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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008.

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Looking forward to 2009

Judi Sohn

2009 is going to be an interesting year. Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Why it matters that there’s federal colorectal cancer screening legislation. Why it matters that the patient voice is heard by the medical community. That treatments don’t magically spring out of research alone.

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New Quarterly Progress Report for HMIS

VisionLink

The QPR is designed to meet the new reporting requirements for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. We are pleased to announce the release of the updated and compliant Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), the newest addition to the CCM/HMIS reporting tools.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

Despite its recent emergence, it has gained rapid popularity, with an estimated $300 billion in impact investments in 2014, and an estimated $500 billion expected by 2019 (Sirull, 2015; Monitor Institute, 2009, p. These organizations were VisionSpring, Code.org, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, and the Mental Health Center of Denver.

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San Francisco Day of Service

Forum One

While several of us were in San Francisco for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we helped install a wireless network in a local community center. Photo Gallery: Connections for San Francisco's Homeless. I have posted photos and more about our contribution to the conference's Day of Service on our "Field Notes" blog.

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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

Tech Soup

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. Its mentorship helps prevent its clients from re-entering the foster and judicial system or repeating poverty and homelessness cycles. One in five people there live at the poverty level.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

When NFF began this survey in 2009, many of our clients were in “triage” mode: they were dealing with mission and finance-related emergencies, relying on short-term coping strategies—like reserve depletion and staff furloughs—to make ends meet until the financial crisis was over. family becomes homeless. currently lives in poverty.