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Commitments to community engagement have evolved from “consultation” and “input” toward more meaningful engagement and amplification of community power.

Most programs require some form of community consultation or input, often as part of the application process.

But until recently, community members were often not supported to join decision-making tables or exercise meaningful influence.

Some recent programs include mechanisms for increasing influence of community members in the design and implementation of grant funding -- requiring governance boards representative of diverse community interests, engaging community members as service providers and champions, or delegating decision-making with respect to program funds.

They still may not have gone so far as to empower community members to hold other stakeholders accountable, to center people over agency-specific policies and practices, or to amplify and invest in resident power.

Although some place-based program grantees have built relationships and shared resources with community partners that invest in local power-building, federal programs generally have not encouraged or required them to do so.

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Need to build metrics for how to support community power

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Need to build metrics for how to support community power

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Evolution of community power is real but more of a validation of work rather than accountability vehicle

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Evolution of community power is real but more of a validation of work rather than accountability vehicle

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Evolution of community power is real but more of a validation of work rather than accountability vehicle

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More community power re: to housing and community development

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More community power re: to housing and community development

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Promise Neighborhoods may offer greater differentiation but none of the structures have been permanent

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Promise Neighborhoods may offer greater differentiation but none of the structures have been permanent

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Value re: community power informs decisions re: eligible grantees. Harder to send resources to newer organizations with shorter track records. Community power v. Established organizations. Ex: Sustainable Communities Initiative engagement should extend beyond grantee staffing

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Value re: community power informs decisions re: eligible grantees. Harder to send resources to newer organizations with shorter track records. Community power v. Established organizations. Ex: Sustainable Communities Initiative engagement should extend beyond grantee staffing

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Opportunities for innovation: Expand eligibility, measuring power and engagement; offer new tools to represent work on the ground in application process

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Opportunities for innovation: Expand eligibility, measuring power and engagement; offer new tools to represent work on the ground in application process

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Distinction between planning work and implementation work

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Distinction between planning work and implementation work

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Must define shared structure(s) at the community level. Pre-built structures in communities? Established conduit to leverage multiple grant streams. Fast-pace and urgent environment defaults to established orgs. Can previous equity efforts count as eligible/preference points? Pre-existing tables and pre-existing work

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Must define shared structure(s) at the community level. Pre-built structures in communities? Established conduit to leverage multiple grant streams. Fast-pace and urgent environment defaults to established orgs. Can previous equity efforts count as eligible/preference points? Pre-existing tables and pre-existing work

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Importance of defining "trajectory" in a way to shows pre-existing work

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Importance of defining "trajectory" in a way to shows pre-existing work

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Must have racial equity lens for community power

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Must have racial equity lens for community power

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Changing relationship that fed. government has with community. Structure that supports long-term relationship with government; Deep alignment esp. in places where state gov't is a barrier

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Changing relationship that fed. government has with community. Structure that supports long-term relationship with government; Deep alignment esp. in places where state gov't is a barrier

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Should state government endorsement be required from feds?

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Should state government endorsement be required from feds?

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How do we count "struggle" in the definition and measurement of racial equity?

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How do we count "struggle" in the definition and measurement of racial equity?