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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , the authors highlight efforts to address multigenerational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Poverty 124
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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? At Adelante Mujeres, the staff reflects the community served.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

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Innovating for a Healthy Context

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The hope that our children would enjoy a better life than ours seems shattered. Philanthropic and development organizations too often find themselves falling behind in a relentless and exhausting race to catch up. Women who suffer the most from inadequate health care travel from distant communities to visit the Project Mercy clinic.

Health 88
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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

The experiences of Mondragón and of Emilia Romagna, a region in Northern Italy that is also known for robust worker co-op development , suggest that not only are workforce development and university education required to sustain regional cooperative economies at scale, but this education should begin at an early age.