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Community Technology Alliance: Helping Address Homelessness with Mobile Technology

Tech Soup

This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). An Opportunity to Learn. What CTA Uncovered.

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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

Tech Soup

I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. But here's the kicker: the phone is deeply integrated with Amazon's shopping services. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. It runs on Amazon's own Fire OS 3.5,

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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The top five causes for women are children and youth (15%), animals and wildlife (13%), health and wellness (10%), human and social services (8%), and hunger and homelessness (8%) ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). homelessness (8%), and education (7%) ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). Giving by Generation. Click to Tweet.

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Human Services Nonprofits Reveal Struggle to Evaluate Their Outcomes

Tech Soup

charities are devoted to the work of human services like providing food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless, care to the sick, and legal aid to the dispossessed. The Idealware report called The Reality of Measuring Human Service Programs: Results of a Survey has some pretty interesting findings on this.

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How inflation affects foundation grantmaking decisions

Candid

Because of inflation, the value of dollars donated declined, while costs, wages, and for some, demand for services grew. Please share your ideas in the comment section below.  Individual donors specifically cited inflation as a major reason why they expected to give less last year. private and community foundations.

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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. Countless organizations could benefit from Kyle’s skills, yet there is no system connecting national service alumni with nonprofits and public sector agencies most in need of young talent.

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5 Ways to Make LinkedIn Board Connect Work for Your Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the comments , there was some thoughtful discussion about best practices for identifying, screening, and cultivating board members. We provide housing to the chronically homeless who have HIV/AIDS, mental health issues, chemical dependency, and other special needs. So I dropped the words homelessness and volunteering from my search.

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