This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dawn Hankins explains how social workers are improving Bedford County School System by offering support for students that starts with encouraging attendance. • How can this model be…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Prosperity Now shares its 2019 Prosperity Now Scorecard which outlines the financial health of households in all 50 states. • How can funders work to close…
Giving Compass’ Take: • These key findings from the Prosperity Now Scorecard highlight the financial vulnerability Americans are facing. • How can funders work to fight financial vulnerability at scale?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a mentoring gap in America that needs to be addressed. According to research conducted by the Boston-based organization MENTOR, one in three young people (about 9 million total) grow…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • MDRC discusses the model of WorkAdvance, a sector-based development program that helps fill middle-skill jobs by providing workforce training for candidates. • How will program models…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More rural communities are pushing their residents to attend college and obtain degrees so that they can stimulate more job growth in a decreasing workforce. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The American Psychological Association (APA) has released a new report that discusses how ‘masculinity identity’ is linked to homophobia and misogyny, amongst other things. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard’s Jared Keller discusses how the minimum wage experiment is having success in America. New research in Seattle particularly suggests positive findings from the increased…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard interviews Newark Assistant Fire Chief David Decker on his first hand experience dealing with the addiction crisis in America. • Decker credits poverty as being…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen profiles a young girl from Sweden who protested at the World Economic Forum in Davos and her climate activism goals to save our planet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Raphael S. Cohen explains that border walls can prove to be an effective short-term tactic, but not a long-term strategy. • How can funders work to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rosalie Liccardo Pacula explains that marijuana legalization in Washington reduced adolescent marijuana use, but more data is needed to paint a fuller picture. • How can funders work…