Charity Versus Innovation
The response by US foundations to federal welfare reform in the 1990s illuminates their role in policy development.
Social Services - Most Popular
Innovations in public services that promote equity and opportunity (more)
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Using Fair Housing to Achieve Health Equity
Fair housing initiatives that focus on dispersion ignore the social structures and processes that result in the inequitable distribution of resources necessary for health.
Serving Up Data
The Human Needs Index offers complex, near-real-time information on how people across the United States use social services.
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A First-Class Solution
The success of the Housing First movement shows why social service providers must listen to the people they serve.
Lost to Foreclosure
One of the cities hit hardest by the wave of home foreclosures was Stockton, Calif., a city that later declared bankruptcy.
Money for Nothing?
In the Netherlands, a modest experiment in welfare policy taps into a very big idea: universal basic income.
Generations Together
Home-sharing programs in France provide students with a place to live and seniors with a source of companionship.
A Sense of Site
The places where social change work occurs can shape—and, in some cases, complicate—how that work unfolds.
Global Issues
Credit Where It’s Due
New tools and practices are helping low-income Americans use rent payments to build up their financial profile.