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The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Though poor maternal mental health can affect all women, the rates are higher for Black and Indigenous women.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Childcare, Children, and Families

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Children and Families You Serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Want to take action on a bill below? Let us know here.

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Legislative Tracker - Health & Human Services

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

According to The World Health Organization , of the 1 billion people around the world currently experiencing a mental disorder, more than 80% are without any form of quality, affordable care. And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. .

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What’s the State of Play in Child Tax Credit Negotiations?

NonProfit Quarterly

Public policy, however, can make a tremendous difference. Under current [child tax credit] law…an estimated 19 million children receive little to no credit due to their families’ earnings being too small. For this reason, children in Black and Latinx families benefitted disproportionately. What is the Child Tax Credit?

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How Ideology Affects Which Causes Donors Support

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Giving to children and youth, however, is a cause that unites all donors regardless of ideology. Children and youth: 10.7%. Health and safety: 8%. Research and public policy: 1.5%. Children and youth: 17.8%. Health and safety: 11.1%. Research and public policy: 1.4%.

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With Help from the Donors of Color Network, Two Organizations Are Creating Change

NonProfit Quarterly

Through research over the years, the organization has shown how environmental harm impacts health, housing, jobs, education, and its persistence throughout communities of color along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor—also known as Cancer Alley, or sometimes Death Alley — and the broader Gulf Coast Region. According to Dr.