Cross-Site Projects
Cross-site projects are those undertaken by NNIP with the participation of multiple partners. Some initiatives are designed to engage all of the local partners and strengthen the network as a whole. In others, a few partners undertake a comparable set of tasks to advance an agenda in their own community. Throughout the initiative partners share their successes and challenges and their experiences are woven together in a summary report to offer lessons for other localities and national policy.
January 2012 - September 2013
Funder: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationSince the mid-1990’s, NNIP’s member organizations have worked to “democratize data.” The innovative strategy the early partners developed included negotiating... [read more]
2008 - 2013
Funders: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, McKnight FoundationNNIP has developed a concept and plan for a shared indicators system with common measures across sites. The lack of adequate local data has been a major problem for formulating good policy in the... [read more]
2008 - 2020
The Open Indicators Consortium (OIC) was founded by partners from across the United States who came together to support and guide the development of the ... [read more]
June 2009 - June 2012
Funders: Open Society Foundations, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Fannie MaeLittle information exists about the children living in families facing foreclosure. Having well-grounded analysis raises the profile of how the crisis is affecting children and spurs... [read more]
October 2007 - August 2010
Funder: Annie E. Casey FoundationEight partners were selected through a competitive process to participate in the iniative (see partners listed on the right). The project utilized the work of Charlie Bruner (Des Moines) who... [read more]