September 15, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
Solutions for America: Inventing Civic Solutions, A How-to Guide on Launching and Sustaining Community Programs, offers advice on how people can find solutions to problems facing their neighborhoods. The report is based on a national study of community-led programs that have succeeded in revitalizing business districts, expanding public transportation, improving the financial situation of low-income people, offering job-skills training for young adults, and fighting homelessness, among other problems. The book includes a summary of how local people identified problems in their communities, developed solutions, sought support for their ideas, and measured the success of their work. Among its tips: where to look for financial support, how to enlist volunteers and staff members, and when to stop trying to expand a group’s services.
Publisher: Pew Partnership for Civic Change, 5 Boar’s Head Lane, Suite 100, Charlottesville, Va. 22903; (434) 971-2073; mail@pew-partnership.org; http://www.pew-partnership.org; 104 pages; $5 for hard copy or free for download on the publisher’s Web site.
