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.

I-CSAC’s 20 recommendations to the Census Bureau
Last week, the Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC) held its fall meeting and came out with 20 recommendations to the Census Bureau. I-CSAC is an independent, nonpartisan group of scientists who review decisions that shape the quality and usability of U.S. population data. This
