Community Development
To support the growth of an inclusive economy, we work with low- and moderate-income communities to increase access to credit, quality jobs, education, and housing. We also help financial institutions understand their responsibilities under the Community Reinvestment Act.
The Voices of Early Care and Education: A Qualitative Perspective on Providing and Accessing High-Quality Early Care and Education
Focus groups reveal the challenges parents with young children and early care and education providers face related to accessing and providing quality care.
Community Development
Economic Growth & Mobility Project
The EGMP is an initiative of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia dedicated to promoting equal access to economic opportunity for all.
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Community Development and Regional Outreach Visiting Scholars
Updated: February 2022
Academics, experts, and thinkers with focus areas aligned with the Community Development and Regional Outreach department are key collaborators as participants in the Visiting Scholars Program.
Occupational Mobility Explorer
14 Dec ’20
The Occupational Mobility Explorer allows users to examine how workers’ skills could transfer to similar — but higher-paying — occupations. Findings are available for the 33 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.
A Moment of Opportunity: The COVID-Era Job Market for Noncollege Workers
This report finds that online job postings during the COVID era represented a new level of opportunity for noncollege job seekers. This can be attributed to a greater volume of job postings and employers’ slightly lower educational requirements, when compared with the period preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event
Mar
23
2022
Closing the Black-White Homeownership Gap in Philadelphia
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Online
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Reinventing Our Communities (ROC) Cohort Program
The ROC Cohort Program is an in-depth racial equity training program for cross-sector community groups across the U.S. to apply local solutions to increase opportunity and strengthen local economies.