Program & Policy Development / Improvement

• A Different Breed of Jobless: Older, Educated. Baltimore Sun
  [ Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs ]

• A Model For Disseminating Evidence-Based Health Education And Health Services Products Through Government And Private Systems
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• A Model Using Social Capital to Improve Low-Income Families Lives
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Advisory Committees: How to Select and Work With these Powerful Allies (Webinar)
  [ Applied Research, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Applying Social Capital: Organizations, Families and Communities
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Applying Social Capital: Organizations, Families and Communities. Government of Canada’s Interdepartmental Workshop on Social Capital
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Connections Between Faith Communities and Their Nonprofits - Final Report
  [ Briefs, Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Reports ]

• Disability Employment Literature Review
  [ Lit Reviews, Policy Analysis ]

• Disability Employment Literature Review - Summary
  [ Briefs, Lit Reviews, Policy Analysis ]

• Effective Strategies to Work with Employers to Increase Employment for People with Disabilities
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Faith and Organizations - Policy Statement
  [ Policy Analysis ]

• Faith and Organizations Project Publications
  [ Applied Research, Best Practices Guides, Briefs, Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Policy Analysis, Reports, Resource List, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Faith Community and Resettlement Agency Partnerships for Successful Refugee Resettlement
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Getting Beyond the Training vs. Work Experience Debate: the Role of Labor Markets, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Community Resources in Long Term Poverty
  [ Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Policy Analysis ]

• Guidance on Conflicts Between Faith Communities and FBOs
  [ Best Practices Guides, Briefs, Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs ]

• Housing Availability and Resources for People with Disabilities in Baltimore County (Baltimore Commission on Disability Report)
  [ Briefs, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Housing Options for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  [ Applied Research, Reports ]

• How has the recession affected employment for people with disabilities?
  [ Applied Research, Lit Reviews, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• How has the recession affected employment for people with disabilities? - Summary
  [ Briefs, Lit Reviews, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Immigrant Churches and Immigrant Social Services: Non-profit and Congregation Connections in Washington DC (with Michael Foley)
  [ Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Kenosha Social Capital Study
  [ Reports ]

• Linking Welfare Recipients to Jobs - Rapid Attachment Study
  [ Applied Research, Evaluations, Reports ]

• Long Term Unemployment Statistics and Strategies, Presentation to The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Task Force on Employment Opportunities
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Maintaining Vital Connections Between Faith Communities and their Nonprofits - Overview Report
  [ Applied Research, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Maintaining Vital Connections Between Faith Communities and their Organizations, Alban Institute Webinar/Radio Workshop
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Maryland Employer Tax Credits for People with Disabilities
  [ Briefs, Informational Flier ]

• Model for Disseminating Health Communications and Health Practices to Hard to Reach Populations, NCI
  [ Policy Analysis, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Multi-methods Research Design for Applied and Translational Projects Guide
  [ Applied Research, Best Practices Guides, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Organizing Faith Based Services
  [ Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs ]

• Race, Class, Geography and Social Capital. Workshop on the Role of Social Capital, Social Geography and Place-Based Interventions to Combat Poverty
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Sample Presentations, Workshops, Webinars, and Training
  [ Resource List, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Selected Direct Service Program Design Projects
  [ Resource List ]

• Selected Op Ed List
  [ Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Resource List ]

• Selected Policy Development Projects
  [ Policy Analysis, Resource List ]

• Selected Reports, Briefs, Op Eds, Practitioner Articles, and Other Technical Writing
  [ Lit Reviews, Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Reports, Resource List ]

• Selected Research Projects
  [ Applied Research, Evaluations, Reports, Resource List ]

• Social Capital and Place:  A Primer Questions and Answers about Social Capital
  [ Best Practices Guides, Briefs, Lit Reviews ]

• Social Capital and Social Geography (AECF)
  [ Briefs, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Social Capital and Welfare Reform
  [ Applied Research, Books, Policy Analysis ]

• Social Capital, Community, and Economic Development (FCE)
  [ Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Social Capital, Cultural Capital and the Dynamic among Faith Communities, Non-profits and Government in Social Welfare
  [ Policy Analysis, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Social Networks, Career and Training Paths for Participants in Education and Training Programs
  [ Briefs, Reports ]

• Strategies for Long Term Self Sufficiency. Presented at HHS consultative session for Maryland TANF staff
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Strategies to Address Conflicts Between Faith Communities and Faith Based Organizations
  [ Applied Research, Best Practices Guides, Briefs, Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs ]

• Strengthening Service Organizations, Workshop for the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Successfully Resettling College Educated Professional Refugees
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• The dialectic between research and practice: Learning from welfare reform
  [ Applied Research, Op-Eds, Articles, & Briefs, Policy Analysis ]

• The Role of Religion in Social Services
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• The Role of Social Capital in Building Healthy Communities
  [ Applied Research, Policy Analysis, Reports ]

• Training, Technical Assistance, and Targeted Research to Improve Employment and Community Integration of Refugees and People with Disabilities
  [ Applied Research, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Translating Multi-methods Research Projects Into Practice: How to Bring Together All Key Elements
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Translating Research Into Policy and Practice: How to Successfully Share Your Findings
  [ Applied Research, Workshops/Webinars ]

• Using Networks and Social Capital in Successful Workforce Development Strategies
  [ Workshops/Webinars ]

• Who are the Long Term Unemployed and What Can be Done to Help Them? - Executive Summary
  [ Briefs, Policy Analysis ]

• Who are the Long Term Unemployed and What Can be Done to Help Them? - Full Report
  [ Policy Analysis, Reports ]