California
California Fires Exacerbate State’s Housing Crisis
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As the recent wildfires ravaging California add to the state’s growing housing crisis, how will nonprofits address both the new and old homeless populations?
homeless services
Los Angeles Housing for Health Program Saves Public Funds
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Providing stable housing for homeless individuals can improve health and save public dollars, according to a new study from the Rand Corporation.
nonprofit-municipal relations
City Wrestles with Funding Nonprofits: The Johnson Amendment’s Real-Life Impact
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A city that voted not to fund nonprofits for fear of board members using public money to feather the nests of favorite charities finds that such a decision comes with complications.
homeless shelters
Increasingly Pressed Mayor de Blasio’s “Blood and Guts” Shelter Plan
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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio concedes his plan won’t win many friends. “It doesn’t take us to Nirvana by any sense of the imagination. This is a blood-and-guts war strategy because we will be fighting this war for a long time.”
government contracts
The Duty of Care: NYC Homeless Housing Contract with Nonprofit Pulled
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At what point should a city do more than pull a contract?
Fundraising
Bozeman Shelter Ponders Fate as Year End Presents White-Knuckle Budget
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Has a recent rise in giving skipped over social service organizations?
gentrification
Homeless and Bedless Soon to be Tentless because Techies are Clueless
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The high-tech gentry in San Francisco want to render more than 7,000 of the city’s homeless invisible.
homeless services
In NYC, Increased Need Creates a Hell at Intake for Families Seeking Shelter
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This is not the first time that the entrance procedures for families seeking shelter in New York have become nightmarish but the senselessness of the procedures as they play out mimic torture methods meant to break the spirit and mind.
homeless services
Austin Ends Homelessness for Veterans
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Austin joins two states and 28 other cities in making homelessness among veterans brief and rare.
helping the homeless
Will Innovative Media Campaign Help Move the Needle on SF Homelessness?
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In San Francisco, the local media has vowed to see the issue of homelessness addressed effectively. Their strategy involves keeping the pressure in an unusual coordinated effort.