This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Russell Lowery-Hart, president of Amarillo College in Texas, discusses the challenges many students face including poverty and homelessness and how colleges can provide for these students. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Experiencing homelessness is not always a direct cause of a student’s absenteeism. Nonetheless, housing instability does contribute to a student’s inability to attend class regularly. Among the reasons why students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shasche Allen shares the latest information from published studies and reports on homelessness from the last few months. • How can donors help support housing and programs for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Washington Housing Initiative is partnering with the private sector to provide funding for more workforce housing in the Washington D.C., area. • This collaboration will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness unpacks data about the mental health of homeless high schoolers in New York City. • How can this information…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. African Americans make up 13 percent of the general population, but more than 40 percent of the homeless population. Similarly, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute explored 100 U.S. cities with the most significant amount of Hispanic households and started mapping the Hispanic homeownership gap within those cities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are a few major takeaways from the 2019 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, focusing on topics such as affordable housing, racial equity, and advocacy. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jack Denton discusses the controversy around landmarking and gentrification: there is disagreement among advocates about whether it hurts or helps. • How can funders work to ensure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports on Google’s $1 billion pledge towards the Bay Area’s housing crisis and how the growth of the tech industry has put a high…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s what we’re reading: Baltimore Schools’ Mission: Help Students Cope with Trauma Baltimore’s “trauma-sensitive” public lower and middle schools are helping kids work through the everyday effects of witnessing violence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new proposal from New York City outlines a teacher residency program and mentorship opportunities to curb high rates of educator turnover. • How will the…