Human Services

Voter suppression and bureaucratic barriers make voting in the United States harder than in most other developed nations, disenfranchising millions of Americans. As a result, higher-income citizens of the United…

Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.

The civil rights movement, from its mid-20th century growth and successes to its current manifestations, has had a dual focus of eliminating political and social discrimination and bettering the economic…

Today, more than 820 million people are hungry, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, and food insecurity remains on the rise. Meanwhile, the climate crisis threatens food supply, biodiversity, and…

A new land change model simulates interactions among urban growth, increased flooding, and how humans adapt in response.

Experts say apprenticeships, support and increased pay are some ways to bring more speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and others into the field.

Could better advertising the earnings gains associated with apprenticeships lead more employers and workers to pursue them?

None of these three models will fix the real problem. But by better using the staff they have, these facilities may be able to improve the care they provide for their residents.

If advocates are committed to eliminating racial inequities in wealth building, we must also be committed to disrupting the barriers that devalue home prices because of race.

Black-led food co-ops are addressing systemic inequalities in the food system by pulling power into historically disenfranchised communities.

This article by Andrés Spokoiny was previously published on Oct. 19, 2023 in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Reprinted with permission. Nearly two weeks since the Hamas massacre in Israel, we…

The Arouet Foundation in Phoenix, AZ works with women transitioning from incarceration, a group even more economically vulnerable than most FOC clients. Its program begins inside Perryville state prison for…