The collection consists of the working files and records of the administration of the New
Hope Project. It features board of directors meeting minutes and materials; contracts and
agreements between the New Hope Project and the different agencies that assisted with
providing Community Service Jobs, wage supplements, health care, and child care; National
Advisory Board meeting minutes and reports; and the records of the MDRC with relation to the
New Hope Project. These records also consist of various staff and committee reports,
independent reports and evaluations of the New Hope Project, and correspondence with
relevant figures in the attempts to institute welfare alternatives. Also included is some of
the records and correspondence of the Congress for a Working America, both before and after
the New Hope Project became an independent entity.
