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    Gauging Donor Activity with the Donor-advised Fund Payout Rate

    PhilanTopic Jun 13, 2021

    Those of us who work with donor-advised fund (DAF) donors every day know that they are caring, committed, and creative givers. We also know they use DAFs for both their…

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    Understanding the High Reentry Risk Back Into Foster Care

    Philanthropy News Digest Jun 12, 2021

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The report, Reentry to Foster Care: Identifying Candidates Under the Family First Act, focuses on rates of infants and teens that are at high risk of re-entering…

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    To Crack the Chronic Disease Epidemic, Tap into Consumers’ Priorities

    Christensen Institute

    Spiraling healthcare costs have been of grave concern to the healthcare industry, government, and public for at least 50 years. And while the debate remains heated over the appropriate strategy…

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    Declines in Veteran Homelessness Showcase Successful Efforts

    National Alliance to End Homelessness

    The National Alliance to End Homelessness is pleased to report that veteran homelessness went down 2.1 percent between 2018 and 2019 (based on data collected at a point-in-time in January…

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    Bringing STEM Experience to Rural and Low-income Students

    The Hechinger Report Jun 12, 2021

    When science teacher Kathryn Spivey told her students at Benjamin Banneker Middle School in Burtonsville, Maryland that they were going to take off and visit planet Mars for a day on a Magic School Bus of their own, they didn’t know what…

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    Jail Populations Rising Again After COVID-related Decrease

    The Marshall Project Jun 12, 2021

    It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill. Instead…

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    STI Testing Significantly Decreased During COVID-19

    Futurity Jun 12, 2021

    Restrictions placed on direct patient care and shifts to telehealth may explain the finding, which could lead to a possible future surge in sexually transmitted infection (STI) cases, researchers say.…

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    Reducing the Misuse of Antibiotics in the Livestock Industry [Video]

    Food Tank Jun 12, 2021

    During a virtual event co-hosted by Food Tank and Applegate, panelists highlight the need to end the misuse of antibiotics in the livestock industry. By 2050, public health experts predict…

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    Why Policymakers Need to Prioritize Access to Tech and WiFi in Public School Districts

    EdSurge Jun 11, 2021

    From the moment schools shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that many districts were ill-equipped to support their students from afar. They just weren’t…

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    How COVID-19 Impacted College Mental Health Counseling

    Higher Education Dive Jun 11, 2021

    Before COVID-19 came to campus, mental health treatment was an in-person affair. Fewer than 8% of colleges offered telephone therapy in 2019, and only 3% offered video, a survey of campus counseling center directors…

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    Why Corporate Mindsets Need to Evolve to Support Racial Equity

    FSG Jun 11, 2021

    Over the course of the last year, it seems like almost every company in the U.S., and many around the world, have made statements to indicate their support of racial…

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    How Technology Helped Advance COVID-19 Efforts in Rural Areas

    Global Citizen Jun 11, 2021

    When COVID-19 reached the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the uncertainty hit its frontline health care workers hard. “There’s been a lot more fear and death that…

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