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#### Facilitators of Change

**Authors:   **
                                - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
                                - Office of University Partnerships

## Release Date: 

-        February 2013 (47 pages)			

## Posted Date:   

- 				May 2, 2013			

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A strong nation is built upon the foundation of strong communities. Healthy, resilient communities providetheir residents with safety, stability, possibility, and purpose. They shelter, educate, heal, and employ. In turn, acommunity can only be as strong as its weakest links. Issues such as unemployment, homelessness, and crimeand recidivism, to name a few, slowly whittle away a community’s fortitude, leaving its residents prone to themisfortunes that befall the unprotected.

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