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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

And as a result of repeated storms, insurance companies have been leaving Florida or increasing insurance rates, creating a crisis of underinsurance that Milton will exacerbate. Insurance companies also treat flooding differently, so philanthropic funding is needed even more. Its a deep wound to the fabric of our region.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

These farmers also successfully advocated for a system of federally backed cooperative banks and joined together to form farmer-owned insurance pools, allowing agriculture cooperatives to form, including prominent brands like Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance.

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Your Nonprofit Team: Attracting, Retaining Talent

The NonProfit Times

Create a culture where your staff feels proud of their work. Think beyond health insurance. Prioritizing Workplace Culture and Inclusion A strong, supportive workplace culture isnt just a nice to have, its essential. When candidates see the real-world impact of your work, theyll want to be part of it.

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The App That Missed the Mark: A Black Woman’s Quest to Build AI That Heals, Not Just Fixes

NonProfit Quarterly

Finding a therapist for herself is no small featthose who truly resonate with her experience dont accept her insurance, and those who do lack the cultural competence to see her beyond a checklist. Years of advocating for patients and battling stress and anxiety from not feeling valued or seen at her workplace has her feeling worn down.

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Prioritizing Self-Care at Your Nonprofit: 3 Best Strategies

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Provide quality health insurance. As an employer, you’re responsible for choosing a health insurance provider for your nonprofit’s employees. And, if you’ve chosen a quality health insurance provider, they may even cover the costs of billing for massages. Establish a supportive culture.

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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

Informal networks of social supports do existas they have for millenniaand help people manage the challenges they face; however, under the atomizing pressure of our economy and culture, these supports are often too underresourced to fill in the gaps. 9 They are also expensive for many, even with insurance. And so much less human.

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How Mobile Health Clinics Advance Health Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Many mobile health clinic programs successfully deliver culturally responsive care and build trust in communities that have historically been cut off from the healthcare system. Additionally, some mobile health clinic programs are structured to prepare and train a culturally responsive public health and nursing workforce.

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