The following links are provided to assist in enhancing your information and knowledge in the areas of community organizing, public policy and program development.   ARTICLES Power, Political Positioning and Petty Politics: The realities of public life vs. the petty politics of conventions and theological entertainment Blessings and Burdens: Developing staff and leaders from small to mid-sized churches to engage in faith-based community organizing Pain in the Pulpit: Why many pastors of small to mid-size black churches do not engage in faith-based community organizing and public policy Juvenile Offender Comprehensive Reentry Substance Abuse Treatment Comprehensive Residential Education, Arts and Substance Abuse Treatment: A Model Treatment Program for Juvenile Offenders The Role of Small and Medium-Sized African American Churches in Promoting Healthy Life Styles African American Clergy's Perceptions of the Leading Health Problems in Their Communities and Their Role in Supporting Parishioners' Health   COMMUNICATIONS Cause Communications FrameWorks Institute Spitfire Strategies The Spin Project   COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Christian Community Development     Association National Community Development Institute National Congress for Community Economic     Development   COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Center for Community Change The Community Problem-Solving Project at MIT Highlander Research and Education Center Faith Communities for Families and Children   DEMOGRAPHICS U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics USA.gov (official U.S. data) National Council of Churches (members) U.S. Census Bureau (blacks) U.S. Census Bureau (counties and cities) Glenmary Research Center (churches)   ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chalmers Center for Economic Development   FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Nonprofit Finance Center   FUNDING The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Foundation Center The Grantsmanship Center   GOVERNMENT USA.gov (federal, state, local) White House Office of Faith-Based and     Community Initiatives Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Association of Attorneys General U.S. Department of Health and Human     Services, Office of Minority Health White House Office of Faith-Based and     Community Initiatives   HEALTH Christian Community Health Fellowship Black Women's Health Project California Endowment California HealthCare Foundation California Wellness Foundation Community Health Councils Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Urban Strategies Council   LAWS AND LEGISLATION Law Library of Congress (state law) Law Library of Congress (federal law) Library of Congress (federal bills) National Conference of State Legislatures     (state bills) StateScape Billfinder (state/federal bills)   LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT African American Center for World Mission Fuller Theological Seminary African American     Church Studies Program The Leadership Center at Morehouse College   MEETINGS AND RECORDS CA Attorney General - Brown Act CA Attorney General - Public Records Act Freedom of Information Act   MEDIA AND MARKETING Black News Black PR Wire Cause Communications National Association of Black Journalists National Black Public Relations Society National Newspaper Publishers Assoc.   NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT Alliance for Nonprofit Management Board Café FirstGov Taproot Foundation   PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT KidTrek Urban Youth Workers Institute Afterschool.gov The Community Problem-Solving Project at MIT   PUBLICATIONS Challenge of Faith Magazine   PUBLIC INVESTMENT California Reinvestment Coalition PolicyLink   PUBLIC POLICY/RESEARCH The Greenlining Institute Joint Center for Political and Economic     Studies Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs The Pew Charitable Trusts PolicyLink USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture Andrew Young School of Policy Studies,     George State University Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Community Building Resource Exchange Harvard University Hauser Center for     Nonprofit Organizations Public/Private Ventures Stateline.org (state policy news) The Roundtable on Religion and Social     Welfare Policy   REPORTS Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches Organizing Congregations to Create Change A Way Out: Creating Partners for Our Nation's Prosperity By Expanding Life Paths of Young Men of Color, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute Social Witness, 'Prophetic' Discernment, and Post-Civil Rights Era Churches, R. Drew Smith, Ph.D. The Public Influences of African-American Churches: Contexts and Capacities, R. Drew Smith, Ph.D. What's Faith Got to Do With It? Irvine Foundation Irvine Foundation Organized Religion Portfolio Where are the Men? The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry on African American Men and Their Children and Families, Healthcare for the Underserved, Morehouse School of Medicine

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