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.
municipal-nonprofit 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.
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.
Nonprofit Management
Losing the Farm: Insult Added to Injury in Nonprofit Eviction Fiasco
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This Boston Harbor island was once the site of a number of local nonprofits working together to address homelessness and addiction, but these were unceremoniously evicted two years ago for safety reasons. Now, a for-profit corporation has been granted access.
Nonprofit News
Corporate Philanthropy’s Mixed Motivations; Airbnb and Homelessness in NYC
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Always look at the motivations behind corporate donations. When you take the money, you link your brand with that of the corporation—and when that corporation has political maneuverings in process, with those as well. Is this grant sufficient to justify those connections?
Nonprofit News
Educating the Growing Population of Homeless Children
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Safety, warmth, trust, mutual respect—why are we using such words about a school?