Collection contains the office files Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab created during his time as a Program Officer in the Ford Foundation's Urban Poverty Program. It consists of two types of files. The first group of files contain Mehreteab's correspondence from the years 1981 to 1985. The second group of files contain Recommended Grant Action records (RGAs) and related materials for the various community development corporations (CDCs) the Urban Poverty Program supported during the 1980s. Mehreteab and his successor Craig Howard oversaw grants concerned with economic development, manpower development, housing, historic preservation, commercial revitalization, political empowerment, community development strategies, and community development information sharing services.