1. Overview & General Trends Across Neighborhoods
2. Models of Capacity Building, Impact, and
Transformational Change
3. Summary, Recommendations and Next Steps for
Sustainability
4. Discussion and Questions

Total Dollars Leveraged through place matters
Grants (Lead and Collaborative)
Neighborhood
Avondale
2007
$35,000
2008
$425,000
2009
$396,120
Covington
Price Hill
Fundraising
---
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$280,000
$2,698,980
$5,000,0000
$3,157,260
Neighborhood
Avondale
Covington
Price Hill
Donations
Neighborhood
Avondale
Covington
Price Hill
2007
---
---
---
2007
$5,000
---
---
In-Kind Support/Other
Neighborhood
Avondale
Covington
Price Hill
2007
---
---
---
2008
---
$3,000
---
2008
$5,000
$2,800
---
2008
---
$20,900
---
2009
---
$10,900
---
2009
$6,200
$2,800
---
2009
$36,500
$25,100
---
2010
Avondale
Covington
Price Hill
–
$1,589,000
$3,801,655
–
–
$11,013,711*
These dollars were grants (lead and collaborative), dollars leveraged, fundraising, and donations.
*Includes 7.1M Elberon Project

Community Engagement & Diversity Inclusion
Avondale
Housing
Number of Community Volunteers Involved in Neighborhood Strategies
2007 2008 2009
Youth Development – School-Age
Youth Development
– Early Childhood
Financial Stability
Community/ Organizational Involvement
---
---
---
---
---
100
50
240
80
3,075
120
79
360
110
3,314
Covington
Housing
Youth Development
– School-Age
Youth Development – Early Childhood
Financial Stability
Community/ Organizational Involvement
Price Hill
Housing
Community/ Organizational Involvement
Community/ Organizational Involvement – Santa Maria volunteers
Community Youth Volunteers-Youth/Education CAT
2007
0
---
N/A
0
1,067
2007
N/A
450
501
N/A
2008
20
180
N/A
7
2,109
2008
15
565
585
N/A
2009
1,200
339
N/A
10
4,660
2009
1,243
1,498
712
444
2010
2,185
2010
5,443
2010
4,399

Increased Alignment with Local and Regional Initiatives
•
United Way
•
Strive
•
Vision 2015
•
Agenda 360
•
Success By 6
•
Neighborworks
•
Additional Local, State National Initiatives

Positive Community Trends Continuing; Others Mixed
Financial Stability:
Median income decreased over time for all neighborhoods
Education:
• Kindergarten Readiness – 6 out of 7 schools showed positive trends on KRA-L/Dial-3 Screen
• 3 rd & 4 th Grade Reading Achievement – 4 out of 7 schools showed positive trends
• 3 rd Grade Math Achievement – 5 out of 7 schools showed positive trends
•
4 th Grade Math Achievement - 4 out of 7 schools showed positive trends
•
Oyler School graduated 48 young people in 2010, their first ever full graduating class

Sharing and Implementation of Best Practices
• Neighborhood Youth Councils (Avondale and Price Hill)
•
Kindergarten Readiness Assessments (Price Hill Public and Parochial Schools)
• Community Learning Centers (Similar Assessments in all 3 Neighborhoods)
•
Financial Literacy Centers (Covington and Price Hill)
•
Neighborworks Training and Projects (All 3 Neighborhoods)
• Community Health Programs (Avondale and Price Hill; Covington in Near Future)
•
Neighborhood Grants/Beautification Programs (All 3 Neighborhoods)
• Housing-Neighborhood Development/Revitalization Programs (All 3 Neighborhoods)
• Grants, Funds and Resources Leveraged (All 3 Neighborhoods)
•
Shared Outcomes/Sustainable and Scalable Practices

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 Capacity Building
 Community Impact
 Transformational Change
 Community and Neighborhood
Involvement
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Promoting Cohesion
Best Practices
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Promoting Public Policy
Building Sustainable Structures

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 Social Innovation Fund
 Promise Neighborhoods
 Health Initiatives
 Housing/Public Policy
 Impact and Other
Funding Streams
 Bold Goals
 SIF as a Model
 UW Impact Council
 District and Regional
Partner Priority
Outcomes
 Funder Alignment

Model for Developing Shared Outcomes for PM and
Aligning Place Matters Outcomes with Bold Goals
Place Matters Housing Health Youth/
Early Childhood
EDUCATION
Financial/
Workforce
INCOME Bold Goals* HEALTH
Avondale
Price Hill
Covington
**Home value trends
**Rate of foreclosure/
Foreclosure prevention
**Number of homes sold and/or rehabilitated
Community
Engagement
*% ready for kindergarten
*4 th Grade
Achievement
* High School
Graduation
*% of individuals gainfully employed
*% children overweight
**Median income *%with usual place of care
**% Disadvantaged youth *% having a medical check up within 12 months
*Number/ % rate health as very good or excellent
**% who rate the neighborhood as a desirable place to live/ quality of life outcome
**Number of volunteers and continuing/new community partners working toward priority initiatives
*alignment with UW Bold Goals
**Neighborhood Level indicator tracked over time

AYC Participation
200
150
100
50
0
50
58
79
153
2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of Participants

AYC Work Development and Volunteer Hours
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2009
AYC Total Volunteer Hours
2010
Year
AYC Total Work Development Hours

• Pre-Test (Developmental Assets, Grades Collected,
Employed - hours, and High School Graduation); Post
Collected in May
• Xavier Student to assist AYC with program and data entry 10 hours a week to understand outcomes
• Will be able to leverage data for additional funding by
12/11

Percent of Eligible Population Reached by ECS
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
23.0%
62.0%
2007 2010
Year

 Thirty-eight mothers enrolled in AVECS. Groups met monthly through 2010
 88% of babies were born at a healthy weight (weighing more than 5 lbs 8 oz)
 88% of babies were born at a healthy gestational age (37 weeks or more)
 45% of at risk mothers were enrolled prenatally.
 More than 94% of AVECS children are developing normally in the areas of gross/fine motor, communication, problem solving and personal/social skills
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Father’s groups (ASOLDIER) met monthly through 2010.

Health
Kindergarten Overweight and Obesity Rates
2006 2007
Helping individuals live quality lives and achieve maximum health and independence.
2008 2009
% Change 2006-
2009*
Cincinnati
Avondale
26.6%
28.6%
34.6%
28.9%
32.9%
37.6%
27.3%
27.6%
2.6%
-3.5%
Price Hill n/a 33.5% 26.8% 36.3% 8.4%
Source: Health Department of Greater Cincinnati. * Trends for Price Hill are from 2007-2009.

 Is a collaborative on the
CDC funded 6.7m “We
Strive” Obesity
Prevention grant
($625,000 award to
CCHG).
 Strong Community
Engagement in Health
Activities
Train the Trainer Courses/Workshops
Screenings/Assessments
Health Fairs/Rallies
Youth Gardens
CPS Health-School Partnerships
Programming Hours
Total Avondale Residents
Total
Engaged
13
600
1500
50
All Schools
1213
7400

Teens who participated in the 2010 summer garden program decreased the number of sodas they had a day by 3%, the times a week they ate fast food by
11% and their screen time by 16% for TV and 48% for playing video games and on the computer.
Decrease in Consumption of Unhealty Foods and
Media/Technology Usage
0.0%
-10.0%
-20.0%
-30.0%
-40.0%
-50.0%
-3.0%
Sodas
-11.0%
Fast Food
-16.0%
TV
-48.0%
Video Games

Members of New St. John Baptist
Church and Greater New Hope
Missionary Baptist Church participated in the Do Right!
Challenge, where they received weekly physical activity, biweekly nutrition and biweekly motivation sessions. Participants from New St.
John lost a total of 149.5 pounds and
58 inches from total waist circumference. Participants from
Greater New Hope lost a total of 17.5 pounds and 22 inches from total waist circumference.

Chase Bank provided $100,000 ($90,000 for St Michael’s project and $10,000 for the development of the Avenue the pocket park)
Avondale St. Michael’s Episcopal Church project “Avondale Gabriel’s Place” – Approx. $720,000
• Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, Community Action Agency, Chase Bank, LISC, Cincinnati Zoo, UC, AYC, ACC
Avondale & Evanston 2010 “Cincinnati Paint the Town” communities - $126,000
• Cincinnati Paint the Town, Avondale Community Council, Evanston Community Council
Avondale Ridgeway & Avenue District Community Engagement
• Cincinnati Zoo, University of Cincinnati School of Design, LISC, Police Partnering Center, Cincinnati Police, Department, First
Unitarian Church, City of Cincinnati, Habitat for Humanity, Go Cincinnati, GE Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Group, World Changers
Ministry
Additional Highlights:
Job Fairs held, training sponsored and jobs created through the Avondale Workforce Initiative Program.
Improve the Forest Ave and Vine St. gateway leading into Avondale - $300,000.00 cost to the Cincinnati Zoo. The
Avondale team will provide $105,000.00 in Cincinnati Neighborhood Business District United (CNBDU) funding for the design, installation of a Gateway signage at the location.
Gateway sign near the Reading Road and W.H. Taft intersection - $30,000.00 from the Neyer Construction Company

Summary and Recommendations - short:
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Evidence of Capacity Building in Youth Development. Community Impact in strong in Early Childhood and Health with potential and perhaps evidence for transformational change, particularly if scale up continues and data support continues showing that community benefits are maintained.
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The community was enhanced by significant funding acquired for Health and Community development projects.
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To ensure transformational change for the Avondale community, strategies will need to be increasingly comprehensive to address complex community issues. Services will need to be further integrated to include schools (youth development), government, and social service work.
Finally, funds will need to be leveraged to broaden the potential for impact.

Summary and Recommendations - Full:
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Evidence of Capacity Building in Youth Development and Workforce Development.
AYC has developed a database to track the academic and vocational outcomes of the 100+ youth who participate in the program each year. Evidence of Community
Impact is strong in Early Childhood as ECS as gone from serving 23% to 62% of the eligible population in Avondale over the 4 years of place matters and the program is now serving fathers. ECS Program outcomes are also met each year.
Evidence of Community Impact , with the potential for Transformational Change strong in the area of Health, particularly if scale up continues and data shows that health and community benefits are maintained long-term. A positive sign is that crime is decreasing relative to other neighborhoods
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Avondale was enhanced by significant funding acquired for Health and Community development projects, including a $625,000 grant that was awarded by the CDC to the Center for Closing the Health Gap for Obesity Prevention as part of a larger
6.7m Hamilton County collaborative and by a $100,000 grant from Chase bank to support the St. Michael’s project.
•
To ensure transformational change for the Avondale community, strategies will need to be increasingly comprehensive to address complex community issues.
Services will need to be further integrated to include schools (youth development), government, and social service work. Finally, additional funds will need to be leveraged to broaden the potential for community impact.

Domain:
Goal/Strategy Goal: Stabilize neighborhoods that are at-risk due to foreclosures and vacant buildings
Strategy: Consistent with community plans, rehab
10-20 units of vacant,
Build Capacity in
Neighborhoods/
Schools/
Residents
Outcomes
Promote
Quality of Life
Outcomes
Housing abandoned or foreclosed property in Covington’s urban core using multiple funding sources
Implement NSP and leverage additional funding in collaboration with City of Covington,
LISC, Catalytic
Development Funding
Corporation (Vision 2015)
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Improve neighborhood conditions,
 Increase property values compared to pre-rehab value
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Reduce blight level
Youth
Goal: Improve student educational outcomes
Strategy: Engage youth, parents, and a community stakeholders at the Community
Learning Center (CLC) at
John G. Carlisle School
Increase in family and community participation;
Integrate CLC into the
Comprehensive School
Improvement Plan
Community Engagement
Goal: Create self-sustaining structures for resident engagement.
Strategy: Provide leadership development and technical assistance to resident-led groups by researching best practices, promoting cohesion among
PM strategies, and building capacity of groups to manage affairs in their neighborhood and city
Increase leadership skills and participation in neighborhood and civic associations
• Increase in student academic performance
• Increase in opportunities for lifelong learning
People feel that their neighborhood is getting better
*Measurement for this outcome will begin in 2011
Financial Education
Goal: Improve the financial stability of
Covington residents
Strategy: Partner with
Brighton Center and other providers to create a network that will link
Covington residents to work supports, workforce development, housing opportunities, and financial education services
Connect residents to a variety of easily accessible financial services and products
Improve residents’ financial well-being through development of financial goals, planning, and management

1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Glenn O. Swing Parent and Community Participation
809
1025
42
2007-2008
82
2009-2010
Academic Year
Parent Participants Community Participants
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One of only two schools in the Covington Independent district to meet AYP.
Of Covington’s elementary schools, GOS is the second-highest achieving according to the Kentucky
Core Content Test results.
Parent participants in school events has risen from 809 in 2007-2008 to
1025 in 2009-2010.
Community engagement has nearly doubled in two years ( 42 in 07-08 to 82 in
09-10).
CGN’s vision is to make the school the hub of the community, helping to raise achievement for all students.

Covington: New Grants, Awards, Other Support/Leverage
•
$40,000 from City of Covington to the Center for Great Neighborhoods
•
$50,000 from “Weathering the Economic Storm” to the Northern Kentucky Protect My Kentucky Home
Coalition
• $350,000 in 21st Century Community Learning Center (CLC) grants to
Covington Independent Public Schools.
•
$14,000 from Covington Rotary Club
• $10,000 from an individual donor for a playground and community space improvement project at John G.
Carlisle Elementary School
•
$5,000 place matters mini-grant
•
$10,000 Early Action Grant from LISC
•
$10,000 donation from Trinity Episcopal Church
• $5,000 from NeighborWorks America to Covington leaders
•
$200,000 Licking River Greenway EPA Brownfield Assessment grant to Northern Kentucky Coalition/City of
Covington
•
$25,000 to Glenn O. Swing Elementary School from Ernst & Young to build a new playground + an estimated
$40,000 in volunteer time and materials
• $1.9 million to Covington Independent Public Schools from 21st Century Community Learning Center grants
•
$2,500 in cash + $2,500 in technical assistance to Keep Covington Beautiful from Keep America Beautiful
•
$80,000 Recreational Trails Grant to the City of Covington from the State of Kentucky
•
$96,966 to The Covington Strive Early Childhood Student Success Network from Winning Beginnings funding from United Way.
• $359,000 to The City of Covington from HUD/DOT Community Challenge Grant

Property Address “Before Rehab” value (acquisition)
704 E. 17 th St
620 E. 17 th St
518 Thomas St
520 Thomas St
522 Thomas St
$50,000
$50,000
$11,000
$11,000
$11,000
524 Thomas St
308 W. Robbins St
1105 Lee St*
$11,000
$38,500
$0
842 Philadelphia St $29,500 (foreclosure)
834 Main St $49,500 (foreclosure)
1114 Holman Ave*
1118 Holman Ave*
TOTALS
$0
$3,300
$264,800
Former Property
Tax Revenue to
Covington
$148.81
$148.81
$32.94
$32.94
$32.94
$32.94
$115.30
$0
$88.35
$148.25
$0
$0
$781.28
“After Rehab” value
(sales price)
$130,000
$89,900
$150,000
$161,000
$160,000
$150,000
$130,000
$130,000
$150,000
$215,000
$135,000
$175,000
$1,775,900
(670% increase in value)
Current Property
Tax Revenue to
Covington
$389.90
$267.56
$449.22
$479.16
$476.19
$449.22
$389.35
$389.35
$449.25
$643.93
$404.33
$524.13
$5,311.59
(679% increase in city taxes)

Housing:
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Home sales
•
Resident housing grant awards
•
New construction and rehabilitation
•
Awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold
Status
• Acquisitions to restore vacant or foreclosed buildings
• Fundraising and identification of S&L for construction financing
• Awarded 20 mini grants to 18 resident-led organizations for neighborhood improvement and strengthening resident-led organizations
• Property donations (to CGV) + loans for rehabilitation
• Canvassed 700 homes in Covington for energy efficiency initiatives through the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance

Examples of Community Engagement as Transformational Change
• Awarded 20 mini-grants (over $38,000) to 18 resident-led organizations for projects including:
• Bilingual outreach efforts in the Westside
• Partnering with the City and Police Dept to develop Environmental Design techniques for improving safety
• Reclaiming and improving the neighborhood, gateway and community parks through increased litter-control, beautification, and the creation of community gardens
• Mobilizing residents to help elderly neighbors and creating a community mural
• Covington Neighborhood Summit (resident leadership training)
• CGN Community Engagement Forums for the Urban Campus Initiative of
Gateway Community & Technical College
• “Meet the Candidates Mixer” and “Fall Candidates Forum” hosted by CGN and Partners for the Covington City Commission Primaries and Board of
Elections

Financial Stability:
•
Partnering with Brighton Center and other providers to create a Center for Financial Stability network that will link Covington residents to work supports, workforce development, housing opportunities, and financial education services.
•
Conducted financial education sessions at Holmes High School and community members
• Offered mid-year reviews to VITA customers in preparation for the 2011 tax season
• Leading the Northern Kentucky Protect my Kentucky Home
Coalition to protect residents from foreclosure

Early Childhood/Youth Development:
•
Strategic planning to strengthen schools within Covington Independent
Public Schools
• Partnered with NKU to promote mentorship with John G. Carlisle
Community Learning Center students.
•
Glenn O. Swing Elementary School was one of two schools in the
Covington Independent district to meet AYP
Health:
•
CGN was a Special Community Partner of this year’s Farmers’ Fair event
•
Working with CIPS to pilot a Walking School Bus route to Holmes Middle and High Schools
•
CGN is partnering with Harmony Garden to bring the program, Picturing a
Healthy Girl, to Covington in spring 2011

Summary and Recommendations - Short:
•
Positive and steady progress in Housing/Neighborhood
Development, Community Engagement, and Youth
Development.
• Models are sustainable but scale-up is needed to ensure broader community impact.
• Initiatives are also focused and increasing collaborative to integrate schools and government.
•
Recommendations are to strengthen health initiatives and outcomes for early childhood and financial stability.
• Also consider aligning goals to funder priorities to increase sustainability without compromising CGN priorities.

Summary and Recommendations - Full:
•
Evidence of Capacity Building is noted in Community Learning Center programs where parent and youth involvement have increased significantly and where academic outcomes are also improving. Community Impact/Transformational
Change is noted in Housing programs where the CGN rehabbed properties increase neighborhood property values and contribute to the city’s taxes. Other work with the city and policy strategies are noted, including canvassing 700 homes in to increase energy efficiency in collaboration with the Greater
Cincinnati Energy Alliance Community. Finally, Covington’s creation and growth of resident lead organizations and mini-grants programs are a Model for promoting community engagement in other neighborhoods.
•
Models are sustainable but scale-up is needed for some initiatives to ensure broader community impact. To increase the potential for scale up and sustainability, CGN should also consider aligning goals to funder priorities without compromising priorities.
•
Recommendations are to strengthen health initiatives and outcomes for early childhood and financial stability which will create a broader service model for transformational change. A second recommendation is to define and document best practices as they emerge to ensure replication in other communities.

* Youth
*Housing
*Financial Stability
*Health
*Community
Engagement

New Grants, Awards, Other Support/Leverage through Price Hill place matters
2007
---
2008
$2,698,980
2009 2010
$3,157,260 $4,022,331 in funding leveraged through grants, fundraising, donations/volunteer time, in-kind support and other financial support leveraged for and through Price Hill place matters. These dollars include those leveraged through partnerships and collaborations for projects related to place matters.
Plus $7.4 Million Elberon project was leveraged because of pm
Plus TBD Portion of $8.1 Million for
36 Units of Senior Rental Rehab

•
Industrial Grade Litter Vacuum donation ($3,399) for CAT Projects/Public Space
Improvements
• $447 Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Merit Grant
• $36,682 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s Weathering the Economic
Storm fund to help families who have recently become unemployed maintain their housing or find new affordable housing
• $100,000 annually for 3 years in funding for the Stable Families pilot
•
$30,000 grant from Greater Cincinnati Foundation for housing programs in
Spanish
• $3,000 from the Scripps Howard Foundation to benefit Santa Maria’s Promoting our Preschoolers home visitation program
•
$5,000 from LISC to benefit the International Welcome Center
•
40,000 (Youth), $415,000 (POP), $270,000 (Housing), $115,000 (Wellness) from
United Way funds to Santa Maria Programs
• $8,620 in employment costs from the Community Building Institute to hire a marketing consultant to create a marketing plan for Price Hill
• Center for Financial Stability was awarded AmeriCorps volunteer through LISC
• $15,000 from Charles H. Dater Foundation to benefit Youth Enrichment

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$15,000 Economic Security Grant from the Women's Fund of the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation and the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund for Stronger
Family Child Care Providers in Price Hill
•
$170,000 for two years from a private foundation to Promoting Our
Preschoolers Program
•
$76,000 per year from the City of Cincinnati Human Service funding for truancy prevention and conflict resolution services for youth
•
$7,000 plus additional $15,000 from SPARK to support Kindergarten
Readiness at Carson School
•
$41,000 from Injury Free Coalition for Kids for the construction of another playground
• $1,500 from LISC plus $22,000 from an anonymous corporation given to support the International Welcome Center
•
$20,000 from the Pfau Foundation for Youth Development
•
$2,500 from a private foundation for Santa Maria’s East Price Hill Center renovations

Grants Funded to Other Initiatives as a Result of Place Matters:
•
$1,323,000.00 (East & West Price Hill)- NSP I
•
TBD Portion of $8.1 Million for 36 Units of Senior Rental Rehab- NSPII
•
$110,000 Lead Abatement Contract 11/09-HUD
•
$110,000 TIF District Grant 05/10- CDBG
•
$10,000 Green Grant-Home Depot
•
$13,318 from Weathering the Economic Storm; $115,000 United Way for
Wellness Program
• $10K-$15K from NKU’s “Virtual CIO” project
• $3,000 Youth Photography Program from Charles H. Dater Foundation
• $3,000 grant form LISC to contract with UC’s Niehoff Design Studio/Carolina
Segura Drafting & Design to create an urban design/land use plan for the
Incline NBD

Grants Funded to Other Initiatives/Neighborhood Projects Dollars Leveraged as a Result of Place Matters:
• $15,000 for an AmeriCorps volunteer and emergency prescription assistance for Wellness Program from The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust
•
$35,000 from Health/Good Samaritan Hospital to rehab and add exam rooms at Santa Maria’s East Price Hill office.
•
$200,000 from Good Samaritan Foundation for first-year clinic operating expenses.
•
$58,075 for Price Hill Healthy Communities, Healthy Girls Initiative led by
Harmony Garden
•
$300 for the Price Hill Showcase of Homes
•
$10,000 from Sutphin Foundation Santa Maria’s Wellness Program
•
$100,000 Cincinnati Neighborhood Business District United grant with a verbal commitment of another $340,000 in CDBG funds and $60,000 in land to assist with the construction of a medical office building in West Price Hill

Project outcomes in housing and financial stability for the rest of 2010 are as follows:
*Santa Maria’s Affordable
Housing Program
2007 2008 2009
Projected
2010
% Increase
(start-2010)
Total Clients Served*
Avoid Eviction
348
63
602
105
1031
139
1130
166
225%
164%
Obtain Housing
Improve Housing
Conditions
69
-
37
8
64
164**
108
53
57%
563%
Tenant Education 87 261 195 124%
*“
Total clients served” includes additional families/individuals who received housing services not listed in the table.
Other services include information session, phone counseling, and referrals.
**Includes Paint The Town.

Homes in Price Hill Rehabbed and Sold
10
8
6
4
2
0
20
18
16
14
12
2009 2010
Number of Homes Rehabbed
Ye ar
Number of Rehabbed Homes Sold

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Appreciation of property values in the area- As a result of housing development from 1/1/2010 through the present, the average sale value in Cedar Grove and the Incline District increased $14,960.00 and
$8,969.00 respectively.
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In 2010, Price Hill purchased 11 homes, rehabbed 16 and sold 9 with 4 more under purchase contracts.
•
Home sales- Family homes in all of Price Hill have increased over the same month of the previous year for twelve months in a row before falling off after the federal tax-credit ended May 31. This drop was experienced nation-wide.
•
Price Hill acquired a total of 10 homes and sold 7.
•
Of the 18 homes sold in Cedar Grove, 6 belonged to PHW.
•
Sold the 1st NSP rehab in Cincinnati and sold the highest value home to date at $148,000.
•
A purchase contract pending for The Elberon Senior Housing Building using NSP II funding.
•
Price Hill is also leading or collaborating on a number or housing policy issues.

Points of Impact
Price Hill Early Childhood Meetings
5 CPS Schools*
TECCS Project
POPS Project
SPARK Project
5 Parochial Schools**
Strive Early Childhood Success Network
Every Child Succeeds
*4 of 5 schools improving on the KRAL
**Baseline Data Collected in 2010-11

Price Hill
Number of Community Residents and Volunteers Involved in Neighborhood Strategies
2007 2008 2009 2010
Housing
Community/ Organizational
Involvement
Community/ Organizational
Involvement – Santa Maria volunteers
Community Youth Volunteers-
Youth/Education CAT
N/A
450
501
N/A
15
565
585
N/A
1,243
1,498
712
444
4,399 volunteers were involved in housing, schoolage youth development, early childhood development, financial stability and community/ organizational involvement in
2010.
Early Childhood Development ----
Health ----

Health:
•
CAT Projects/Neighborhood Promotion - Queen City Bike: Bike to
Work Week 2010
• Wellness/Free Clinic - Key partners The Family Medical Group, SC
Ministry Foundation, The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati,
Robert Castellini Foundation) partnered to renovate space at Santa
Maria’s East Price Hill Center (3301 Warsaw Avenue) this fall. The clinic is scheduled to open January 2011.
•
The Wellness/Bienestar program screened 352 individuals for blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, BMI, hearing, dental, vision, pap smears, mammograms, asthma, allergies and bone density.
Additionally, 160 individuals now have a medical home and if needed, are receiving treatments and/or resources.
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Prematurity Initiative – Price Hill is one of a few target areas for this project led by TriHealth and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center. Monthly meetings of providers are held at Price Hill Chili to explore the problem and possible solutions.

Summary - Short:
• Santa Maria/PHW is coordinating a number of initiatives in the areas, with impact and transformational change in early childhood, housing, and community engagement.
• Price Hill’s Center for Financial Stability and health/wellness initiatives are building capacity and have achieved their initial set of goals while working on a number of policy issues aimed at improving quality of life for residents in Price Hill.
• Santa Maria’s/Price Hill’s ability to engage volunteers, partners, as well as to engage funders and leverage dollars has been significant
• Recommendations are to continue to strengthen alignment and to demonstrate effective and replicable models of impact that can be spread to other communities.

Summary and Recommendations - Full:
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Santa Maria/PHW is coordinating a number of initiatives in the areas, with
Community Impact and Transformational Change in early childhood, housing, and community engagement. As an example of transformational change in Early
Childhood, Santa Maria is the convener of the monthly PH Early Childhood
Meetings while also leading work on the TECCS Project, the Parenting Our
Preschoolers Project, ECS, coordinating KRAL assessments in 5 Parochial schools, serving on the Strive Early Childhood Success Network, and collaborating on the SPARK Project, Strengthening Families, and work in 5 CPS public schools and linking outcomes when possible to KRA-L data . Housing and
Community Engagement strategies are similarly comprehensive. Santa
Maria’s/PHW’s ability to engage volunteers, partners, as well as to engage funders and leverage dollars in each of the focus areas has been significant.
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Price Hill’s Center for Financial Stability and health/wellness initiatives are building capacity and have achieved their initial set of goals while working on a number of policy issues aimed at improving quality of life for residents in Price
Hill. These initiatives will require Santa Maria/PHW to leverage additional resources without compromising existing programs.
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Recommendations are to strengthen outcomes and partnerships in the area of
Youth Development, which are less defined relative to Early Childhood. It will also be important for Price Hill to continue to strengthen alignment in new programmatic areas and, in areas of strength, to define and demonstrate effective and replicable models that can be spread to other communities.