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Stories from the field: Alabama city operates modern-day ‘debtors’ prison’
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) By Jacob Denney I was preparing to leave the municipal courtroom in Montgomery, Ala., when the bailiff announced that the inmates were being brought in. A handful of men entered the courtroom. Handcuffed and shackled, they shuffled to a long bench and sat down. One by one, they were called…
Read MoreStories from the field: Alabama’s school ‘choice’ law offers no real choice for many disadvantaged children
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) By Kristen Anderson When I accepted a position as a community outreach advocate with the Southern Poverty Law Center, I knew it meant the opportunity to be part of “big things.” Just weeks after I started, standing in a dirt parking lot in a rural Black Belt…
Read MoreSnapshot 2014: Rising Tide of Expectations
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Read MoreAmerica’s Charities Launches New Website with Enhanced Features & Richer Giving Experience
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2014 – America’s Charities, a mission-driven organization that connects public and private sector employers with charities to engage employees in greater giving, today announced the launch of the new and dramatically enhanced charities.org site. Working with Albatross Digital, an award winning, strategic web development & graphic design team, America’s Charities created the new site with…
Read MoreEnsuring Safe Environments Where Our Nation’s Children Can Grow Without Fear of Abuse and Neglect
Featured Charity: Prevent Child Abuse America Prevent Child Abuse America works to ensure the healthy development of children and the prevention of child abuse and neglect nationwide. We are about getting prevention right! Child abuse and neglect takes many forms; abuse can be physical, emotional or sexual and various types of neglect may include physical,…
Read MoreControversial CFC Regs Approved by OPM; Both Parties Protest
Source: NonProfit Quarterly After the reports on this year’s campaign, with donations plummeting a record 19 percent, it was only a matter of time before Congress got involved to question exactly what might be going on with the Office of Personnel Management’s oversight of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) and with OPM’s proposed regulations to make…
Read MoreCharities, lawmakers voice concerns over OPM’s rewrite of CFC rules
New regulations published this week by the Office of Personnel Management aim to overhaul the Combined Federal Campaign, in part by eliminating cash donations in favor of online giving and requiring charities to pay fees to cover the administrative costs of the program. But some charity groups say OPM’s regulations are too focused on wringing more…
Read MoreCFC will centralize, charge application fees to charities
Source: Federal Times The Combined Federal Campaign will start charging application and listing fees to charities seeking to take part, under new regulations to be published in the Federal Register. The Office of Personnel Management — which oversees the CFC — will work with charities to establish a fee structure, according to an agency announcement. The CFC…
Read More“Any Cause, Anytime, Anywhere” – That’s What DoSomething.org’s New Website Delivers
Have you visited the DoSomething.org website recently? They just launche a new website design and here’s what their CEO, Nancy Lublin, had to say about it in an email announcement this week: Hey. We’ve changed. And, we thought we ought to let you know. Things are different now. Maybe you’ve noticed? Its not you, its…
Read MoreActor Josh Charles and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Help Create Big Pinwheel Gardens in New York and Chicago!
“The Good Wife” actor Josh Charles helped Prevent Child Abuse America transform Times Square into the Big Pinwheel Garden on Tuesday, April 9, to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month and promote the pinwheel as the symbol for healthy starts for all children. Charles was joined by Manhattanmagazine’s Cristina Cuomo, Prevent Child Abuse America President and CEO…
Read MoreResearcher Examines Impact of Extra Chromosome on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
David Gordon, MD, PhD at Dana Farber Cancer Institute is a CureSearch Young Investigator examining the impact of trisomy 8 on acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Of the 500 children diagnosed with AML each year, between 10-20% of an extra chromosome 8, called trisomy 8. Dr. Gordon suspects that trisomy 8 contributes to the creation of…
Read MoreCould an Overhaul to the Federal Giving Drive Do More Harm Than Good?
Source: www.govexec.com The Office of Personnel Management ignored many complaints lodged by stakeholders in the annual federal employees’ giving drive when it drafted revisions to the campaign’s overhaul, and several lawmakers are not happy about it. The chairmen and ranking members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its federal workforce subcommittee said…
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