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The Criminalization of Homelessness

NonProfit Quarterly

Half of all renters now spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, and nearly 600,000 people are homeless , unable to afford a place to live at all. Half of all renters now spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, and nearly 600,000 people are homeless.

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Is Imagination a Luxury for Nonprofits?

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit professionals tackle poverty, hunger, homelessness, environmental justice, etc. Nonprofit staff need their imaginations. problems that defy technical solutions. If the sector is to go beyond Band-Aid solutions, nonprofits need ample doses of creativity and innovation for finding new solutions.

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Across the Country, Poor and Low-Wage Voters Are Organizing

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. As many people struggle to survive, homelessness increased last year by 12 percent. As Martin noted, “We refuse to accept poverty as the fourth leading cause of death nationwide.”

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The Economic Case against Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

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Building Narrative Power for Economic Justice by Telling Better Stories

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

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Learning That Changes Lives: Local Leader Shares Journey to Nonprofit Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

I was assigned to Starting Right Now for my project,” Erin says, “which is an organization that exists to solve generational poverty by ending homelessness for students. Throughout the program, my group and I worked to build a business plan for the nonprofit, including everything from the marketing plan to the budget.”

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Lillian D. Singh Joins Share Our Strength as Senior VP of Family Economic Opportunity

NonProfit PRO

As part of Share Our Strength’s executive team, Singh will lead the organization’s initiative to engage structural inequities that create, sustain, and perpetuate food insecurity and persistent poverty for families. .

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