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Private Equity and Wheelchair Services: How to Address a National Crisis

NonProfit Quarterly

In Connecticut, despite a 2024 law mandating a 10-business-day deadline and eliminating prior authorization for wheelchair repairs, many users continue to experience significant delays. The confusion about when the repair deadline countdown beginswhether from initial request or after insurance approvalhas exacerbated these service issues.

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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To ensure mutualism thrives in the next generation, communities need laws, regulations, practices, and capital markets that encourage solidarity and investment outside of any given silo. CDFIs should be expanded to include a wider range of mutualists like unions, cooperatives, mutual banks, and mutual insurance companies.

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Banking and Community: A Conversation with Oscar Perry Abello

NonProfit Quarterly

The FDIC [Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation] has a definition, which allows me to say how many local community banks we had in 1984 and how many we have today. For the bank, federally insured deposits are the cheapest capital around, cheaper than the rates the US government itself borrows at. That is required by law.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. Depression diagnosis from a licensed psychiatrist can cost between $100 to $300 without insurance, 22 while therapy can range from $65 to $250 per session 23 and antidepressants can be nearly $100 for a 30-day supply. 21 Most important, unsupportive infrastructure is costing lives.

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What’s at Stake with Threatened Federal Cuts to CDFIs?

NonProfit Quarterly

An executive order (14238)calls for reducing the CDFI Fundto the minimum presence and function required by law. These institutions carry forward values of stewardship and charity into lending. Between 2014 and 2024, CDFIs grew sevenfold , reaching $436 billion in assets by the end of 2024.

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Nutritionist

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A commitment to Ceres Community Project’s Mission and Operating Values. We are also active at the state and national level in advocating for policies that support equitable access to healthy food and health care, including reimbursement for medically tailored meals by insurers.

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Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities

Blue Avocado

Such laws vary from state to state. Nonprofits Insurance Alliance and the Nonprofit Risk Management Center provide free introductory articles on ways to manage these and other risks. If the donation is other than cash, describe the property but do not indicate a value.