Now available: a new version of the AMI Cheat Sheet, updated for 2018. This version is an update of the 2017 edition, but now using HUD’s 2018 Area Median Income for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which increased to $93,400 for a family of four.
Download a pdf version of the 2018 AMI Cheat Sheet for Minneapolis and St Paul here.
Read the fine print at the bottom of the guide for details about the numbers and data sources, and find a bit of additional info on our post for the …
Neighborhood leaders asked for a cheat sheet to help connect Area Median Income (or AMI) levels to acutal incomes, rents and shares of the Twin Cities population. We made this guide for Minneapolis and St Paul, based on one created by the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Inc. Thanks to them!
Download a pdf version of the AMI Cheat Sheet for Minneapolis and St Paul here.
Read the fine print at the bottom of the guide for details about the numbers and data sources. And get in touch if you have…
According to the U.S. Congressional Research Service, in 2014 “the number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC, unaccompanied children) that were apprehended at the Southwest border while attempting to enter the United States without authorization reached a peak.” Many of these children have been and continue to be detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), released after a complicated custodial process, and placed in removal proceedings before an Immigration Judge, where they must fight their case against deportation. One of the most common ways to fight against deportation is to seek Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), a form of relief for children who are the victims of…
The Immigration Law Project at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid provides direct legal services to address the critical needs of eligible immigrant clients in Hennepin and Anoka counties.
This winter, CURA Community Viz worked with the Immigrant Law Project to create a Safety Planning Card for immigrants: a wallet-sized card that can hold important information like your A-Number, important medical information, and the number of your attorney, as well as your rights and responsibilities if you have an encounter with law enforcement.
MMLA staff hand out these cards in workshops they do and has them available at their…
As Frogtown neighborhood in St Paul got ready to update their 10-year Small Area Plan, the neighborhood association wanted to make sure they communicated the process and the plan itself in a way that would get more people involved. CURA Community Visualization staff and artists collaborated with Frogtown Neighborhood Association to make a guide to the Small Area Planning process,…
CURA’s Community Visualization staff and designers worked with American Indian Cancer Foundation to create a resource that shares important facts about the American Indian cancer burden. Information on cancer for American Indians and Alaska Natives is often presented for the United States as a whole, which can mask some important differences that exist for these regions.
This…
Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners is an organization in suburban west Hennepin County that responds to emergency needs, moves families toward stability and positive change, and engages volunteers and partners in service, leadership, and capacity building.
This spring, CURA's Community Visualization staff and designers worked with IOCP to create an improved one-pager for their Great Expectations effort,…
This spring, CURA’s Community Viz staff and designers worked with creators of the Equitable Development Scorecard to turn the Word doc into a graphic pdf that can be printed, filled in, and customized.
The Scorecard was created by Twin Cities community leaders to make sure that the principles and practices of equitable development, environmental justice, and affordability are available to all communities as they plan for…