Sandy Salzman, Executive Director, New Kensington Community Development Corp.
 

Malik Ahmed, CEO, Better Family Life, Inc.
 
Challenge: Over 80 percent of the residents in North St. Louis are barely able to make ends meet and suffer from low rates of high school graduation, substance abuse, long-term unemployment and blighted neighborhoods.

Rebecca Reynolds, Executive Director
Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.

Timothy S. Thorland, executive director, Southwest Housing Solutions

Eric Van Dusen, director of community initiatives, NeighborWorks Rochester

Norman Fong, executive director, Chinatown Community Development Center

Puerto Rico has confirmed more than 34,000 persons infected with Zika, a virus spread via mosquito bites, since it was first detected on the island in November 2015. Although the number of new cases now has dropped to a little more than 200 per week from the peak of 2,000 in August, the risk of transmission continues.


 

"I see what you are doing in the neighborhood and it's great! Keep up the good work. You are the cops with hearts."

Those words from an Olneyville, Rhode Island, resident brought tears to the eyes of the coordinators of the Olneyville Community and Police Alliance (CAPA) when they realized their hard work over the past two years was taking hold.