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Community Development Needs a Quarterback

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SSIRNancy Andrews of the Low Income Investment Fund and Brandee McHale of the Citi Foundation write in the Stanford Social Innovation Review on the need for the “community quarterback”: a model in which a single local organization serves as a lead systems integrator for antipoverty work within a community, bringing together people who work across sectors such as affordable housing, education, health care, and workforce development.

Learn more about the community quarterback model by watching the video below: