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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

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Work Requirements Are Rooted in the History of Slavery

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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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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Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

Johnson’s War on Poverty, which “expanded individual benefits related to health, education, and welfare and doubled down on the idea of working with nonprofit organizations.” The vehicle for the development of nonprofit infrastructure was government grants, beginning with President Lyndon B.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Regulatory policy, tied to long-term care agreements with impact investment funds, can contractually require that certain health and social care standards are met, thereby helping ensure the vulnerable elderly population receives the quality care that is largely being paid for by taxpayer money. Social Finance in North America.”

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. He needs to be dispossessed not just for society’s benefit but for his own mental health and wellbeing. How can recognizing shared insecurity spur social change and create a strategy to redefine security?

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Recognizing the Full Spectrum of Black Women’s Views on Homeownership Is Key to Progress

NonProfit Quarterly

Black women hold diverse and nuanced socioeconomic and political identities, and as such, our policies targeting racial and gender inequality must be flexible and adaptable. This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing.