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.

What this week’s census news means — and why it matters
This week, the White House announced proposed changes to how the U.S. government produces census results — changes that could affect the population counts used to determine states’ representation in Congress and the Electoral College, redraw redistricting maps, and more. As this proposal makes its
