News and information on the role that government, small business, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy play in creating healthy and vibrant communities.
Doctors Without Borders is experimenting with delivery drones to help battle a serious tuberculosis epidemic in rural areas.
According to Doctors Without Borders program manager Eric Pujo, they...more
The Urban Institute's newest Work Support Strategies research, "Confronting the Child Care Eligibility Maze," helps states face onerous administrative methods that make it hard for low-income...more
A new study finds that people leading impoverished lives who remember good memories can enhance their ability to overcome their present situations.
According to University of British Columbia...more
SwitchPoint 2014, an annual two-day conference, will gather experts, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists around the world to form partnerships, address and solve the major global health and...more
To help homeless families, Greer STEP will be launched in n October and be operational by February, which will be run by Daily Bread Ministries.
Daily Bread Ministries has managed he Greer Soup...more
South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT), a professional civil society institution, issued its new draft Constitution for comment.
The main objective of the proposed Constitution is to...more
A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health poll indicates that diabetes is the top health concern for Latino families.
The poll documents the views and experiences of...more
Social advocates in Ventura County remain determined in their goals to provide long-term housing for the homeless.
To meet that goal, the Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition spearheaded...more
Fall River, Massachusetts officials support Mayor Will Flanagan's administration in improving economic development with a $100,000 funding in the fiscal 2015 budget geared to commence its search...more
The White House and Congress failed to take action against the looming federal deficit reduction and the devastating effects it would cause across various states in the country.
Everything from...more
