This report is a follow up to the 2011 Unemployment Issue Brief. Over the past year, NCoC and our partners have embarked upon a journey to further understand the links between our nation’s civic life and our economic vitality. The results of these efforts culminate in the following research, which has surfaced two key findings: a community’s nonprofit organization infrastructure and social cohesion are both strongly connected to economic resilience.

New Ohio Report Shows Community Engagement is Essential to Economic and Community Health
Decades of research has shown that the strength of our communities depends on participation, connection, belonging, trust, and the ways we show up for one another. And a new report developed through a partnership between Leadership Ohio and the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) —
