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Housing and Homelessness: Breaking Down Silos for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

America’s homeless response system has been called “the emergency room of society,” conjuring images of a space where the focus is on urgent intervention—finding shelter or managing encampments—rather than trying to prevent crises from happening in the first place. Housing is the solution to homelessness.

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Treating Homelessness, One Foot at A Time

NonProfit Quarterly

Francis House, a homeless shelter in Boston, MA. Cecilia Ibeabuchi, the newly appointed nurse manager for the facility, came to see him. The foot clinic has [served] thousands of people experiencing homelessness in the Boston region…earning Ibeabuchi the affectionate nickname, “The Foot Lady.” Ibeabuchi recalls.

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6-Figure Cause Marketing Grad Uses Pinups, QR Codes to Help Homeless

Selfish Giving

Maggie gets an A+ for her latest effort: a regional cause marketing program to support the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless, Inc. Hodges Management Company, which owns the local KFCs, KFC/TacoBells and DQ Grill & Chills, approached the Housing Authority about doing something to help the homeless this holiday season.

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32 Rising Nonprofit Leaders Chosen for 2023 Certificate in Leadership

NonProfit Leadership Center

Naturally, they are promoted into a management role. There’s just one problem, they’ve never managed others or received formal management or leadership training to prepare them for this new opportunity. In fact, it’s one of the most significant challenges new managers and nonprofit leaders tell us about.

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Ensuring Non-Profit Operational Continuity with JD Edwards Managed Services

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Ensuring Non-Profit Operational Continuity with JD Edwards Managed Services America’s 1.5 million nonprofits provide vital support to communities, such as animal welfare, reduced-cost childcare, and homelessness prevention. JD Edwards is modular, so you select what facets of the platform you need and only pay for those.

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7 Top Insights Nonprofits Can Borrow from Management Guru Peter Drucker

Clairification

If you’ve never read management and marketing guru Peter Drucker , you must. I want to provide homeless people with access to showers.” “I If a homeless person has no shower or toilet available, they can’t get clean. I fell in love with him early on in my nonprofit career, and still regularly draw upon his wisdom.

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Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) Takes New Position at Kansas City Public Schools

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

It was during this time that William Jewell College introduced the Nonprofit Management Leadership degree, and Nicole became the very first student to enroll in the program. Nicole’s passion for making a lasting impact in education motivated her to transition into partnership coordination and volunteer management within KCPS.