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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

Among the lessons we learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that when we take bold steps to stave off financial catastrophe for families who face it, we can substantially reduce child poverty. million children out of poverty , including 716,000 Black children, nearly 1.2 The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7%

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How to Attract Childcare Workers? Virginia Tries Fast Training and Higher Pay

NonProfit Quarterly

In a 2021 poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. The federal government recommends at least one educator per three to four infants for safe, quality care. A 2015 report found nearly 15 percent of childcare workers live in poverty, a rate more than double that of other jobs.

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Making Policy Work for Rural Communities: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

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Public Dollars for Public Good

NonProfit Quarterly

At the Marguerite Casey Foundation, we believe this moment provides an opening for movements to shift public dollars to support the public goods our nation so desperately needs and to ensure that our dollars, in the public sector, are used to realize our dreams. Philanthropy has had a complicated relationship with the government.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Study finds significant connection between poverty, poor health care. A significant link exists between poverty and high healthcare needs, a report from Robin Hood finds. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. February 4, 2022. and Harry B. February 4, 2022.

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The State of Prison Reform: A Conversation with Nazgol Ghandnoosh

NonProfit Quarterly

RB: The last installment of the report uplifts how mass incarceration exacerbates poverty. I don’t want them to be able to have access to a level of education that, if I’m not incarcerated, it’s hard for me to get. Issues of poverty and racial bias in the South are super salient and continue to be a problem.”

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education.