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Impact in Place: A Progress Report on the Department of Education's Place-Based Strategy
Author: US Department of Education | Year of Publication: 2012
In 2010 and 2011, President Obama directed the Office of Management and Budget, the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, and the Office of Urban Affairs to conduct a comprehensive review of federal programs affecting places, the first of its kind in 30 years. Agencies were asked to consider how place matters to their work and how their policies affect the development of urban and rural areas and how well those places support their residents in all aspects of their lives—education, health, housing, energy, and transportation. The reviews represented important first steps toward more strategically using federal investments in an integrated way, on a regional scale, and in a particular place to have the most transformative impact.
This 2012 report looks at the progress made since that first place-based budget guidance was issued in 2010: How federal agencies are working together to coordinate and leverage their work in particular places, how a community of practice is being formed as organizations adopt the place-based approach, and how the U.S. Department of Education is working to achieve transformative impact through a focus on people, places, and results. The report explains what it means to be place-based and shows how communities around the country have adopted this model to direct resources and realize results for those who need it most. The report also highlights the unique role of federal agencies in catalyzing this approach and the value proposition of a place-based strategy in the education sector.