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  • Who Was Excluded from the Excluded Workers Fund

    The Counter Mar 21, 2022

    According to a new report published by the Urban Institute, a think tank that focuses on social policy, the Excluded Workers Fund helped 130,000 undocumented New York state residents make up for…

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    Philanthropy Can Help the Administration Prioritize Racial Equity

    Urban Institute

    Philanthropy can help the Biden-Harris administration balance advancing racial equity and accomplishing aligned policy objectives. One current opportunity is the Office of Management and Budget’s request for information (RFI), which…

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    How to Help Rural Healthcare Systems in Crisis

    The Conversation

    Lauren Hughes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Sameer Vohra, Southern Illinois University Rural hospitals have struggled with financial troubles for years. Over the past decade, more than 130…

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  • How Community Development Action Can Shift Policy

    Brookings Mar 20, 2022

    Public policy development can sometimes be an exercise in detachment and data-driven dispassion. To those at the margins of public sector power in such instances, it seems that the rules,…

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    Philanthropy’s Role in the Movement to Reimagine Criminal Justice

    The Bridgespan Group Mar 17, 2022

    A broad ecosystem of nonprofits, coalitions, and leaders of color are working across the United States to transform the criminal legal system to one that is just and equitable. Insights…

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    Steps Toward Getting All Americans Housed

    National Alliance to End Homelessness Mar 16, 2022

    The overall goal, to flesh out the language of the 1949 Fair Housing Act, is to have enough decent housing, in locations where people want to live, with sufficient opportunities…

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  • Wealthy Countries Still Haven’t Met Their $100 Billion Pledge to Help Poor Countries Face Climate Change

    The Conversation Mar 14, 2022

    After another year of record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather disasters, wealthy countries are under pressure to make good on their commitment to mobilize US$100 billion a year to help poorer…

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    Supporting Mental Health Education in Ghana’s Rural Districts

    Global Washington Mar 13, 2022

    After the Mental Health Act 846 passed in 2012, Ghana Health Service (GHS) shifted its mental health programming from facility-based to a more integrated community-based approach. GHS set up new structures, with…

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  • How Philanthropy Helps With Development Crises in Sub-saharan Africa

    Brookings Mar 13, 2022

    The outpouring of generosity on the African continent in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been tremendous. Not only have private donors increased their giving; African countries have also witnessed the…

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    Addressing Racial Equity in Homelessness

    National Alliance to End Homelessness Mar 10, 2022

    We at the Alliance see our conferences as key opportunities to promote racial equity, especially since they bring large audiences together to exchange ideas, tools, and practices about ending homelessness.…

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    How the Prison System Fosters Vaccine Hesitancy

    Prison Policy Initiative Mar 10, 2022

    Over 3,000 incarcerated and detained people in the United States have died of COVID-19 in the past two years, with over 588,000 cumulative cases behind bars. With little sign of…

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    Study Indicates Corn-Based Ethanol Pollutes More Than Gas

    EcoWatch Mar 6, 2022

    For years, corn-based ethanol has been mixed with the gasoline sold at gas stations across the U.S., but a recently published study has found that its carbon intensity is “likely at least 24% higher” than gas,…

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