Human Services

Even before the pandemic and associated economic fallout, one in four working adults in the US earned a wage insufficient to lift a small family out of poverty. The impact…

First and foremost, our model of venture philanthropy generates investment for social good by betting on the potential of people. As practitioners of venture philanthropy, we work to catalyze economic…

Families who receive federal housing subsidies are among the poorest and most disadvantaged households in the United States. The federal government helps over two million of these families meet their…

The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on Main Street, with small businesses across the U.S. closing by the thousands. But as bad as the overall scene is, for minority-owned…

Ernesto Fonseca, CEO of the Hacienda Community Development Corporation  (CDC), one of the largest CDCs in Oregon, Fonseca helps provide affordable housing, youth and family services, homeownership education, and small business…

A few weeks ago, ahead of a nor’easter that unleashed biting winds and snow across New England, Alyssa Washington, a high school senior who wants to be a nurse, made…

Because of their unorthodox ownership structures and management practices, cooperatively owned businesses don’t fit neatly into most lenders’ and incubators’ boxes. But one organization has stepped forward to fill the…

In a world of growing inequality, attacks on the rule of law, and deep uncertainty, there is no better time to examine legal action as a key tool for interrogating…

Despite some steps taken by the Department of Defense (DoD), sexual assault and harassment prevention within the services and at individual installations could be substantially improved. The services could address…

Texas’ experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly. Two weeks after the storm first touched Mississippi — and one…

Offering cheap internet service is a powerful tool to boost internet access among low-income customers, but pricing changes alone won’t close the digital divide, according to new research. “The glass…

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared COVID-19 hits communities of color the hardest—and extensive evidence backs this up—communities of color are not receiving the aid they need. Health officials say the lack…