Additional Sources and Due Diligence

As mentioned in our approach, the Center accesses the best available information from three sources: rigorous research, informed opinion, and field experience. From all three sources, we seek an empirical understanding of the unmet needs, practices to effectively address those needs, the social impact they generate, and the cost of change.

In addition to the references and hyperlinked endnotes in the full investment guide, we provide these additional links and sources for those seeking more information on each of our Models in Practice. You may also submit specific questions to the authors by emailing us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Opportunity 1: Prevent Foreclosures

MODEL IN PRACTICE: Effective housing counseling

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MODEL IN PRACTICE: Targeted outreach through "door-knock" campaign

CNN's Ali Velshi highlights the City of Philadelphia, Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program

Source: CNN. (2010, April 1). Foreclosure program offers lifeline. Retrieved April 2, 2010, from http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/01/velshi.saving.homes.cnn

Opportunity 2: Sustain Access to Primary and Preventive Healthcare

MODELS IN PRACTICE: Community health centers (CHCs)

General Information on Health Care Access in the Economic Downturn

Kaiser Family Foundation (August 2009). "Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession: A 360-Degree Look at Four Communities" Retrieved on September 3, 2009 from http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7949.cfm.
The following video is a companion to the above report from the Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/player_kff.cfm?id=110#clip_

Additional Research Supporting the Community Health Center Model

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care (June 2008).
Health Centers: America’s Primary Care Safety Net Reflections on Success, 2002-2007. Retrieved on July 10, 2009 from http://bphc.hrsa.gov/success/

MODEL IN PRACTICE: Home-based prevention

Additional Research Supporting Nurse Family Partnership

Olds DL. Preventing child maltreatment and crime with prenatal and infancy support of parents: the nurse-family partnership. J Scand Stud Criminol Crime Prev. 2008;9(1):2-24.
Olds DL, Kitzman H, Hanks C, Cole R, Anson E, Sidora-Arcoleo K, Luckey DW, Henderson CR Jr, Holmberg J, Tutt RA, Stevenson AJ, Bondy J. Effects of nurse home visiting on maternal and child functioning: age-9 follow-up of a randomized trial. Pediatrics. 2007 Oct;120(4):e832-45. PMID: 17908740
Karoly, L. A., Kilburn, M. R., & Cannon, J. S. (2005). Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved May 21, 2009 from http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG341.pdf
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2009, 0ctober 27) Kane Kares: Nurses Who Make House Calls. Retrieved on October 29, 2009 from http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=50569

Opportunity 3: Ensure Access to Food

MODEL IN PRACTICE: Providing emergency food

MODELS IN PRACTICE: Overcoming barriers to benefits access

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