Policylink

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Nov 13, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$14,089,315

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The policylink center for infrastructure equity advances advocacy for fair and inclusive policies related to the built environment, transportation, affordable housing, and community revitalization. The center works with grassroots leaders, community organizations, advocates, and public officials to provide tools, training, and consultation to ensure that public investments in infrastructure create economic opportunity in all communities and for everyone. Communities of opportunity require strong infrastructure supports and resources, including building and repairing bridges, tunnels, water and sewer systems, school buildings, highways, and public transportation. In 2012, as part of a multiyear project with the federal sustainable communities effort, policylink provided onsite technical assistance to sci grantees in 143 communities and regions across the country engaged in planning for a prosperous future. Materials produced for the effort included the community engagement guide for sustainable communities and several other publications. By bringing together diverse and disparate interests while developing new leaders, sustainable communities is seeding an opportunity for regions and communities to craft an authentic vision for an equitable and prosperous future. Policylink also continued its partnership with the leadership conference on civil and human rights and others working in support of more equitable resources for public transit.also in 2012, policylink began work with a coalition undertaking a national poll to determine relationships between police and residents in latino communities. The poll eventually led to the publication of insecure communities: latino perceptions of police involvement in immigration enforcement and presentations on the topic to policymakers.

Activity 3

The promise neighborhoods institute at policylink provides guidance and support to grant-recipients of the federal promise neighborhoods program as well as communities interested in creating promise neighborhoods even without federal funding. A promise neighborhood is a community of opportunity, centered around strong schools, that allows children to learn, grow, and succeed by wrapping children in high-quality, coordinated health, social, community, and educational programs from cradle to college to career. Policylink has been involved in providing this support to the grantees and others since the program began in 2010, and continues and with the inclusion of seven new communities awarded grants in 2012. Onsite technical assistance in data collection, convening national and regional meeting for pn recipients, production of online and print materials, and maintenance of the website are among the activities that are ongoing and essential components of the work.

Filer

EIN

94-3297479