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Asset-Based Community Development A Framework for Building Communities from the Inside Out Neighborhood needs map Unemployment Homelessness Broken Families Gangs Child Abuse Illiteracy Slum Housing Graffiti Mental Disability Crime Welfare Recipients Drugs Dropouts Consequences of needs map • Local residents internalize “deficiencies” • Local relationships are destroyed • Funds are directed to professional helpers, not residents • Leaders magnify and exploit deficiencies • Failure is rewarded • Dependency is perpetuated Neighborhood assets map Local Institutions Businesses Schools Citizen Associations Churches Block Clubs Individual Gifts Parks Income Youth Seniors Artists Cultural Groups Hospitals Colleges Volunteer Groups Successful community building • • • • • Citizen-led Asset-based Relationship-driven Internally-focused Comprehensive Community-building paradigm • Old – – – – – – – – – – Focus on deficits More services Problem response Focus on individuals Maintenance See people as clients Fix people Programs are the answer Emphasis on agencies Charity orientation • New – – – – – – – – – – Focus on assets Fewer services Opportunity identification Focus on community Development See people as citizens Develop potential People are the answer Emphasis on associations Investment orientation Community assets • Associations • Individuals • Institutions Individuals assets • • • • • • • • Talents Skills Creativity Culture Sense of history Time Enthusiasm Relationship & networks • Income “Every living person has some gift or capacity of value to others. A strong community is a place that recognizes those gifts and ensures that they are given.” − Building Communities from the Inside Out, Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993 Associational assets • • • • • • • • • Councils Block clubs Church groups Sports teams Business groups Political groups Service clubs Exercise groups Arts organizations “The basic community organization for empowering individuals and mobilizing their capacities is the association. An association is a group of citizens working together. An association is an amplifier of the gifts, talents and skills of individual community members.” − Building Communities from the Inside Out, Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993 Local institutional assets • • • • • • • Parks Libraries Schools Colleges Hospitals Churches Social service agencies • Police “Every community hosts some combination of more formal, public, private and non-profit institutions. Since these institutions represent significant concentrations of resources, local neighborhoods have begun to capture them for communitybuilding purposes.” − Building Communities from the Inside Out, Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993 From AB (Asset Based) to CD (Community Development) ABCD Principles Organizing Organizations Citizen-Led Membership Supported Asset Based Democratic / Open Community Building Tools Individual Development Accounts Neighborhood Develop. Trusts Relationship Centered Driven by Principles Asset I.D. and Mobilization Growth Oriented Internally Focused Grants for Blocks Action Oriented Investment Oriented Community-School Partnerships Collaborative Comprehensive Land Trusts Empowered Neighborhood Newspapers Independent of Institutional Control Neighborhood Networks Self-Sustaining Community Resource Centers Mobilizing community assets Local Institutions Associations Individuals External Institutions Thank you! Community Building Institute 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio 45207-7770 513-745-3896 www.xavier.edu/cbi