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When it comes to community integration, is your institution in it for the long haul? That¡¯s Johns Hopkins University¡¯s intention with its Live Near Your Work scheme.?The nearly 12-year-old programme provides grants to employees to buy homes in deprived neighbourhoods around east Baltimore.?

According to Alicia Wilson, vice-president for economic development at Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System, the success of an organisation is boosted by the health of its community.?

¡°We value our stake here but we also want the folks who work with us to benefit from being in this city and we¡¯re willing to put dollars behind that,¡± said Ms. Wilson.

She also gives tips for how institutions that might?lack Johns Hopkins¡¯ resources can anchor themselves in their local communities.