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Goal 2: The Conditions in Which Low-Income

People Live are Improved

National Performance Indicator 2.1 – Community Improvement and
Revitalization

NPI 2.1: Increase in, or safeguarding of, threatened opportunities and community
resources or services for low-income people in the community as a result of Community
Action projects/initiatives or advocacy with other public and private agencies.

Overview: NPI 2.1 collects data on new or ongoing Community Action projects which produce
outcomes that build community assets, including:

 Projects initiated by the CAA
 Projects as a result of CAA partnerships
 Advocacy efforts

Applicable Activities: NPI 2.1 collects outcome data on projects that achieved increased or
improved community assets as a result of:

 Material improvements, such as affordable homes and safe streets, and/or
 Changes in public policy that reduce the causes of poverty and revitalize low-income
communities.

Examples of infrastructure-building outcomes include:

o Agency advocacy with a municipal transportation authority for new or expanded bus
service from low-income neighborhoods to geographic centers of employment or
commerce

o Agency partnership with the local housing authority and/or commercial banking
institutions to support access to home financing in low-income communities

o Agency advocacy with local government results in a county or city ordinance requiring
local builders to dedicate 10% of all new construction of rental units to moderate or low-
income renters, resulting in the creation of 130 new housing opportunities for low-
income families

o Agency partnership with one or more institutions of higher education in the community
results in the creation of off campus, subsidized college-level courses within a
community center in a low-income neighborhood

o An agency partners with a hospital to establish evening and weekend health services
within a neighborhood community center

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