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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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Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, grant dollars steadily fashioned the nonprofit sector as a site of planning, managing, and delivering social welfare goods and services, and what was designed as temporary or transitional quickly became permanent.” 11 White elites “remained resistant to more redistributive efforts such as tax reform or a federal jobs program….Instead,

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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

5 As they did, many became politicized; so, they began pushing for economic and social policies that would end discrimination and redistribute resources to the masses at home and abroad. The murder of unarmed Black men by law enforcement continues unabated. In a quest to grow the mission, organizations hired managers.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91. Paying for Success: An Appraisal of Social Impact Bonds.” Global Economic Management Review 21: 36–45. Social Finance in North America.” Global Social Policy 14 (2): 74–277. In Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management , edited by H.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For a social sector organization or any other system to do this, it must ask: Are we prepared to make room for people to practice leadership in ways that differ from conventional management styles? Take the Center for Law and Social Policy , a nonprofit committed to reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity.

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Designing for Better Mental Health Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Information management capacities, such as reviewing and synthesizing the relevant research evidence, were much more common. This ability to tolerate complexity and uncertainty may be the most critical aspect of better social policy design. To be sure, the use of research evidence in policymaking is also valuable.

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