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Cascade

Cascade is a community development publication produced three times a year by the Community Development Studies and Education Department. Cascade has a primary readership in financial institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies in the Third Federal Reserve District.

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Cascade Briefs

Cascade Briefs is a periodic electronic newsletter containing timely news and information on community development and financial education. You can view the most recent issue or sign up to receive this publication by e-mail.

Current Issue

No. 79, Winter 2012

This issue provides coverage of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions; highlights from a Philadelphia Fed forum on effective community development corporations; an overview of green jobs training programs of the Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia, a federally funded consortium that conducts research and development on increased energy efficiency of commercial buildings; findings from a research study on the early labor experiences of young men; and a look at a Los Angeles initiative to get educational and workforce development agencies to work together.

• The National Fund for Workforce Solutions: The Impact and Challenges of Its Workforce Partnership Model
• Message from the Community Affairs Officer
• Forum Focuses on Effective Community Development Corporations
• Training for Jobs in the Emerging Energy-Efficiency Industry
• Consortium Seeks Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings
• Spotlight on Research: Early Labor Experiences of Young Men: Underlying Factors and Later Consequences
• Getting School and Workforce Systems to Work Together
• Complete Issue (PDF, 813 KB, 20 pages)

Recent Issues

No. 78, Fall 2011

This issue, which focuses on workforce development, provides insight into a 37-year-old Philadelphia-based partnership in which 52 health-care employers provide education and training for union members and nonunion neighborhood residents; explores a U.S. Department of Labor perspective on effective earn-while-you-learn workforce training models; discusses the collapse of the labor market for 16- to 24-year-olds; explores the economic benefits of a community college education; and offers a compendium of workforce development resources.

No. 77, Spring/Summer 2011

This issue contains articles on the economic development and housing impact of Marcellus shale natural gas drilling, lessons from the 19-year-old HOPE VI program, the viability of small-scale rental housing, a bank CEO’s book on personal finance principles and another banker’s leadership on financial education, research on the distributional impact of unemployment, and a book on how place matters.

No. 76, Winter 2011

This issue features articles on some of the key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that affect consumers, two community development financial institutions’ experiences with underwriting loans to charter schools, research on the pricing of car loans for risk, the impressions of Third District leaders and lenders on the future of community development, and the legacy of ShoreBank.