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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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When the Mouth Speaks, the Whole Person Heals: Bringing Integrative Community Therapy and Solidarity Care from Brazil’s Favelas to the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

And while technology can provide tools that can be very helpful to achieving our evolving healthcare and related social needs, human connection remains the pivotal key to healthcare as well as our overall health and wellbeing. 1 We live in a world of increasing social fragmentation, trauma, and stress.

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Bilingual Housing and Benefits Navigator

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Hybrid schedule possible in accordance with NMCS policy and manager approval. This position directly supports a team of case managers in leading efforts to assist our community in finding wellness, dignity, housing, and public benefit resources. Schedule Mondays – Fridays.

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How to Align Assets with Mission: Small Steps That Nonprofits Can Take

NonProfit Quarterly

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? So, what keeps them alive today?

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

Depression diagnosis from a licensed psychiatrist can cost between $100 to $300 without insurance, 22 while therapy can range from $65 to $250 per session 23 and antidepressants can be nearly $100 for a 30-day supply. 10 Only 35.1 percent of Latinx Americans with mental illness receive treatment annuallythe US average is 46.2

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Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities

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Alternatively, the board might set a policy that permits one signature for small checks below a certain amount, say $50, in order to help discourage checks from being signed in advance. It may be helpful as a starting point to talk to another nonprofit leader whose organization is engaged in the same activity.