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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. Almost 90 percent of SNAP participants in households with children (and at least one adult without a disability) are employed at some point within the year.

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New Report Looks at Women’s Incarceration in America

NonProfit Quarterly

Even a short stint of incarceration has been reported to cause lasting damage to one’s health. The report finds that 80 percent of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are primary caregivers of their children. For instance, over one-fourth of incarcerated women experienced homelessness in the year before their arrest.

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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. Housing security is public health. William Barber II, who is quoted in the article.

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2023 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.

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2024 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Day of Service — #MLKDay 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay February 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay 6: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay 15: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay 18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay 20: World Day (..)

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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

The Kindful Blog

Mission: The mission of Crossroads for Women is to provide comprehensive, integrated services to empower women emerging from incarceration to achieve safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives in the community, for themselves and their children. Impacting: Menstrual health. Host a menstrual health product drive. Impacting: Poverty.

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2022 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 26: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.