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LISC: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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LISC: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation




A report on the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a national nonprofit enterprise supported in part by the Ford Foundation. The report outlines the need that local community organizations have for added resources from both the private and public sectors, and how resources of corporations, foundations and government agencies can be harnessed for community development and revitalization. Columnist Neal Pierce comments on the necessity of public-private partnerships.

Ford Foundation
1980
28 pages


Contents
1.Origin and Nature
Need
Approach: a Private Intermediary
The Mission
Target Cities and Neighborhoods
Relations with Local Government and Private Entities
Functions of Lisc
Selection of Community Groups
Evaluation
Funding
Other Forms of Corporate Participation
2. Local Private-Public Enterprise— Context and Trends by Neal Peirce *
Focus On Local Economic Development
State And City Help for Small Firms
Varieties of Public-Private Enterprises
Future Potential
3□ Ford Foundation Support of Community Development
Community Development Corporations
Neighborhood Housing Services
The Tenant Management Program