Economic Development
Enlisting Men to Build a More Caring World
International development programs are bringing men into caregiving for the good of families, societies, and men themselves.
Tag: Childcare
Education
No Disabled Child Left Behind
Sightsavers is working to change social attitudes toward disabled children through community-centered education in Malawi.
Social Enterprise
Investing in Child Care Entrepreneurs
Helping child care entrepreneurs build businesses to meet market demand is a powerful strategy for revitalizing communities.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Building Relationships, Strengthening Neighborhoods
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?
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Youth Leadership in Action
Youth and young adults helped develop and implement a new initiative, Youth Thrive, that addresses the challenges they face in foster care.
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Community Takes the Wheel
A new framework, Evidence2Success, gave the Children and Youth Cabinet a road map to put equity at the center of its work with young people.
Health
The Power of Proximity: Co-Locating Childcare and Eldercare Programs
Intergenerational shared sites that bring childcare and eldercare under the same roof help both generations thrive, and we need to build more of them.
Nonprofits & NGOs
How One National Nonprofit Is Adapting to COVID-19
Lessons learned at Friends of the Children about maintaining stability in service during this crisis and the next one.
Scaling
How a Portland-Based Nonprofit Scaled From 5 to 20 Locations in 7 Years
A commitment is only a start. After that, it takes strategy, performance management, data, planning, investment, and a relentless desire to improve.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Downside of Social Impact Bonds
After more than three years researching social impact bonds, a filmmaker argues we need to consider the ways they might be doing more harm than good.