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The Economic Case against Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts.

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Transforming Our Housing System

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families. The Annie E.

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Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

In their online shop , 100% of all sales proceeds go toward helping save the lives of homeless pets! Susie’s Senior Dogs (SSD) is a nonprofit organization “working to bring awareness to the plight of homeless senior dogs. PBS introduces the world to children in entertaining and age-appropriate ways. . Susie’s Senior Dogs.

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Supporting Diverse Entrepreneurs for Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unreasonable Impact , a collaboration between Unreasonable Group and Barclays, aims to bring these two together. Jasmine Crowe began providing food to people experiencing homelessness and hunger in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, after being “blown away by how much food was going to waste while so many people were going hungry.”

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Local Collaboration Can Drive Global Progress on the SDGs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Their experiences show how the interdependencies of the SDGs come to life at the local level: Ending homelessness requires addressing issues of poverty, mental and physical health, quality employment, environmental justice, and climate change—in addition to safe and affordable housing.

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Abolish the US Child Welfare System: A Conversation with Alan Dettlaff

NonProfit Quarterly

NPQ : In your book, you make a point of connecting the idea of “family separation,” as it occurs all the time in the present-day child welfare system when children are put under the custody of the state, to the widely criticized family separation immigration policy of the Trump administration. These are children whose parents are struggling.

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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its $17 million in grants to policy advocacy and organizing.