Resources

• County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: 

  Provides a health snapshot for nearly every county in all 50 states on more than 30 factors—such as education, income inequality, jobs, violent crime, housing, transportation, diet and exercise.
  

• Creative Placemaking Public Resources: 

  Helps community development practitioners, artists and arts, and cultural organizations survey the landscape and decode the language of federal government funding opportunities that might support creative placemaking efforts. Use this guide to identify public resources and to determine if they are the right fit for your community.
  

• Democracy Collaborative: 

  Conducts research and releases publications on community wealth-building through anchor institutions (“eds and meds”) with hospitals and healthcare being a major focus.

  • Community Wealth: A project under Democracy Collaborative providing information about the broad range of community wealth building activity.
    

• Green Book of South Carolina:

  Mobile travel guide to more than 300 African American heritage and cultural sites in the Palmetto State.
  

• LISC:

  A national organization that bridges the capital gap between government, foundations for-profit business and residents and local institutions. LISC works with their vast network of community-based partners to make investments in housing, businesses, jobs, education, safety and health.
  

• NACEDA:

  Is an alliance of 40 state and regional community development associations in 25 states and the District of Columbia who are dedicated to improving places for the people who live and work there.
  

• National Council of Nonprofits:

  National organization information and empowering to create a positive public policy environment that best supports nonprofits in advancing their missions
  

• NeighborWorks America:

  A national organization that offers training, data, and resources related to community development, affordable housing, and other social service/action-related issues.

  • NWA Media Center: Provides data, infographics, stories, and more.
    

• Opportunity Finance Network:

  National association of community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Their network helps money flow across all 50 states to people and places where traditional finance doesn’t reach.
  

• Prosperity Now:

  Leverages the power of household financial security data, the experiences of asset-building practitioners, and the influence of advocates and policymakers to raise awareness of asset-building issues and improve programs and policies that help low- and moderate-income families build financial security.

  • Scorecard: A comprehensive resource featuring data on family financial health and policy recommendations to help put all U.S. households on a path to prosperity. It equips advocates, policymakers and practitioners with national, state and local data to jump-start a conversation about solutions and policies that put households on stronger financial footing across five issue areas: Financial Assets & Income; Businesses & Jobs; Homeownership & Housing; Health Care and Education.
    

• Rural Policy Research Institute (Rupri): 

  Provides unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America.

  • Next Generation - The Future of Arts & Culture Placemaking in Rural America: Engages artists, organizations, and communities across the public and private sector to advance collaboration, share innovative strategies and research, and elevate emerging leaders in the field. South Carolina was recently selected to be one of the next states included in this initiative.
    

• Rural Resource Coalition:

  An alliance of affordable housing, agriculture, community development, conservation, forestry, heirs' property and tourism leaders. The group works on behalf of all of South Carolina's residents to strengthen the state's rural communities and optimize stewardship of natural resources.
  

• SBP:

  A national organization shrinking the time between disaster and recovery. SBP seeks to achieve its mission via five interventions: rebuild, share, prepare, advise, and advocate. SBP has simple to follow guides for homeowners and business owners to prepare and recover from natural disasters.
  

• SC Opportunity Zone:

  Opportunity Zones are a new community development program established by Congress as a part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, they are designed to encourage long-term private investments in low-income communities. This program provides a federal tax incentive for taxpayers who reinvest unrealized capital gains into "Opportunity Funds," which are specialized vehicles dedicated to investing in low-income areas called "Opportunity Zones."
  

• SC Self-Sufficiency Standard:

  A measure of income adequacy that is based on the costs of basic needs for working families. The report provides for each family type, in each county, the amount of emergency savings required to meet needs during a period of unemployment or other emergency.
  

• SC Trails: 

  A searchable map/database that allows users to locate trails around the state. Users can sort by trail type (e.g., walking, biking, horseback riding), difficulty, location (county/city/town), and keyword.
  

• Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI):

  Measures the social vulnerability of U.S. counties to environmental hazards.It shows where there is uneven capacity for preparedness and response and where resources might be used most effectively to reduce the pre-existing vulnerability.
  

• Together SC:

  Statewide member organization supporting and strengthening the state’s nonprofit community through education, advocacy, communications, collaboration and leadership.