News and information on the role that government, small business, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy play in creating healthy and vibrant communities.
Personal and online banking service, Co-operative Bank, partnered with Social Enterprise UK and Social Enterprise Scotland to create a free bank account exclusively for social enterprises.
The...more
Coalition for the Homeless strongly supports the inclusion of "housing status" in the proposed anti-profiling police reform legislation.
The inclusion of housing status will score a point in...more
A new study set for publication in the Journal of Pediatrics declares shows the connection between physical fitness and academic performance.
Irene Esteban-Cornejo, MSc, Autonomous University of...more
University of Kansas and Notre Dame researchers learned that when parenting coaches texted and called participating moms in a home-based parenting program, they were more likely to learn and use...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $1.5 million Health Resources and Services Administration Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention grant to New York University...more
In the "Obesity (Sometimes) Matters: The Importance of Context in the Relationship between Obesity and Life Satisfaction", the study suggests how one compares weight-wise in his or her community...more
An Article in Press in The American Journal of Medicine documents that overweight and obese adults who have participated in a community-based weight loss intervention, specifically Weight Watchers,...more
In this Skoll World Forum For Social Entrepreneur 2013 Day Two Morning Plenary video, the Master of Ceremonies Pamela Hartigan, Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, opens with a...more
IRS-certified volunteers are going to start to offer free tax preparation services in an effort to assist workers who are earning less than $57,000/year in the process of determining if they qualify...more
Personal finance sees to the monetary decisions made by families and individuals. But for low- and middle-income families, personal finance takes into account the importance of homeownership and...more
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$7M Federal Grant For Social Enterprise Solutions For Folks Facing Job Barriers
Annie’s, Patagonia and Fund Good Jobs Share Tips on Social Entrepreneurship
Youths in the Middle East Address Unemployment By Creating New Businesses
