Reframing Human Services to Gain Public Support for Effective Programs Date & Time Thursday, January 15, 2015, 3:00 – 4:30 pm EST Summary Why do human services agencies not have public support to deliver quality, efficient, evidence-based services? PreformWell invites you to join them to learn how we – the human services sector – are telling…
By: Irv Katz, Bridget McCabe, Ilsa Flanagan, Trevor Maat National Human Services Assembly with appreciation to FrameWorks Institute As we move forward in the reframing effort, we’re continually asked, “What can we do now?” First, consider how we can use the initial findings talked about in the first part of this blog series. The first temptation…
On Thanksgiving Day, Dan Fuller, VP of Legislative Relations for Communities In Schools, talked with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about child homelessness. As Melvin pointed out, many people wonder, “How can children be homeless in this country?” According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, 1 in 30 American kids are homeless. That statistic means that…
Did you know that next year marks the 80th Anniversary of the Social Security Act? Social Security, and all the comes with it–the card, the number, the promise of a little assistance once we reach our golden years–is something we as Americans take for granted. Yet when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security…
November is National Runaway Prevention Month, and supporting the month’s aim to increase awareness about runaway prevention is becoming increasingly important. It is estimated that 2.5 Million children experience homelessness each year. That’s equal to 1 out of every 30 children. And as the infographic below shows, 550,000 young people are homeless for longer than…
It’s time to act on CPIA, and in a show of bipartisan support for the legislation, House sponsors Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Mike Rogers (R-MI) penned an op-ed that appeared in Roll Call earlier this week. In it, they state: “Child safety is a bipartisan issue and the CPIA is a bipartisan solution. During…
Have you ever found yourself replaying a video over and over because it’s that good? This video is about Jaime, a student from a poor family, and Jordan, his peer with more educational opportunities. Students like Jaime are up to 2.5 school years behind Jordan in critical reading skills by the time they reach the…
Today, a news story that caught our attention was about Arnold Abbott, a 90-year old man in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who was arrested for feeding the homeless. Abbott and two South Florida ministers are accused of breaking a new city ordinance banning public feeding of the homeless, and each faces up to 60 days in…
Honest question: How many of you have fond memories of the neighborhoods you grew up in? Shouldn’t every child have the opportunity to grow up in safe neighborhoods full of tangible opportunities they can see? However, in a piece for the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Blog, Barbara Sard from the Center for Budget and Policy…
If you’re anything like us, then you’re getting more and more excited for election day! But with new and contested voter ID laws making the headlines it can be confusing to know what, if any, voter ID laws exist in your state. The simple infographic below from the Washington Post and the National Conference of…
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