Urban Strategies Council

Our mission is to eliminate persistent poverty by working with partners to transform low-income neighborhoods into vibrant, healthy communities


The Urban Strategies Council is a community building support and advocacy organization located in Oakland, California. Founded as a non-profit in 1987, the Council works with stakeholders in low-income communities, community-based organizations, and public systems to expand services for children and families, improve health, educational, and other outcomes, and increase employment and economic opportunities

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Local leaders offer testimony

Local leaders offer testimony, submit policy recommendations and data to Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color In California

BMoC Bay Area Hearing

Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color to convene Bay Area Hearing in Oakland on January 20, 2010, from 1:00-4:00pm and Elihu Harris State Office Building

New Oakland Homcide Report out

New stats for the City of Oakland's homicide crisis in 2010 here.

TCWF conference on violence prevention

Download our presentation: 'Planning Comprehensively To Prevent Violence'

New City of Oakland Data Profile

New stats for our city: crime, reentry, foreclosures, demographics and more indicators here.

New Alameda County Data Profile

New stats for the County: crime, reentry, foreclosures, demographics and more indicators here.

InOak OpenSource Innovators Award

Our collaboration on CodeForOakland scored us the first InOak OpenSource award! More here.

Council wins NIJ Award

Last week we were awarded the Innovation in Mapping award from the National Institute of Justice & DOJ!

Alameda County Violence Facsheet updated for 2010

Updated FBI data for the county and Oakland available here.

Race to the Bottom: HAMP in California!

CRC released a new report on the HAMP program in California. Read about the impacts on racial equity and the limited success of this program here. Featuring data analysis from Urban Strategies Council.

Full Service Community School plan adopted by OUSD!

The Oakland Board of Education adopted a 5-year strategic plan on June 18 implementing full service community schools supported by a FSCS District. Urban Strategies facilitated six Board of Education retreats over the 14-month planning process as well as the Full Service Community Schools Task Force, one of 14 that contributed to the plan.

OUSD strategic plan
FSCS Task Force report

We've moved!

We're moving to 1720 Broadway Ave, Floor 2 on June 10. New location details here. (Phone and email will be down June 10-13!)

Oakland Police Dept Crime Analysis Partnership!

Explore our maps and reports on Oakland crime developed for the OPD and now available publicly!

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Urban Strategies Council is the lead agency for program planning at the Ashland Youth Center!

http://ashlandyouthcenterproject.org/

Foreclosure Crisis

In Oakland
as of
01/05/2011
Bank-Owned Homes (REOs) since 2006
8,009
Homes Sent To Auction (NOTs) Since 2006
8,653
Homes In Default (NODs) Since 2006
18,489



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Urban Strategies Council
1720 Broadway Ave, Floor 2
Oakland, CA 94612.
Phone: 510.893.2404  |  Fax: 510.893.6657  
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