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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In 2014, six CDFIs located in regions of rural America beset by persistent poverty formed a coalition to remedy longstanding underinvestment. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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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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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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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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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 As Hoopes pointed out, the federal poverty measure is outdated, based on a 1960s formula that assumed food was the largest household expense—an assumption that no longer holds true today.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

For people who lack adequate income, shelter, healthcare, or employment, their life choices are severely constrained. Policies like universal healthcare and social housing can provide the stability people need to thrive and accumulate wealth over time. Baby bonds are a prime example of this shift. They are the result of policy choices.

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Why Ending the Public Health Emergency Is Not Progress—And What Funders Can Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people. Activist and author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha calls this “ The Great Forgetting.”

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