This in-depth case study examines Catalyst Miami's work over two decades, evolving to meet the needs of Miami-Dade County's low-wealth communities. The case study was developed for the Kresge Foundation’s Next Generation Human Services Initiative in collaboration with Harvard Business School.

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Catalyst Miami is part of a 30+ organization coalition urging local elected officials to utilize vacant public land for affordable development.

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Connect Capital is an action plan released in May 2019 by the City of Miami and Miami Homes for All to address the city's affordable housing needs. The report is a result of more than a year of community-wide conversations with a goal of preserving & creating 12K affordable housing units. Catalyst Miami served on the steering committee.

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As the connection between financial capability and social mobility is increasingly clear, public and private actors are moving to innovate and invest in an ecosystem that supports financial health for economically vulnerable households. Local governments are uniquely positioned to play a key role on the front line of these financial capability efforts.

This study, funded by JPMorgan & Co., explores the broad range of strategies that make up the financial capability landscape in U.S. cities, touching on programs and policy efforts deployed by and within municipalities. Our high-level scan of existing initiatives and the ways they fit together reveals the role that cities and their core institutions can play in promoting residents’ personal economic growth. This study mentions Catalyst Miami's work several times and was written by Urbane Development.

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This strategy is greater Miami's strategy to address resilience challenges prioritized through inter-governmental and community collaboration as part of The Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities. Catalyst Miami served on the steering committee and remains deeply involved in implementing this work.

Resilience, for us, means providing the opportunity for every person and every community to bounce back after large-scale flooding events, hurricanes, or economic hardships, and to not only survive, but thrive in the face of sea level rise, expensive housing, challenging traffic, and uncertain labor markets.

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This study sheds light on the widening gap in wealth in the Miami area between white households and households of color. Among non-white groups, Miami-area households identifying as black that continue to suffer most. Gretchen Beesing, Catalyst Miami CEO, is a co-author of this study. This study is part of a larger Color of Wealth series (which highlights other major US cities) by the main author, Dr. Darrick Hamilton.

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A white paper on hurricane preparedness and responses/best practices after Hurricane Irma.

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These are the recommendations to  help  shape  the  update  of  the  Southeast  Florida  Regional  Climate  Action  Plan, or RCAP 2.0, with special concerns for under-­resourced   communities  in  Miami-­‐Dade,  Broward,  Monroe,  and  Palm  Beach  Counties.  The  four  counties  and  their  municipalities  will  use  the  RCAP  2.0  for  the  next  four  years  as  their   guide  to  reduce  the  region’s  climate  change  pollution  and  build  resilient  communities.  The   recommendations  that  emerged  from  the  summit  offer  strategies  for  county  and  city  leaders,  advocacy   groups  and  residents  in  underserved  areas  to  strengthen  capacity,  leadership  and  resilience  in   overburdened  communities  at  the  front  lines  of  climate  change  effects.

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A report by the US National Water Alliance which presents a water equity framework, drawing on the wisdom and innovation of hundreds of leaders from across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. This report spotlights promising strategies for ensuring that all people have access to safe, clean, affordable water, benefit from water infrastructure investment, and are resilient in the face of a changing climate.

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The Prosperity Miami (PM) pilot initiative - a collaboration of Catalyst Miami, New Florida Majority, and South Florida Voices for Working Families - was an effort to build on the philosophy and practices of the groups mentioned above. Working collaboratively across organizations to blend services and community organizing rather than through a singular organization, the partners sought to meet the bottom-line needs of individuals, while also moving them into political organizing for broader social change. This paper highlights the lessons learned from this attempt at social innovation and provides implications for future similar collaborative efforts.

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