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CIVIC LEADERSHIP - Understanding Boston

Understanding Boston is a series of forums, educational events and research providing information and insight into Boston issues. Here you will find a growing number of reports about Greater Boston that the Boston Foundation staff has developed through partnerships with government and local institutions.

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Priorities and Public Safety: Reentry and the Rising Costs of our Corrections System

New research identifies rapidly growing state corrections costs as an economic burden at a time of budget cuts forced by the ongoing economic crisis. According to the report, the Commonwealth could ease this burden by adopting strategies proven to shrink prison populations and reduce rates of recidivism.

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	Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2009 The the key finding of the seventh annual Greater Boston Housing Report Card, released on October 28, 2009, is that Greater Boston is less affordable today than it was a year ago, compared to its leading competitor cities. View All Reports

Healthy People in a Healthy Economy: A Blueprint for Action in Massachusetts

This is the second report researched and written by the New England Healthcare Institute for the Boston Foundation. The previous report used stunning statistics to draw attention to a growing crisis of preventable chronic disease that not only threatens the physical health of Greater Boston‘s residents but is crowding out investment in other crucial priorities. This Blueprint prescribes a number of reforms to address these issues.

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