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Charity Navigator
AUGUST 9, 2021
One of these areas is homelessness. 100&Change BfZ Built for Zero Community Solutions homelessness MacArthur FoundationGiving back is very important to my wife and me. We have developed deep relationships with local, national, and international nonprofits.
Charity Navigator
MAY 13, 2021
Today, we are pleased to feature one such organization -- the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans , an Encompass rated organization with an overall 100 out of 100 score, which includes a perfect score of 100 within the Culture & Community beacon where Constituent Feedback resides.
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Charity Navigator
DECEMBER 15, 2021
affordable housing emergency shelter Homeless homelessness housing In our Giving Season blog series highlighting nonprofits across the U.S.,
Charity Navigator
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Homelessness is significant everywhere, though in Minnesota, it’s often a hidden phenomenon. affordable housing Homeless homelessness housingIn our Giving Season blog series highlighting nonprofits across the U.S.,
Candid
JANUARY 26, 2022
The response was clear: In that moment, our donors were focused most on hunger and homelessness in the United States, two interwoven problems that have been greatly exacerbated by the ripple effects of COVID-19. .
Donorbox
MARCH 22, 2022
Homelessness can happen to anyone, regardless of race, religion, or sexual orientation. In the United States, many people wonder how it is still possible that one of the wealthiest countries in the world has so many homeless people.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 8, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges for nonprofits, especially organizations that work directly with vulnerable populations, like Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, the oldest and largest homeless shelter in Philadelphia. Hunger/Homelessness
Qgiv
MARCH 9, 2022
People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. Altogether, the 2021 Walk to End Homelessness raised over $96,000 for their cause!
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 14, 2022
Hunger/Homelessness Lillian D. Share Our Strength, a national anti-hunger organization has appointed Lillian D. Singh as its new Senior Vice President of Family Economic Opportunity.
Charity Village
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
The post Red Cross rapid testing program creates “peace of mind” for homeless shelter appeared first on CharityVillage. On a cold day in March 2020, the Transition House Coalition of Northumberland was providing emergency shelter for 24 people, two more than they had beds for.
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Awards Hunger/HomelessnessAtul Tandon may have started his career in the for-profit world, but his decision to serve the world’s extreme poor has led to NonProfit PRO recognizing him with 2021’s Lifetime Achievement award.
Tech Soup Blog
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Are mobile phones a lifeline for homeless people? Homeless people use mobile phones to break their isolation, find food and shelter, and connect with the people they care about. Just like any single thing, mobile phones are a help, but not a cure for homelessness. Some may argue that housing first is a stronger intervention against homelessness. All participants are homeless or extremely low-income and are actively searching for employment.
Beth Kanter
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. Lisa Colton is the Chief Learning Officer for See3 Communications and the Founder and President of Darim Online , and the “tour guide” for the Impact Producing Social Media Boot Camp for Homeless Organizations.
VisionLink
MARCH 28, 2010
We are pleased to announce another tool for those managing Homeless Coalitions, funded by HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development). It is increasingly clear to us that communities need to integrate their homeless prevention strategies with other community partnerships, such as elder care, information and referral, and so forth. The AHAR now allows users to run the report for Veterans Only (or, as previously, for all non-veterans as well.
Charity Village
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
The Blue Print competition will offer Blue Door staff who have firsthand experience supporting people facing homelessness as well […]. The post Submit your ideas to end homelessness in York Region to the Blue Print Competition appeared first on CharityVillage. Blue Door is excited to announce the return of the Blue Print Competition! This competition was a great success in 2019, and they wanted to bring it back to help mark our 40th anniversary in 2022!
See3
JANUARY 5, 2012
Change the world, one video at a time.How to Stop Homelessness: An Instructional Video | 2:46 Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness Some great, quirky choreography drives this video, which gets to the basics of stemming homelessness—providing homes.
Charity Village
MAY 13, 2021
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Ahmed Hussen, launched a call for concepts for innovative projects to prevent and eliminate homelessness under the Community Capacity and Innovation stream of Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy. The post Government of Canada launches call for innovative concepts to prevent and eliminate homelessness appeared first on CharityVillage.
NetWits
APRIL 1, 2011
He goes by the name Hardly Normal and fights to put a face on homelessness by using the internet, social media and InvisiblePeople.TV (content can be intense) to share stories about real people battling with being out on the street. Mark Horvath is a passionate guy with an incredible story.
See3
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
Last week, I joined 21 representatives of homeless service organizations from across Los Angeles at Home for Good L.A. for a social media boot camp led by See3’s Chief Learning Officer Lisa Colton, in partnership with the See3-Kindling Group project @home. The boot camp is designed to give nonprofits the “digital kick in the tush” they […]. social media Uncategorized Video
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 4, 2010
Photo with Mark Horvath, @hardlynormal We did three things while we were in Santa Monica - visited the Getty, road the Ferris Wheel on the Pier, and had coffee with Mark Horvath, an advocate for homeless who uses social media.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 10, 2014
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). The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. " Misconceptions About Homelessness and Technology.
VisionLink
MARCH 18, 2010
The logic tables have been updated to the revised specifications, ensuring accurate and useful reporting tools for Homeless Management users. Responding to revised specifications from HUD, we are pleased to release a revised Quarterly Progress Report. There is more! We have also improved the data set up process for HMIS records related to the QPR, and cleaned up several data entry steps. A click saved, is a coffee break sustained (or something like that.)
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Both have experienced homeless first hand – in the streets and in shelters. Both have worked for homeless services agencies, ironically in the same type of work – fundraising and communications. And they both feel passionately about working with organizations and people to shine a light on homelessness, tell those stories, and help people. Mark is distributing cards about WeAreVisible that includes examples of tweets from homeless people.
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing. Refurbished computers are not for every organization, so we thought it’d be interesting to talk to someone who is using refurbished equipment in their nonprofit to find out how it’s going. This is an interview between Keli Sullivan, TechSoup’s RCI Program specialist and Candice Erdmann, information manager, at Transition Projects in Portland, Oregon.
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Mark's expertise in video production, his personal experience with homelessness, and his huge heart uniquely position him to help homeless people share their stories. are emotionally difficult, but they put a much-needed human face on the complexities of homelessness in America. We Are Visible's goal is to help homeless people share their stories directly with the world through social media. At NTC this year, I interviewed Mark Horvath , creator of InvisiblePeople.tv.
See3
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
Last week, I joined 21 representatives of homeless service organizations from across Los Angeles at Home for Good L.A. for a social media boot camp led by See3’s Chief Learning Officer Lisa Colton, in partnership with the See3-Kindling Group project @home. The boot camp is designed to give nonprofits the “digital kick in the tush” they […]. social media Uncategorized Video
Have Fun - Do Good
MARCH 16, 2011
"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. They also ensure that thousands of homeless and abandoned animals get the socialization and training they deserve.
AFP Blog
MARCH 10, 2014
Non-profit gives job opportunities to homeless | kens5.com San Antonio : DOWNTOWN AUSTIN -- The homeless of Austin have an unexpected advantage during South by Southwest (SXSW) as non-profits help the homeless make the most of music festival by giving them job opportunities.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 23, 2014
I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. The Nonprofit Quarterly shared an interesting story from the National Desert News about the benefits of mobile access for homeless populations. Plasschaert, a woman who credits Twitter for ending her homelessness. It seems like every company wants a hand in the mobile game.
See3
JUNE 4, 2015
strategy adina lichtman do-gooder eli talks homelessness jewish jewish ideas knock knock give a sockAdina Lichtman is not your average college student. This devoted do-gooder is out to change the world – one pair of socks at a time. She is the founder of an unusual nonprofit, Knock Knock Give a Sock, which encourages schools, college dorms, and apartment buildings to reach out to one another in order to […]. The post Out to Change the World? “Don’t Change It Alone.”
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Leah Garrett, VP of development and communications for Community of Hope, has mastered fundraising and communications to improve health, end family homelessness, and make Washington, D.C.,
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2013
PRESS RELEASE New Crowdfunding Site ‘Survive the Streets’ Helps Prevent Homelessness Through Early Intervention - Press Release - Digital Journal : New crowdfunding website Survive the Streets ([link] launches to help the nearly homeless in the U.S.,
AFP Blog
MARCH 28, 2014
homeless - SFGate : Technology whizzes, nonprofit workers and others will converge this weekend in San Francisco to try to cook up new tech-savvy ways to help the homeless in a series of get-togethers organizers are calling Hacktivation for the Homeless Hacktivation event seeks ways for tech to help S.F.
AFP Blog
JUNE 29, 2011
Homeless turn to Twitter for food, shelter - CNN.com : "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Blogging and tweeting might be among the last hobbies you'd list for a homeless person, but some down-and-out people have embraced social media in such a way that it's actually garnered them needed assistance -- everything from food and diapers for children to counseling and housing
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Nonprofits are staffed by incredibly competent and dedicated people — experts who understand their work backward and forward, whether it be housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, or supporting these programs through effective fundraising and building sustainable solutions to the world’s most challenging problems.
AFP Blog
MARCH 13, 2012
Homeless people turned into walking wi-fi hotspots at $2 per 15 minutes at SXSW | Mail Online : A marketing stunt where homeless people were turned into walking internet hotspots with T-shirts proclaiming 'I'm a 4G hotspot' has caused outcry in Texas. Branding agency BBH was forced to defend its 'Homeless Hotspots' initiative after it was described as 'dystopian' - and lambasted as a 'shameful, hideous, patronising, dehumanising idea' by British brand strategist Luke Scheybeler
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 9, 2007
Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Mensajeros de la Paz with a virtual homeless kid has received enough Money to. The homeless. Have you been able to draw attention to issue of homeless youth? Rik Riel and Nedra Weinreich also wrote it up and I suspect it probably inspired a few Second Life Doubter's Club posts. So, I was curious and wanted to find out if there were any results. I try base my opinions on research.
AFP Blog
MARCH 29, 2016
Nonprofit Uses App to Survey Homeless People Daily—What Do You Need? Nonprofit Quarterly delivers the latest news and investigative reports : "In recent years, as technology and social media have expanded many non-profits have chosen to use these resources to help homeless people. In 2014, we reported on statistics that showed that homeless people increasingly owned cell phones. One homeless woman even credited Twitter for singlehandedly pulling her out of homelessness.
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
SF nonprofit expands tech lab for homeless and poor Tenderloin residents | Other News | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner : "The first year the St. Anthony Foundation opened its computer stations to the Tenderloin community, the technology lab ran dozens of computers on an Internet connection you might find in a private home.
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