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    Changing the Ways We Think About Nonprofit Work

    Medium

    There’s a concept I want to socialize. It’s called Non-profit Social Responsibility. It isn’t a term I coined, nor is it widely used or accepted. But It’s a concept non-profit…

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    Home Visiting Programs Must Incorporate Immigrant Families

    Migration Policy Institute | National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy Oct 11, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from Migration Policy Institute indicates the need to bolster home visiting programs for immigrant and refugee families, who are largely excluded from their benefits. •…

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    The Severe Impacts of Funding Cuts to Transit Services

    Smart Cities Dive Oct 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Transit agencies need federal funding relief to help address losses during COVID-19. However, if there are cuts or these requests are denied, it will be a…

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    A Call for Changes to the Child Welfare System

    Urban Institute Sep 30, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Families call for improvements to primary prevention processes within the child welfare system, which will require more collaboration to address gaps in the current system.  •…

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    FGM Survivors Call for More Mental Health and Trauma Support

    Global Citizen

    Giving Compass’ Take: • FGM survivors in Africa are calling for more mental health and trauma services for women and girls post surgeries that are still deeply affected and need…

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    Census Responses Are Lagging, Particularly in Rural Areas

    Harvest Public Media Sep 11, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • U.S. census responses are lagging, especially in rural communities where there are lower self-response rates, and it is more challenging to count residents.  • In what…

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    How to Make Telehealth Sustainable During COVID-19

    Brookings Sep 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some ideas on how to alleviate the barriers to access for long-term, sustainable telehealth services beyond COVID-19.  • What are the benefits of these…

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    Systematic Change through Participatory Grantmaking

    Medium

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Hannah Paterson covers The Other Foundation’s participatory grantmaking strategy through meetings of civilians, foundation members, and media for systematic change. • Are you ready to engage in…

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    The Significant Challenges for Tribal Colleges and Universities in Rural States

    The Hechinger Report Sep 4, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) are substantially publicly underfunded, and communities are usually unable to provide financial resources and operations for these institutions to sustain themselves. …

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    Understanding the Upstream Causes of America’s Water Crisis

    Grist Sep 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Angely Mercado at Grist, interviews Erin Brockovich about her new book, detailing the underlying causes for America’s water crisis, reasoning that poor water protection policy has lead…

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    Lessons for Improving Access to Care for People Dependent on Opioids

    MDRC Aug 30, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Bridging Access to Benefits and Care pilot program in the Bronx revealed lessons for successfully improving access to care for low-income drug users. • How can programs…

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    How to Make Architecture Equitable

    Fast Company

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A nonprofit architecture firm called MASS Design Group focuses on building environments for underserved populations, putting the clients at the center of the design.  • In…

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