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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

How can health innovations help people like Elisa whose health is dramatically impacted by factors like clean air, healthy food, a safe home, and access to health care, education, and a job that can sustain her family? Traditional medical innovators are typically focused on the surface-level challenges related to health care delivery.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Between 2010 and 2019, 138 SIBs accounting for $441 million in capital have been issued globally, ranging in causes from workforce development to education and medical services (Hulse, Atun, and McPake 2021). Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91. British Medical Journal 339. SIBs have their drawbacks.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. These intrapreneurs are creative and self-motivated.

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Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Medical data registries have set the standard. That means using standardized language for the key concepts, even if those concepts are more complex in nature—like DNA, carbon emissions, or medical intervention. Clearinghouses and data labs are two good starting points for harnessing the power of social sector data.