighborhoods in Chicago with respect to the the Justice40 initiative for disadvantaged communities. For the city as a whole, 59% of census tracts have been designated as disadvantaged communities. The legacy of redlining, disinvestment, and environmental injusticeContinue Reading
Notices of Funding Opportunities and Awards Featured Funding Opportunity Springfield, Ill. | February 29 2024 | Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Notice of Funding Opportunity Service Delivery (NOFO # 2378-030124) | The Restore, Reinvest and Renew (R3) program targets significant portion of cannabis revenues to communities that have been ravagedContinue Reading
Notices of Funding Opportunities and Awards | Featured Funding Opportunity | Washington, D.C. | January 10 2024 | Pathway Home 5 (FOA-ETA-24-05) | Forecasted Opportunity for January 26, 2024. Update: The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) has not been released on grants.gov as of February 2, 2024 (to our knowledge!).Continue Reading
President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative for environmental justice is designed to allocate at least 40% of federal funding to disadvantaged communities. Disadvantaged communities are defined as populations in 2010 census tracts identified in the Climate and Economic Justice (CEJ) Screening Tool as “(1) at or above theContinue Reading
