I-1Crime Heat Maps of Targeted Neighborhoods
Turning incident data into parcel-level insight for site selection.
Track I
Crime & Safety
I-1
I-2Home Building in Blighted Areas with Success
Taught through Home Building Success in Blighted Areas (II-2): how builders succeed on blighted lots and in high-crime blocks.
I-3Commercial Development in High-Crime Areas
Security, tenants, police partnership, and timing commercial investment to follow safety gains.
I-4Federal & Local Task Force to Eradicate Crime
Agencies, vertical prosecution and intelligence-led enforcement.
I-5Community Crime Watch for Construction Sites
Protecting job sites and new homes with resident watch groups.
I-6 · Class 4The Two-Sided Response: Enforcement Plus Prevention
Why enforcement alone displaces crime and prevention alone fails, and how to sequence the two together. Class 4 of Module I-6, Gang & Drug Cartel Eradication.
I-7Community Policing with Community Support
Taught through Improving Law Enforcement & Community Relations (IV-4): police and residents working the same plan.
I-8Ex-Offender Re-Entry & Job Training
Construction workforce and reportable jobs.
I-9Grants for Crime Eradication
Companion funding and fiscal agents.
I-10Crime & Safety Policy at the Local Level
City and county policies that sustain safety gains.
I-11Homes for Our Neighbors
Turning a city housing policy into a congregation-by-congregation campaign.
I-12The Incredible Success of The Bridge
Ending homelessness with compassionate, measured outcomes.
I-13Clearinghouse Catalyst
Coordinating crime and code-violation response across agencies.
Track II
Real Estate
II-1How to Build a Blight Map
Grading vacant structures and lots to drive acquisition decisions.
II-1Code-Violation Maps
Ranking safety, sanitation and nuisance issues for inspection and acquisition.
II-1From Analytics to Acquisition Decisions
Turning the maps into a buy decision.
II-2Home Building Success in Blighted Areas
Closing the builder gap with layered capital and measured outcomes.
II-2Why the Home Building Process Is Becoming a National Model
How a local model builds a documented, national-credibility case.
II-3Improving Commercial Development & Valuations
Turning a blighted corridor into a repriced market.
II-4Creating Land Banks
Building the parcel pipeline from vacant, blighted and seized properties.
II-4 & II-5Land Banks and Land Transfer Programs
The deal pipeline from foreclosure to first-time owner, with CDC purchase rights and resale protections.
II-6Affordable Housing Best Practices
Layering housing tax credits, HOME funds, a 0% foundation loan, city equity and rent-to-own so families can own.
II-7Private and Corporate Investments
Leveraging public dollars 4:1 with corporate, foundation, bank and church capital: the JPI pattern.
II-8 & II-9Community Development Corporations
The CDC as partner on the way in and buyer on the way out.
II-10Architecture & Community Planning
Site plans and deals that align affordability with developer return.
II-11Urban Planning to Impact Blight, Poverty & Crime
Consent-based planning that protects both returns and residents.
Track III
Public Policy
III-1Media Impact
Community-based campaigns that win over opposition.
III-2Telling Your Story
Print and media awareness to change public perception.
III-3Business Roundtables: The 7 Areas of Influence
Convening balanced, cross-sector roundtables.
III-4Community Awareness Tours
Taught through Community Awareness: Tours & Media (IV-8): tours of blighted and high-crime areas that build public support.
III-5Navigating Policy with DOT & Port Authority
Map the agencies and decision windows, comment on NEPA reviews, and negotiate compensation and community benefits.
III-6Hurricane Recovery to Rebuilding
Moving a community from emergency response to a multi-year rebuild.
III-6Disaster Relief: Know Your Phase
Rescue, recover and rebuild, and the five rebuild models.
III-7Disaster Recovery Phase 1: Reclaim
The Discovery Phase: a full community damage picture.
III-8Disaster Recovery Phase 2: Repair
Turning Discovery data into a vision with goals and metrics.
III-9Disaster Recovery Phase 3: Reknit
Strategic partnerships and a staffed strategy.
III-10Disaster Recovery Phase 4: Renew
Rallying the workforce.
III-11Disaster Recovery Phase 5: Reproduce
Transferring a proven recovery model through mobilization.
Track IV
Community Engagement & Empowerment
IV-1Child-Focused Heat Mapping
Privacy-protected maps that show where to act first.
IV-2Asset Mapping to Project Outcomes
Starting from community strengths: the baseline for impact reporting.
IV-3Economic Equity and Inclusion
Revitalization without displacement, measured for developers and residents alike.
IV-4Improving Law Enforcement & Community Relations
Trust between residents and police as a precondition for safety.
IV-5School Sports Programs
After-school and summer camps that pair athletics with mentoring.
IV-6Community Roundtables
Neighborhood roundtables that turn city plans into resident-led action.
IV-7Community Engagement: Surveys & Collective Impact
Resident ownership through surveys and mobilization.
IV-8Community Awareness: Tours & Media
Resident-honoring tours and media that build pride, not stigma.
IV-9Character & Role Models
Mobilizing credible role models to inspire change.
IV-10Youth Summits on Poverty and Hunger
A one-day teach-equip-deploy summit.
IV-11Developing Community Heroes with Corporate Sponsors
Matching local heroes with sponsors, and protecting their mission.
Track V
Non-Profit & Faith-Based
V-1The House of Hope Model
Urban missionaries and block-by-block transformation.
V-2Building Effective Coalitions
Cross-denominational, city-wide coalitions with measurable goals.
V-3Holy Restoration
Extreme make-overs for inner-city churches.
V-4Life Choices Programs
Character-based programs against bullying, gangs and violence.
V-5Racial Reconciliation and Justice Initiatives
Building trust across racial and community lines.
V-6Life Coaching Inner-City Leaders
Coaching local leaders with best practices.
Track VI
Health & Wellness
VI-1Empowering Middle School Students
The Edison model for a tipping-point campus.
VI-2Inner-City Cooperatives
A ready-made business for the fund.
VI-3Heat Maps to Track Health & Wellness
Taught through Child-Focused Heat Mapping (IV-1): mapping education, safety and wellness to target help where it is needed.
VI-4Summer Feeding Programs and Outreach
Feeding children when school meals stop.
VI-5Hunger Summits and Hunger Coalitions
Taught through Youth Summits on Poverty and Hunger (IV-10): summits that bring a city together against hunger.
VI-6Public Policies on Hunger and Poverty
Policy that keeps families fed and housed.
Track VII
Opportunity Zone Finance & Compliance
VII-1Opportunity Zones 2.0 Fundamentals
Deferral, step-up, the 10-year exclusion and how to screen a tract under the new map.
VII-2OZ Property Rules in Practice
Original use, substantial improvement and the 30-month clock, parcel by parcel.
VII-3Fund Formation & Launch
From coalition to Qualified Opportunity Fund, and where the coalition sits.
VII-4Blending OZ Capital
Fund equity alongside housing, public and philanthropic dollars; state conformity.
VII-5Deal Underwriting & Due Diligence
A pro forma that works before the tax benefit, and the investor document set.
VII-6Raising Capital & Securities Compliance
Finding gains, choosing an exemption, and keeping events and media within the rules.
VII-7Operating Businesses in the Zone
Clinics, grocers, restaurants and anchors structured as qualified businesses.
VII-8QOZB Compliance & the Compliance Binder
The tests, forms and habits that keep a fund qualified for ten years.
VII-9The Ten-Year Hold & Community Exit
Exit mechanics and the bridge that keeps gains in the community.