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What Bagels Taught Me About Leadership

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Clearly, what I expected to happen—bring food and people will come and eat it—was not what happened in this organization.  I called one of the Associate Executive Directors. And it was also clear that when those scouts returned with food and apparently unharmed, it nudged others to come up. And no one came. Not everyone came.

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Ending Child Poverty: Lessons from a One-Year Expansion of the Child Tax Credit

NonProfit Quarterly

million children out of poverty, reducing food hardship, decreasing parent financial stress, and more. It reduced families’ food insecurity , lessened parents’ financial stress , and helped parents afford essential expenses. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy calculated that 3.7

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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The Economic Case against 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 the Child Tax Credit Empowered Low-Income Parents

NonProfit Quarterly

Food, Bills, and Rent The 2021 expanded child tax credit—passed by Congress in March 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act —was as monumental as it was brief. Among the top priorities for families that received the expanded credit, the March study found, was food.

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Supporting Black-Led Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

Address “the direct needs of Black communities by focusing on issues related to poverty and economic security,” including health, financial literacy and economic wellness, food insecurity, workforce development, education and youth development (11).

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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.