RT @TheImprintNews: It’s official: Following an investigation by @TheImprintNews & @sfchronicle, California has banned the practice of sending youth in #fostercare or on probation to out-of-state treatment facilities https://bit.ly/3BkKm9u
RT @TexasTribune: Texas Tribune Festival offers up a star-studded lineup featuring household names you know — and others you should. Get tickets today to join us Sept. 20-25 along w speakers like @RepMcCaul, @KimberlyEAtkins and @JohnFetterman #TribFest21
The Texas Tribune Festival, Sept. 20-25, 2021
The Texas Tribune Festival is a multi-day celebration of big, bold ideas about politics, public policy and the day’s news.
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RT @TexasTribune: Texas’ foster care crisis is worsening, with the numbers of children sleeping in offices, hotels and churches growing fast. https://bit.ly/3hR24K2
RT @MissionInvest: What “counts” as impact investing? See this collection of impact investing 101 guides from MIE members and partners to understand the spectrum. #impinv @RockPhilanth @theGIIN @OmidyarNetwork @VermontCF
A Collection of Impact Investing 101 Guides
With dozens of guidebooks and primers on impact investing available, it can be hard for beginners in philanthropy ...
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RT @Mission_Capital: Join us for a two-hour learning session that provides a historical perspective to illustrate how structural and systemic racism are infused across our society, and how those inequities are perpetuated today.
Austin’s Compounding Structural Racism - Summer 2021 Learning Session
Join us for a historical overview of racial inequities in Austin.
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RT @TXAllianceCFS: Join us on July 29 for our Capacity Symposium. We’ll bring in experts to look at the data, policies, and drivers impacting our foster care capacity crisis. https://bit.ly/367fVVX
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RT @Philanthropy: Small nonprofits need investment, equity, and less bureaucracy, says @joangarry. One important step toward this is “a mind/heart shift” to start seeing these nonprofits as “community partners.” Learn more ways to help.
A Plea From Community Nonprofits for Investment, Equity, and Less Bureaucracy
Small nonprofits should require less red tape, and they need support for efforts to advance fair pay and benefits ...
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RT @drniiquartelai: #ICYMI: Please share with any #FosterYouth you know in #california who continue to be impacted by the pandemic. Relief funds are available 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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Almost 6 THOUSAND former & foster youth have signed up at http://CheckforUs.org already. Join us and get the 411 on how access the pandemic relief funds set aside for us here in CA. Visit http://Checkforus.org today!
RT @AECFNews: Since the 2009 launch of collaborative effort @BmoreforBabies, the infant mortality rate in one neighborhood has dropped by 75% and is now lower than the national rate.
Initiative’s Work in Baltimore Neighborhood Leads to Drop in Infant Mortality
For years, disinvestment resulted in health disparities for residents of Baltimore’s Upton/Druid Heights neighborhood,...
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Join us for a two-hour learning session that provides a historical perspective to illustrate how structural and systemic racism are infused across our society, and how those inequities are perpetuated today.
Austin’s Compounding Structural Racism - Summer 2021 Learning Session
Join us for a historical overview of racial inequities in Austin.
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RT @Philanthropy: Leaders of community nonprofits, says @joangarry, need investment, so she asked what they want most. Pay equity, streamlined grant applications, to be treated as partners were some responses.
A Plea From Community Nonprofits for Investment, Equity, and Less Bureaucracy
Small nonprofits should require less red tape, and they need support for efforts to advance fair pay and benefits ...
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RT @TheImprintNews: Did you miss our online conversation on how to improve support for parents in crisis and youth in foster care? Watch the recording here!
A Better Future for Minnesota Families
A Better Future for Minnesota Families: How to Improve Support for Parents in Crisis and Youth in Foster CareThrou...
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RT @cdfca: Finally all children will have access to free breakfast and lunch at school, eliminating the stigma of receiving free meals.
All California Public School Students Now Have Access to Free Breakfast and Lunch, No Questions Asked
Thanks to California’s budget surplus, every public school student in California can get free breakfast and free lunch, no questions asked.
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RT @19thnews While the battle over voting rights is not over in Texas, a walkout by Democrats in May quickly became 1 of the most public & consequential responses to voting restrictions in a statehouse this year. Meet some of the women behind the walkout
'We’re on the right side of history, we’ve got to walk.'
Two women lawmakers describe what was happening behind the scenes as Texas Democrats blocked a restrictive voting bill.
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RT @GeorgetownCCF: Hispanic, Latino communities more affected by lack of insurance for kids, study says via @9NEWS
Hispanic, Latino communities more affected by lack of insurance for kids, study says
A Georgetown University study suggests 1.8 million Latino kids in the U.S. don't have health insurance as of 2019 ...
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