Reports and Publications

2011

• Investing in a Future that Works: Preparing Detroit’s Young Talent for the Dynamic World of Work – This report, written by City Connect Detroit and developed in partnership with the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce and the University of Michigan, describes the current state of youth employment in Detroit and provides policy recommendations for improving youth employment conditions.

• Grow Detroit’s Young Talent 2011 Program Summary – This report, written by City Connect Detroit, describes outcomes of the 2011 Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program and fundraising campaign, managed by City Connect Detroit on behalf of the Detroit Youth Employment Consortium.

2009

• Navigating Turbulent Times – This report, written by City Connect Detroit, is the product of a series of listening sessions convened by City Connect Detroit in 2009 to better understand the impact that the recession was having on the area’s nonprofit service providers.

• Innovating Under Pressure – This report from the U.S. Department of Labor describes Detroit’s innovative response to the rapid scaling of youth employment resources under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

• Detroit Food and Fitness Collaborative Plan of Action – This report, written by City Connect Detroit, provides details of the Detroit Food and Fitness Collaborative’s action plan, developed through many months of planning facilitated by City Connect Detroit.

2006

• NEXT Detroit Education Subcommittee Report – This report, written by City Connect Detroit, provides recommendations to the mayors office for education reform in Detroit.

• Chronicle of City Connect Detroit, 2001-2006 – This report, written by City Connect Detroit, chronicles the results of the agency’s 2001-2005 demonstration program, which led to the continuation of City Connect Detroit as a permanent community capacity for changemaking.

2004

• DetroitCONNECTED Think Tank Findings – This report describes the findings of the DetroitCONNECTED Think Tank, convened to develop recommendations for improving technology integration in Detroit.

2001

• Investing in Detroit: Philanthropy Report (1994-2001) – This report on philanthropy in Detroit provided one of the foundational documents on which City Connect Detroit was born when it was written in 2001.