January 11, 2017, from the Center for the Future of Arizona- THE ARIZONA WE HAVE A few weeks ago, the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) provided the Center with the 2016 data for the Arizona Civic Health Index. Arizona has typically ranked in the nation’s bottom quartile...

This 2012 Issue Brief explores the relationship between civic engagement and economic resilience. It finds that the density and type of nonprofit organizations in a community, as well as its social cohesion, are important predictors of that community's ability to withstand unemployment in a recession....