Writing and Publications
“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.”
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author
Recent Community Development Articles
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Affordable Housing Innovation
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Regional Matters
June 16, 2022
Rural Spotlight: Creating a Reservoir of Housing Resources in New River Valley
By Sierra Latham and Tiffany Hollin-Wright
The New River Valley Regional Commission is an example of how a regional development organization can galvanize innovative, sustainable regional and local housing strategies to serve its small towns and rural communities.
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Rural Diversity Outreach
Federal Reserve Bank: FedCommunities
November 3, 2020
Personal experiences help her empathize, spur change among many
By Greg Babb
Rural outreach through the Federal Reserve in diverse communities amplifies the importance of understanding how a town’s past can sometimes contribute to health, wealth, and racial inequities that local leaders are now trying to remedy. The Fed engaged in candid and empathetic conversations with rural leaders about these inequities to spur change.
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Community Revitalization and Finance
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Regional Matters
August 26, 2021
Rural Spotlight: A Path to Redevelopment in West Virginia
By Tiffany Hollin-Wright and Surekha Carpenter
Community development financial institutions (CDFIs), including loan funds, banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions, share an institutional mission to provide affordable lending to low- and moderate-income individuals and communities. The U.S. Department of the Treasury administers federal loan funds to CDFIs to generate economic growth in distressed communities.
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Entry Level Healthcare Workforce
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Regional Matters
January 27, 2022
Rural Spotlight: Resuscitating the Health Care Workforce Pipeline in the Valleys
By Tiffany Hollin-Wright and Jessica King
Health care and allied health professionals are in high demand across the nation, yet the sector faces substantial worker shortages, in part due to an aging population and healthcare workforce, as well as increases in chronic disease and behavioral health needs.
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Financial Inclusion & Public Benefits
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Speaking of the Economy
January 13, 2021
The Benefits Cliff: Keeping Working Families From Falling Off the Edge (podcast)
By Tiffany Hollin Wright and Erica Bell
This podcast provides an overview of the benefits cliff, which can occur when workers who receive public assistance from the government earn a raise and then discover they make too much money to continue receiving help. The discussion addresses how the Richmond Fed's Community Development team and its collaborators are addressing this challenge.
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Early Pandemic Responses to Inequities
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Speaking of the Economy
October 7, 2020
Combating COVID-19 and Systemic Inequalities (podcast)
By Tiffany Hollin Wright
In the early stages of the pandemic, the private sector, philanthropy, and community development responses to health and economic crises highlighted resource and regulatory limitations. This podcast discusses the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on communities of color, acknowledges the increased awareness of systemic inequities, and shares some initial responses to address it.
