Reports and Publications

2014

• Building Skills through Summer Jobs – This report from JPMorgan Chase Foundation provides a detailed review of national youth employment challenges and resources through the lens of the foundation’s funded jobs programs.

• Partnerships for Summer Youth Employment – This report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors describes leading youth employment programs across the United States, including the Grow Detroit’s Young Talent initiative in Detroit.

2013

• City ’s 2012 Annual Report – This report describes the work of City in 2012, and was published in the fall of 2013.

2012

• The Why and How of Collaboration -This document provides a list of reasons why collaborating is in your best interests, and provides practice-based tips on how to be successful at working with other organizations.

• City ’s Top Ten Grant Writing Tips – Originally written in 2005 and revisited and re-posted here for 2012, these ten tips will help you become a more successful grant writer.

2011

• Investing in a Future that Works: Preparing Detroit’s Young Talent for the Dynamic World of Work – This report, written by City 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 , describes outcomes of the 2011 Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program and fundraising campaign, managed by City on behalf of the Detroit Youth Employment Consortium.

2009

• Navigating Turbulent Times – This report, written by City , is the product of a series of listening sessions convened by City 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 , provides details of the Detroit Food and Fitness Collaborative’s action plan, developed through many months of planning facilitated by City .

2006

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

• Chronicle of City , 2001-2006 – This report, written by City , chronicles the results of the agency’s 2001-2005 demonstration program, which led to the continuation of City 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 was born when it was written in 2001.