The Power of Early-Stage Organizations to Change Entrenched Systems
New organizations often bring new tactics to old problems, but they need funding and support to move from idea to systemic change.
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Innovations in public services that promote equity and opportunity (more)
A Tax-Funded Nonprofit to Create Happy Families
Colombia’s Comfama has brought critical economic and social services to Medellín. Can this public-private hybrid continue to bolster the country’s growing middle class?
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Finding a Place for Refugees
The refugee crisis demands bold responses that treat migrants not as drains on host societies but rather as assets to them.
Embracing an Equity Lens in the Organization and Community
How a social service organization defined equity and made it a core of its programs for low-income families in the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati, Ohio region.
Housing for Health
Nine communities in the United States are finding ways to invest in housing to contain health care costs.
Rethinking Lunchtime
New legislation around the United States aims to combat the widespread practice of shaming students who cannot pay for school lunch.
US States Embrace Baby Boxes
Several states are adopting the Finnish practice of distributing “baby boxes” to expectant parents—and taking the opportunity to also educate families about safe sleep for infants.
Cash for Leaving Prison: A New Solution to Recidivism?
We must address the poverty that underlies criminal recidivism if we want to reduce the number of people in US prisons and jails.
Humanitarian Relief
The Contemplative-Based Resilience Project is using meditation to help aid workers stave off burnout.
Native Wisdom Is Revolutionizing Health Care
Southcentral Foundation has vastly improved Alaska Native welfare while saving on costs by using traditional healing practices.