NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Public policy, however, can make a tremendous difference. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress temporarily implemented a child tax credit initiative that in 2021 cut child poverty nearly in half, lifting millions out of poverty, according to a US Census report. What is the Child Tax Credit?

Poverty 92

Poverty Children Law Food 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2023

The new studies bolster the case, long made by many liberal economists and policymakers, that poor families tend to spend cash welfare payments on their most pressing needs, to the benefit of the entire household and especially children. The recent studies, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 86

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

“In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

Disaster Relief 55

Disaster Relief Poverty Children Medical 55

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Another algorithmically-controlled system subsequently decided that some of those parents’ income could no longer support their families, and nearly 1,700 children were forcibly removed from their homes. But the algorithm was flawed, failing to account for variables outside teachers’ control, such as poverty or student learning disabilities.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. Our main strategy is to build and support the infrastructure needed for a powerful, grassroots-led housing justice movement.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100