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Peabody collaborates on $31 million grant for Nashville neighborhoods
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Study finds Tennessee service industry workers and the young get less health care coverage at work
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News from the Center for Community Studies
Vanderbilt researchers collaborate on $31 million housing grant
for Nashville neighborhoods
Housing experts and researchers affiliated with the Center for Community Studies collaborated with local development and housing agencies on a grant proposal that won federal funding to help repopulate and rebuild distressed neighborhoods in four targeted areas. The grant was the only one given in Tennessee.
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Study shows age and occupation put workers at risk
for less health care coverage at work
A new survey report – Tennessee’s Small Businesses and Factors Influencing Health Insurance Coverage – shows that Tennessee service industry workers, the young and part-time employees are at higher risk of not having access to health care coverage through their employers. The survey was conducted by Vanderbilt Peabody College researchers and the Tennessee Small Business Coalition.
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Our Mission
The challenges facing modern society are immense. Homelessness, ineffective schools, youth violence, inadequate health care and distressed families are just a few of the problems that exact a high societal cost -- in actual dollars and in lost human potential -- as people struggle to overcome obstacles and become contributing members of society.
The interdisciplinary Center for Community Studies brings together academic researchers with community partners to critically evaluate these pressing problems with the goal of supporting and promoting positive human, social and economic development. The goal of the Center is two-fold: to support social inclusion, social justice and human flourishing, and to develop new theories and bodies of knowledge that will inform this mission.
Center experts work with government agencies, non-profit organizations, private sector partners and grass-roots groups to define and address major societal challenges, providing objective analyses grounded in current research and best practices. As such, they serve as a ready institutional resource for community partners from the first steps of identifying problems and strengths through the final phase of evaluating the effectiveness of new policies, practices and initiatives.
Announcements
Susan Saegert, formerly of the City University of New York, has joined the Peabody faculty as Professor of Human and Organizational Development and director of the Center for Community Studies.
