Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions.

Health 52

Health Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

The federal government officially ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people.

Health 132

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Nonprofit Administration and Development 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Yet the quest for health equity has been stymied. The lack of meaningful health equity progress is due to business-as-usual approaches and interventions focused on getting quick results—which are often temporary, weak, and ineffective. While urgent services are necessary, they can never advance enduring health equity and wellbeing.

Health 69

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 69

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In Rochester, a nine-year-old girl suffering from a mental health crisis who verbalized suicidal thoughts was pepper sprayed by the police officers that responded to her family’s call to 911 for support. Four out of five girls in juvenile detention suffer from a mental health disorder.

Health 92

Health Public and Social Policy Culture Law 92

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Some 100 million Americans—roughly one in three, and closer to 40 percent of adults, according to reporting by the Kaiser Family Foundation Health News and NPR—are saddled with some amount of medical debt, while the number of Americans who live just one unlucky medical bill away from accruing such debt is even larger.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 111

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 111

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Despite the evidence to support the efficacy of these sites, this August the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the region’s top law enforcement authority, threatened legal action against the nonprofit, including potentially shutting it down altogether, calling its operations illegal.

Nonprofit governance and management 138

Nonprofit governance and management Law Medical Public and Nonprofit Management 138

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

Environmental 88

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 88

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Ask yourself: What kind of healthcare service do you want to provide, and what values will guide your practice? Conduct thorough market research to identify the healthcare needs and preferences of the community you intend to serve. Invest in Technology: In today’s fast-paced world, technology plays a crucial role in healthcare.

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Healthcare Technology Health Medical 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

In this section, let’s explore how AI can revolutionize social work practices in three key areas: elder care, mental health support for veterans, and education for children on the autism spectrum. This enables social workers to proactively reach out to older clients, offering timely interventions and support before a crisis occurs.

Ethics 130

Ethics Curriculum and Teaching Nonprofit Administration and Development Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

These networks, led primarily by women, operate outside of the established medical world and the law to create access to abortion even in states where abortions have become effectively, if not literally, illegal. The existence of these networks has been reported by various news organizations. to establish their own companion networks.

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Medical Law Health Governance 94

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

“YIN & YANG” BY EKOW BREW/ WWW.EKOWBREW.COM Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ’s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.” So, our grantees are Alaskan Native women organizing against toxics in the Arctic and the impacts that they might have on our health and also our environment.

Law 80

Law Healthcare Health Public and Social Policy 80

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As Kirsten Almberg , a research assistant professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago, wrote in 2022: “ Much of the ‘easy’, or thin-seamed, coal has been mined out.” Some, like Weikle, must retire decades early due to declining health. The new rule would make it 50.

Health 111

Health Universities Construction Environmental 111

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here.

Education 52

Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.”. Everything from access to prenatal care to timing the journey to the hospital requires careful planning and savvy navigation of narrow roads and complex health systems. “FLY GIRL” BY EKOW BREW/ WWW.EKOWBREW.COM. Providence St.

Medical 81

Medical Health Culture Healthcare 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 2, 2023

However, international aid efforts continue, with a focus on restoring health and safety to the region. Urgent action is needed in times of war, and this has presented opportunities to highlight the incredible innovation that can be applied to our modern health-care system and other situations where humanitarian relief is required.

Medical 116

Medical Insurance Health Public and Social Policy 116

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Panelist Francia practiced law until 2020, when other passions led him on an artistic journey. The committee concluded that effective treatment of such pain will require a national coordinated effort to spur a “cultural transformation” that shifts how the public, policymakers, and healthcare view chronic pain and its impacts.

Energy 124

Energy Healthcare Medical Activism 124

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 3, 2023

Substantively, nonprofits are governed by state laws on tax-exempt status, giving incentives, regulation, employment standards, contracting, and more. Nonprofits need to engage at the state level to ensure those laws are fair and appropriate. Grassroots advocacy is nearly impossible from only one part of the state.

Associations 112

Associations Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 112

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has made similar moves to limit the state’s Right to Shelter law, imposing new limits on family stays in state-funded emergency housing and stating that the state will no longer guarantee shelter to homeless families. And those negative impacts reverberate,” said Turley. “We

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Homelessness Health Healthcare Law 62

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Due to its inaccuracy, and because of public backlash, law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology is banned in some cities; however, the technology is still being used by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 89

EveryAction

JUNE 6, 2018

NQTTCN is a healing justice organization that works to transform mental health for queer and trans people of color. They provide a community for resource sharing, connection, and learning among queer and trans people of color committed to improving mental health for their communities. Transgender Law Center. Gill Foundation The.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Health Education 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. These intrapreneurs are creative and self-motivated.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 124

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 27, 2023

For example, a mental health organization might create a joint venture with a for-profit healthcare system to establish mental health facilities in underserved areas. You’ll need to check your state’s tax laws and regulations to see how they might affect your organization.

Charitable Contribution 52

Charitable Contribution Activism Nonprofits Healthcare 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Take healthcare: 15 percent of white men surveyed stated that their employer contributes to health insurance, compared to only 8 percent of Black women. Discrimination affects wages, benefits, and working conditions and exacerbate differences in health and wealth accordingly.

Law 89

Law Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing 89

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s hard to pin down the cause of these perceptions, but as a group they threaten the health of our sector and the operability of your missions. HB307 ultimately passed and was signed into law. Negative Perceptions of Nonprofits Let’s begin with the emerging negative perceptions of nonprofits.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The report dives deep, identifying four sectors driving harm against the local Black community: media, housing, employment, and healthcare. White households in Washington, DC, the report notes, possess 81 times the wealth of Black households—much of that wealth being linked to real estate. That toll is stark.

Philanthropy 80

Philanthropy Foundations Healthcare Law 80

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

The Opportunity There has been a lot of talk about “ historic ” investments contained in climate legislation and other federal laws. Medicare Advantage insurance companies, she explained, earn double the margins of what insurers earn per patient from other health insurance products (such as individual and employer-based insurance).

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management 73

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

And rich people who could afford to isolate, not have to go into an office, could afford healthcare, got richer. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 102

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

trillion bill, which is only true if you count the $650 billion for roads and infrastructure that was already law before the bill’s passage. Rather, the legislation, as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman aptly describes it , “is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform.” This gets complicated.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Governance Poverty Healthcare 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

They create a suite of environmental problems: from high carbon emissions as trees and soils burn; to public health emergencies when wildfires hit towns and smoke affects distant cities; to water contamination compounding regional drought. With this mechanism, counties could invest in affordable housing made with sustainable products.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 80

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

Regulatory policy, tied to long-term care agreements with impact investment funds, can contractually require that certain health and social care standards are met, thereby helping ensure the vulnerable elderly population receives the quality care that is largely being paid for by taxpayer money. Journal of Health Economics 21 (2): 293–311.

Public and Social Policy 75

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 75

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. When they first trained me to be a home health aide, and I was nervous about the tests, they built up my confidence and had tutoring if I needed help.

Public Policy 68

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 68

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 30, 2023

The current attack on healthcare for trans youth is one tragic example of this. In a recent New York Times article, Lydia Polgreen poignantly explained these connections, “My experience tells me that these laws are really about something else: a step along the path to a rigid enforcement of gender norms, roles and presentation.”

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Collaborations 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

While communities in Merced and Long Beach both used “uniform complaint procedures” to hold their districts accountable for violations of laws or regulation, their capacities were different. It’s less about which policy has changed, which again can be reversed, but whether or not you have that robust infrastructure.

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

After graduation, I worked for a law firm focusing on discrimination cases and began to see Kansas City’s various injustices first-hand. Specifically, the connections between the health impacts in Los Angeles and the high infant mortality rate, specifically for Black women and girls.

Children 98

Children Political Science Environmental Food 98

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The healthcare system has failed and is failing. Private money speaks; public access, equitable service, equal rights before the law - nice concepts, not reality. I'll work the health part out for myself (with lots of community and professional support). I've been thinking about the systems I deal with directly, here in the U.S.:

Children 40

Children Insurance Healthcare Universities 40

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 26, 2023

Start With the Fundamentals of Nonprofit Tax Filing Non-profit organizations operate in many areas of society, including education, healthcare, sports, and social services. Each has its own set of tax laws, regulations, and forms to fill out. But why is this really important?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Finance 52