The Policies for Place initiative at the Upjohn Institute brings together experts from around the country to study community-based strategies to create good jobs--and how to help people get and keep those good jobs. This initiative represents a unique approach to helping people in distressed places: (1) focus on good jobs because research shows that helping residents get and keep good jobs is the key to broadly shared local prosperity; (2) recognize that effective policies are attuned to local conditions. While federal or state support is important, local leadership and cooperation are key; and (3) provide recommendations for evidence-based, place-based policies that are tailored to the needs of individual communities.