Loyola University Chicago
Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.
Following up on the Saving Our Homes research that was completed in 1996, this report provides the “stories” of successful organizing to preserve 10 Uptown high-rise buildings as affordable housing when they were threatened with going market rate prices.
Read MoreIn June of 2009, the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network began to train the first volunteers for a new Court Watch program at the Centralized Domestic Violence Courthouse in Cook County. CURL’s research team assisted the Network by entering, organizing, and analyzing the data gathered by the court watch volunteers.
Read MoreThe CURL Research Team evaluated The Ounce’s Community Assessment Projects which inform strategic decisions made at the Ounce and its delegate agencies. The findings from these assessments guide program designs and external partnerships while ensuring that the centers are meeting the needs of their service areas.
Read MoreTo better understand the factors producing stable diversity, community leaders were interviewed in a select number of communities identified as stable and diverse according to the 2000 and 2010 Census data.
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Working with various social service agencies that provide homelessness services, the research team evaluated the programs and models that have been put into place under the Chicago Plan and provide data to make necessary mid-course corrections and improve implementation going forward. The four key components of the project are a qualitative study of homeless clients, a longitudinal client survey, a homeless service agency survey, and a service inventory.
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