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The State of Mental Health Support in Climate Emergencies

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). And as the climate crisis continues, whose mental health is most at risk?

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Weak social connections represent an equivalent health risk to smoking and obesity. Here are several tenets of public health and how they are playing out addressing social isolation and loneliness across the globe. Help Health Care Professionals Diagnose Loneliness Diagnosis is the first step to treatment.

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What Do Public Libraries Have to Do with Climate Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Across the United States, public libraries are under attack. In the face of escalating disasters caused by climate change, public libraries don’t only provide access to urgently needed print and digital resources; they are increasingly becoming places to go for safety, security, and community.

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Climate Anxiety and Eco-Grief: How Climate Change Hurts Global Mental Health

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Wesley Davi on pexels.com How interlinked are climate change and mental health? The Overlapping Impacts of Climate Health and Mental Health Mental health is a global crisis; in 2020, almost a billion people were reported as living with a mental health condition.

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Newsletter: 5 Key Takeaways from the CVS Lawsuit ? ; How Nonprofits Can Use ChatGPT ; Many Nonprofit Salaries are Going Public

Selfish Giving

A company should send them to their nonprofit partner ASAP. CVS touted its donation with this headline: CVS Health announces $10 million commitment to the American Diabetes Association. ✅ Companies and nonprofits should work together to make it clear to the public that businesses can't write off customer donations made at checkout.

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Legislative Tracker - Health & Human Services

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

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. Nonprofits bring unique perspectives to lawmakers. Nonprofits bring unique perspectives to lawmakers.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

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.