Human Services

In this report we present strategies to help increase workforce participation of working-age women in urban India.

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We often use catch-all acronyms and shorthand like “POC,” “BIPOC,” and “Black and brown people” to describe experiences of discrimination and …

The increasingly complex online ecosystem offers advantages to violent extremists. The authors identify gaps in current understanding of this online landscape.This detailed analysis suggests new policy settings are required….

This toolkit shows how existing data sources (such as unemployment insurance claims, 2-1-1 hotline calls, calls to Poison Control Centers, prescription drug fills, and others) can be used for behavioral health surveillance….

In a series of videos from JP Morgan Chase on how the bank’s impact investments are helping BIPOC small businesses grow, George Ashton, president of LISC Fund Management, and Sonja Dean, program officer at LISC Kalamazoo, describe their motivation for connecting entrepreneurs of color with the…

Why openness about fraud — and a plan to fix it — is key to more effective philanthropy.

In this podcast episode, Katherine Baicker lays out an innovative blueprint for health care—not to tinker with the system, but to redesign it.

The history of the Qualified Small Business Stock exclusion and how it became a vehicle for perpetuating income and wealth inequality and options for reform.

An article in Politico looks at the gains and losses—actual and potential—for lower-wage workers in the current economic climate. Katrin Kark, LISC’s director of workforce innovations, who is quoted in the piece, cautions that increased wages don’t suffice to stabilize finances or create economic…

If you call 911 to report an emergency, the odds are increasing that a drone will be the first unit sent to respond. Just this week, police departments in Salem, New Hampshire; Gresham,…

Resources and tools for funders to give more flexibly and further support their movement partners.

Most natural disasters in the United States involve floods, and climate change is increasing their frequency and severity. More data on the properties that experience multiple flood losses—and account for a disproportionate share of insurance claims—can help inform decisions related to floodplain…