Written by Noel Halvorsen, Randall Lawton and Others
More than 10% of the Brown County population was known to live in poverty at this time – and the problem was growing. The focus of this study was to discover what efforts best help those in poverty to become self sufficient. [Click Poverty in Brown County (2007) to read the full paper.]
Written by Paul Demuth, Nan Nelson, Noel Halvorsen and Others
Social capital is the stock of social trust, norms and networks, formal and informal, that allow us to know and trust one another and solve common problems. In a changing community, new forces might strain a community’s ability to work collectively for the greater good. We set out to learn about current social capital in our community. [Click Understanding Social Capital and How it Works in Our Community (2002) to read the full paper.]