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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What if we had a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that took its mandate to ensure human flourishing rather than real estate profit? But to make these success stories ubiquitous means building a government and economy that would support such outcomes. I invite you to imagine with me what this would look like.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

She relied on her benefits to keep food on the table and a roof over her family’s head. But living in an area with no access to childcare, she was forced out of desperation to drop her child at Walmart during the day because it had security guards, a bathroom, and inexpensive food for purchase.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the children most at risk of lead exposure are under six years of age and can come in contact with lead through chipping paint in older homes, imported food or cosmetics, drinking water from lead plumbing or pipes, and even the soil around older buildings or roads.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Agriculture programs, for example, often focus on food security rather than achieving productivity gains, despite the fact that countries have not historically “smallholder-farmed” their way into prosperity. Various others work in the space in between, like Charter Cities Institute on urban development and economic clusters.

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Case Management Software

GiveGab

From food banks to homeless shelters, nonprofit service organizations are the driving forces behind building better communities. On the other hand, a housing case management solution may offer pre-built forms and reports that are designed to provide the data necessary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Fisheries and Stewardship: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Aquaculture

NonProfit Quarterly

There are many lessons to be learned from Indigenous aquaculture practices, especially in the areas of climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience, resource management, and food sovereignty. Ironically, an estimated 85 to 90 percent of the food eaten in Hawai‘i comes in on a ship or barge. 5 Our loko i‘a too are highly degraded.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.