NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Clearly, what I expected to happen—bring food and people will come and eat it—was not what happened in this organization.  I called one of the Associate Executive Directors. And it was also clear that when those scouts returned with food and apparently unharmed, it nudged others to come up. And no one came. Not everyone came.

Leadership 243

Leadership Culture Food Children 243

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States engaged in an innovative policy experiment: for one year, the federal government expanded the existing child tax credit—making it available to families with little or no earnings, increasing the credit amount, and providing monthly payments instead of an annual payment at tax time.

Poverty 116

Poverty Children Social Policy Food 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. These numbers might even be underestimations.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 133

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2023

The new studies bolster the case, long made by many liberal economists and policymakers, that poor families tend to spend cash welfare payments on their most pressing needs, to the benefit of the entire household and especially children. Among the top priorities for families that received the expanded credit, the March study found, was food.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. These accusations were never based in reality.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 120

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing. When asked what her top motivation was in wanting to be a homeowner, she didn’t talk about investments or retirement, but rather her children. Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin. Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. Interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 114