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Related UI Researchers Publications on Race/Ethnicity/Gender | Viewing 1-5 of 265. Most recent posts listed first. | Next Page >> | Providing Maternity Care to the Underserved: A Comparative Case Study of Three Maternity Care Models Serving Women in Washington, D.C. (Research Report)This comparative case study describes the organization, delivery, and content of care of three maternity care models serving low-income women at risk of poor birth outcomes in Wards 5, 6, and 7 in Washington D.C. The first model, a birth center, provides prenatal care, birth services, postpartum follow-up, and infant and child health care. The second is a safety net clinic, which provides a variety of primary health care services, as well as prenatal care services. A not-for-profit teaching and research hospital represents a third option in which prenatal and postnatal care is provided through an on-site obstetric clinic. Posted to Web: January 14, 2009 | Publication Date: January 14, 2009 | Subprime Mortgage Lending in the District of Columbia: A Study for the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (Research Report)This report, commissioned by the D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking, examines the extent of subprime lending in the District of Columbia and the resulting impacts on residents and neighborhoods. The study found that subprime lending was concentrated in predominantly African-American, moderate-income neighborhoods, areas that are now experiencing a sharp rise in home foreclosures. The report recommends a number of actions to protect the city's homeowners and neighborhoods, including stronger monitoring of mortgage lenders, better outreach and education for home owners and home buyers, and creation of a loan fund to help persons refinance out of bad loans. Posted to Web: July 10, 2008 | Publication Date: May 01, 2008 | Foreclosures in the District of Columbia: Testimony Before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs (Testimony)This testimony discusses recent data, compiled by NeighborhoodInfo DC, on foreclosures in Washington, D.C. Foreclosures have almost doubled since 2005, and data for the first quarter of 2008 show that the problem continues to worsen. With additional adjustable-rate, subprime loans scheduled to reset over the next two years, the situation is especially serious for homeowners in wards and neighborhoods where foreclosures are concentrated. Posted to Web: July 08, 2008 | Publication Date: June 18, 2008 | Urban Institute's Summer Academy Welcomes Its First Class of Undergraduate Scholars (Press Release)Ten budding undergraduate researchers have been selected for the debut class of the Urban Institute Summer Academy for Public Policy Analysis and Research. The Summer Academy, established with support from the Ford Foundation, addresses the underrepresentation of minorities and people from distressed communities in public policy research. Academy students will take part in an intensive eight-week program that will help hone their analytical and research skills. Posted to Web: June 04, 2008 | Publication Date: June 04, 2008 | A Better Way to Deal With the Leadership Crisis (Commentary)Too few boards are doing a good job of helping nonprofit grops carry out their missions, explains Francie Ostrower in this Chronicle of Philanthropy commentary. They need to be more active in fund raising, monitoring programs, community relations, educating the public, and monitoring the board's own performance. Posted to Web: May 30, 2008 | Publication Date: May 30, 2008 |
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