The recession has forced millions of people into joblessness and stressed state-run social service agencies with record unemployment, Medicaid and food stamp claims. Now state agencies are getting hit. Budget cuts in many states, including Ohio, have led to reductions in staffs in county Job & Family Services offices and created delays in the delivery of services. The financial snowball has rolled further down this hill onto nonprofit agencies, large and small. Like their government counterparts, nonprofit social service agencies are trying to serve record numbers of people, albeit with fewer dollars available through government contracts and funding sources – such as charitable foundations. But nonprofits vow to persevere. With smaller staffs, reduced budgets and more people knocking on their doors, they are considered now as increasingly vital players in trying to help people ravaged by the economic downturn meet their basic needs. On Sunday, July 19, the Cincinnati Enquirer began a periodic series looking at the work being done by some of the nonprofit agencies in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
NORWELL, Mass., Dec 08, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Cell Phones for Soldiers wants to provide free calling cards to all U.S. troops serving overseas this holiday season. To help realize that goal, the organization is launching a new online community that connects individual Americans with members of our Armed Forces. At http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com, families and friends of military members can post images and stories of troops stationed abroad. Americans can search the database, and give the service member of their choice an hour of time to call home with just the click of a mouse.
This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day NCoC is joining with President-elect Obama in making this call to service to our supporters and every American across the country to reignite the nation’s spirit of volunteerism and community service. This new effort, Renew America Together, is not just about stepping up to serve for a single day, but rather to make a continued commitment to serving our communities throughout the year. Together, with our next President, we are asking that you and your family, friends and neighbors sign-up to volunteer on January 19, 2009 right now.
Research by the National Conference on Citizenship showed that the greater New York metro area ranks among the top in the nation when it comes to trusting neighbors and exchanging favors with neighbors.
The 2009 New Hampshire Civic Health Index was released November 16 and presents new data about Granite Staters’ engagement with their communities, the impact the recession has had on civic engagement, why New Hampshire tends to have higher levels of civic engagement than other states, and significant gaps in knowledge about the nation’s political and legal system.
NCoC is thrilled to announce that several new civic health indicators have been added to the November 2011 Current Population Survey (CPS), administered by the U.S. Census Bureau. The CPS provides the data for “Civic Life in America,” as well as NCoC’s state and local civic health partnerships.
When it comes to the combination of voting, volunteering and trying to institute change in their own neighborhoods, no state in the country has had more engaged citizens over the past few years than Minnesota.
A new report released today by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College finds that Minnesota – a state long known for its civic involvement and engagement – can claim the title of the most civically engaged state.
This report examines the civic health of the Millennial generation in the Miami metropolitan area.
On February 7, Harvard Institute of Politics Director Trey Grayson talked with WGHB Greater Boston about the release of the Massachusetts Civic Health Index.
Shaping Kentucky’s Future Together April 8, 2014 Following the Initiative roundtables, Secretary Grimes compiled a summary of the discussions she had with fellow Kentuckians, focusing on the key concepts of (1) civic engagement, (2) political action, and (3) social connectedness….
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