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In this article, we explain nonprofits’ role in thriving communities, the amount of funding nonprofits receive from government sources, and the government funding challenges nonprofits were facing before the shutdown.
How Afghans Uplifted Their Community’s Resettlement Needs as Community-Engaged Researchers For World Refugee Day, we spoke with five Afghans who trained as community-based researchers and interviewed evacuees about their experiences and needs as they resettled in the United States.Five Ways to Address Unsheltered Homelessness, No Matter How SCOTUS Rules on Grants Pass v. Johnson The research is clear: jurisdictions cannot fine and cite their way to ending unsheltered homelessness.Baby Bonds and Child Development Accounts Need to Provide Meaningful Funding Amounts to Make a Difference. Where Could the Money Come From? To effectively close racial wealth gaps, early life wealth-building programs need significant funding, but they are often at the mercy of budget cuts and funding battles.A New Tool to Help Unlock Insights about Financial Well-Being With a more holistic understanding of households’ financial well-being, decisionmakers can develop solutions that ensure all people can invest in their future, provide for their families, and live with dignity.Getting Rid of Social Security Offsets for Teachers Flunks the Equity Test Repealing Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset would benefit people with the most resources while placing the burden of Social Security’s long-term financing on people with lower incomes.Rent Reporting by the GSEs Promised Greater Credit Access. We Need More Transparency to Know Whether It Succeeded. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s rent reporting pilots will end at the end of the year, but more data and performance metrics are needed to fully assess their impact on credit access for people with low incomes and Black and Latinx people.
