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'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened

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08/28/2017

Key players in the Trump administration have advised Mr. Trump to wind down the DACA program, and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has informed him he considers it unconstitutional and cannot defend it in court.

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Immigration

Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

More than a year-and-a-half after the Fund for Public Housing officially began soliciting donors, the nonprofit has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye.

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Housing and Homelessness

Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

A growing number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the country has closed the door on other refugees.

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Immigration

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

... by the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit organization working to end gender-based violence. The vast majority were ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was Prevented

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08/31/2017

... I want to thank the railroad, the MTA and the hard- working men and women who got it done and proved that when we ...

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F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics

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08/31/2017

The Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics on Monday, while at the same time pledging to ease the path to approval for companies and doctors with legitimate treatments in the growing field.

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Health

One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

Denisse Rojas, a third-year medical student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, on Tuesday took the news of the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, with a mixture...

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies is turning to a different avenue, by funding support for states fighting the federal government, likely through lawsuits, over the gutting of environmental regulations.

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated that state and local officials need to take the reigns and steer their community toward economic growth by funding access to childcare.

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Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’s Hungry Neighborhoods

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09/12/2017

... ago to get a clearer picture of how well the system was working . What they learned about the system — which ...

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Food Systems

The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

Communications strategy should be flexible, scrappy, and accessible to everyone on your team. This four-question framework, rooted in social science, can help organizations craft an effective strategy that drives real social change.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

Pressed for workers, a New Jersey-based software company went hunting for a U.S. city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in dead-end jobs.

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Workforce Development

Reed: Dreamer Bill Could Be Part Of Broader Border Security Legislation

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09/13/2017

Southern Tier Republican Rep. Tom Reed said he’s in favor of a permanent solution for former Deferred Action of Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients. He believes there is far-reaching support for legislation to help undocumented immigrants who came...

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Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

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09/14/2017

The federal government should identify communities most at risk of flooding and launch a major infrastructure initiative that creates good jobs for a pressing purpose.

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Environment and Climate Change

Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez

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09/14/2017

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has said he wants to make his office the most progressive in the country. We’re delighted to hear this, and our work now begins in holding him accountable.

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Justice Reform

Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

... Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the ...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

Three women who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices, accusing the search giant of discriminating against its female employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs.

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Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says

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09/18/2017

With the city’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created or preserved under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan fail to target the city’s low-income New Yorkers who need help the most.

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Fund the People Toolkit

Publication date:

09/2017

Fund the People created this toolkit to provide practical guidance, promising practices, and illustrative data to help funders, nonprofits, and others to maximize investments in the nonprofit workforce. Nonprofit people are nonprofit programs. Given this reality, supporting the nonprofit workforce is an effective strategy for increasing performance, impact, and sustainability. The toolkit features six content areas to help funders and nonprofit organizations invest in the nonprofit workforce as a strategy for improving the impact and sustainability of the organizations: Case Making: making...