Resources

This resource bank is intended to connect frontline community groups, nonprofits, policymakers, and businesses to materials relevant to accessing federal infrastructure funding. It comprises toolkits, networks, technical assistance, and links to relevant funding resources that center community. There is currently a vast amount of information available to meet this once-in-a-generation moment. Partners in the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance compiled this evolving list of go-to resources to help communities sift through some of that information.

This report explores how certain organizations are using government funds to address the needs of frontline communities and communities of color. It discusses successful approaches and recommendations for leveraging these opportunities, as well as challenges faced by these organizations.

Explore Antiracist Results-Based Accountability (AR RBA), an evaluative framework for advancing racial equity goals. Discover the 7 Antiracist Impact Principles, learn the strategy development learning loop, and gain insights from real-world applications to equitable economic development initiatives.

Guide from Erika Bernabei and Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) that considers the application of a racial equity lens to the Results Based Accountability framework and includes a six-part strategic approach to institutional change.

With the included step-by-step instructions and template, this resource from Clear Impact provides leaders and facilitators with a roadmap for implementing the Results Based Accountability framework in organizational decision-making.

Article from Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC) that discusses how SPARCC utilized the Anti-Racist Results Based Accountability framework with guidance from Equity & Results to help national and local community partners create a shared impact framework.

The Race, Research & Policy Portal (RRAPP) is a resource designed by the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project, a collaborative team of students, academics, and experts focused on effecting antiracist organizational change across private, public, and nonprofit sectors. RRAPP provides free access to research publications on diversity, racial equity, and antiracist organizational change.

Presentation slides referenced in session.

Recording of zoom session that focuses on how to shift the narrative on economic development by using equity-focused data analysis methods and tools.

Strategic Growth Council (SGC) developed a mapping tool to fill gaps in data on unincorporated areas.

A mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. The tool uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state and the scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared.

This PolicyLink report presents a framework for considering workforce equity, a collaborative approach to equity-focused workforce strategies, and national and regional analyses to inform tailored and targeted solutions.

This report contains data in Metro Detroit on 1) Drivers of Inequity; 2) Demographic Change & The Benefits of Equity; 3) Long-Term Labor Market Trends; 4) The Good Jobs Gap; 5) An Uneven Recovery; and 6) Automation Risk and Resilience.

The State of Bay Workers data tool examines 15 indicators about work and workers within the Bay Area region.

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of long-standing racial gaps in labor market outcomes, the economic impacts of Covid-19, and the racial equity implications of automation on the Bay Area economy. The report also provides a blueprint for action to advance workforce equity informed by the data and crafted by local leaders.

National and local reports produced in collaboration with local leaders and analyze tailored workforce data, identify the key drivers of inequity, and prioritize actional strategies to advance equity through their policy efforts, programs, and investments.

An OBI report on narrative research project in the Inland Empire.

The CIDP is a resource and progress tracker for immigrants and those serving immigrant communities across California. The data indicators are designed to track changes over time, compare across geographies, and disaggregate by race, immigration status, and other features as much as possible.

Research Justice is a strategic framework that seeks to achieve self-determination for marginalized communities. It centralizes community voices and leadership in an effort to facilitate genuine, lasting social change.

A report from Chicago Beyond that explores seven power dynamics at play in the production of knowledge and lays out practices for centering the authorship, ownership, and leadership of communities of color in research that affects them.

Slides of small group activities done in breakout rooms during this session.

Presentation slides referenced in session.

Recording of zoom session that introduced collaborative governance models that centered community and worker representatives, alongside public sector and business groups, in decision-making processes.

Collective impact effort that aimed to help public housing residents in Chicago find quality jobs by connecting them with workforce development resources.

Toolkit from Collective Impact Forum designed to support backbone staff and partners to operationalize racial equity throughout their collective impact work.

The Labor Center’s High-Road Training Partnerships Project supports the California Workforce Development Board’s HRTP Initiative in modeling and expanding workforce training partnerships that are worker-centered, industry-led and aligned with key policy goals of equity, job-quality, and sustainability. Promising Practice 1: Industry-Led Problem Solving Promising Practice 2: The Industry Partnership Itself is A Priority Promising Practice 3: Incorporate Worker Wisdom Throughout the Partnership Promising Practice 4: The Industry Partnership Drives Training Solutions Essential Element 1: Industry Led Problem Solving Essential Element 2: The Industry Partnership Itself is a priority Essential Element 3: Worker Voice Essential Element 4: Industry Drives Training Solutions

The High Road Training Partnerships (HRTP) initiative started as a $10M demonstration project designed to model partnership strategies for the state. Ranging from transportation to health care to hospitality, the HRTP model embodies the sector approach championed by the Board — industry partnerships that deliver equity, sustainability, and job quality.

Policy report that includes a wide range of case studies that examine recommendations for improving workforce training and education programs, increasing access to training and job opportunities for underserved populations, and utilizing technology and innovation to enhance the effectiveness of workforce development initiatives.

Answers how workforce systems can take a holistic approach to workforce development that includes addressing work/life balance challenges and improving job quality, which can lead to benefits for both workers and employers.

Provides insights into the potential benefits of sector strategies as a tool for addressing workforce development challenges and promoting economic growth in local communities.

Highlights how apprenticeships can be an effective strategy for addressing workforce shortages in the healthcare industry and how organizations can collaborate to implement these programs.

A collective impact initiative that addresses the skills gap in the region by linking workforce development with employer demand.

Project improved graduation attainment for low-income and minority students to ensure they will have opportunity to obtain well paid careers in the region.

A book where Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor investigate the link between economic growth and inequality, arguing that concerted local action is necessary to bring equity and growth together. The book uses statistical analysis and case studies from 11 metro regions to provide instructive models and insights into how diverse communities can work together to address the challenges of job growth, economic inequality, and political polarization.

Coalition of buisnesses and government leaders launch a multi-layered collective impact initiative designed to increase economic prosperity and quality of life in Greater Mephis Tennesse.

Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor's book propose an alternative approach to economic development, known as solidarity economics, which is based on three cenrtral points. First, they emphasizee that it is "our" economy, not just "the" economy, and we need to address current issues of inequality. Second, they highlight the importance of mutuality. Thirdly, the authors advocate for social movements to support this alternative approach.

This report from the Othering and Belonging Institute is part of a larger body of research exploring ways to structure a development process to align with community well-being and leveraged to reinvest substantial resources into the community. It led to the visioning process from which Richmond LAND was launched.

Online resource hub for Collective Impact initiatives.

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Report and framework for shifting the role of marginalized communities along a spectrum toward greater power in decision-making.

Toolkit from the Government Alliance for Race and Equity outlining the network’s core framework.

Tool from Race Forward that offers a framework and systematic process to build cultures of accountability and work towards racial equity outcomes in decision-making.

New report released jointly by Partners for Dignity and Rights and Race Forward that offers a framework for integrating power-building strategies led by movement groups with conceptions of democracy and collective governance.