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The Long Road to Health Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Last month, health policymakers, funders, and executives gathered at the Urban Institute to discuss the 20-year anniversary of the report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. What policies are further perpetuating inequities? We are highly regulated,” she shared.

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Improving AAPI Health with Better Data

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Urja Bhatt on unsplash.com Recently, a colleague asked me to identify my race. Presented with the standard options for race (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian), I’ve always selected Asian. She was collecting diversity information and needed to fill in the field.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

Their “Healthier Kids For Our Future” grants focus on food insecurity and mental health. Autism Speaks funds programs that provide people with autism with social and educational experiences through their Norma and Malcolm Baker Recreation Grant programs. Areas served: US. Autism Speaks. Areas served: US, Arizona, Ohio.

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Housing and Health: Creating Solutions With Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. Learning About Community Power.

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Some Nonprofit Workers Still In Poverty, Struggling Financially

The NonProfit Times

They can’t afford the basics: housing, childcare, food, transportation, healthcare, technology and taxes. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey’s Public Use Microdata Sample. We must find data-informed solutions, whether through policy or practice, to meet the needs of nonprofit workers who are struggling financially.

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Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Anedot

LGBTQ+ older adults live at intersections of race, ethnicity, class, culture, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, spirituality, and ability. With primary oversight of Human Resources, the DJEDI will develop and implement HR policies to foster a strong, positive, and professional working environment.

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Walking Through Truth: Indigenous Wisdom and Community Health Equity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, the creation of borders that have been imposed upon tribal nations has led to a tremendous loss of land, natural resources, culture, food systems, language, economies, and a thousand generations of traditional knowledge. What’s In a Name? A much smaller emphasis is placed on individualism.

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