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How the Climate Crisis is Changing Mental Healthcare

NonProfit Quarterly

Several mental healthcare initiatives are approaching care by mobilizing those experiencing eco-anxiety to channel their emotions toward climate action. Environmental Mental Healthcare in the Global South In many countries in the Global South, making mental healthcare truly accessible and intersectional has been a challenge.

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One in Five Nonprofit Workers Can’t Afford Basic Expenses

NonProfit Quarterly

If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ. As Hoopes pointed out, the federal poverty measure is outdated, based on a 1960s formula that assumed food was the largest household expense—an assumption that no longer holds true today.

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Making Policy Work for Rural Communities: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

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Reconnecting Economics Education with Today’s Global Realities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need? In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need?

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Across the Country, Poor and Low-Wage Voters Are Organizing

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. As many other leaders did across the country, Martin noted the sobering fact that in America, poverty is the fourth leading cause of death. New York City is home to the most millionaires in the world.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

The money can be used for key wealth-building activities like education, homeownership, or starting a business. For people who lack adequate income, shelter, healthcare, or employment, their life choices are severely constrained. These accounts grow over time, maturing when the child reaches adulthood.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education.