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Going Broke in Albany, Part 2: Where's a Press-Induced Panic When We Need One?

Will Schwartz | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, Albany, Education, New York Daily News, David Paterson, Budget, New-York-State-Budget, Social Services, Medicaid, NY Times, NY State Senate, Journalism, New York, Healthcare, New York News
Will Schwartz

There's a good chance we're on the verge of entering a new financial era in New York State. An era that will be defined by the cutting, gutting, and slashing of our social services.

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What in the World Is a Social Entrepreneur?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Social Development Organizations, Social Services, Community Organizing, Community Building, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Activism, Home News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Social entrepreneurs show us that enabling others to lead lives of belonging and contribution is a truer measure of value, one that is priceless.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Social Service Programs For D.C.'s Neediest If Gay Marriage Passes

Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dc Council, Dc Catholics, Social Justice, Poverty, Threats, Civil Rights, Washington DC, Transgendered, Social Programs, Ultimatum, Archdiocese, Religion, Dc, Gay Rights, Social Service Contracts, Homelessness, Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Social Services, Lesbians, Gays, Families, Faith, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the c...

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Colorado Counties Reject Department Of Human Services' Recommendation To Increase State Control

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Welfare, Human Services, Social Services, Children, Child Welfare, Bill Ritter, Colorado Counties, Denver News

DENVER (AP)- Colorado counties say they will fight any attempt by the state to take over social services following the deaths of several children. Th...

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Impending Closure of Denver's Survivors' Center

Pius Kamau | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Social Services, Immigration, Rape, Mental Health, Asylum, Torture, Denver, Rocky Mountain Survivors' Center, Denver News
Pius Kamau

How can a center that has been valiantly fighting to mend broken souls from the four corners of the earth end up closing its doors?

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Time Well Spent: Volunteering in the Foster Care System

Lissa Coffey | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Services, Foster Care, Time, Volunteering, Foster Homes, Children, Casa, Volunteer, Living News
Lissa Coffey

Vedic philosophy says that the three most important things we can give our children are attention, affection, and time. The children in the foster care system are starved for all three.

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Up From Poverty

David Jones | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Politics, Social Services, Poverty, New York, New York City, New York News
David Jones

I remember as a boy meeting a steady stream of unique people who came to argue about everything from Black Nationalism, to McCarthyism, police brutality, the arts.

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Ideas for Obama

Curtis Black | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Housing, Green Jobs, President Obama, Jobs, Transportation, Immigration Reform, Broadband, Foreclosure Crisis, Bailout, Rahm Emanuel, School Reform, Media Reform, Social Services, Sprawl, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Community Organizers, Chicago News
Curtis Black

President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.

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"I Told You So's" Everywhere

Jeff Madrick | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: High Taxes, Regulations, The Case for Big Government, Prosperity, Ideology, Government, Wall Street Bailout, Social Services, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Jeff Madrick

Since the credit crisis, the establishment is registering their fears of free markets across the American landscape. But where were these people for the last thirty years? And where was the media?

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If You Doubt That There Is a Healthcare Crisis, Come to Michigan

Harold Pollack | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Nonprofits, Social Services, Detroit Free Press, University of Michigan, Michigan, University of Chicago, Health Reform, Politics News
Harold Pollack

Of Detroit's 42 hospitals that operated in 1960, four remain. Locals know a thing or two about the agony of auto plant closings. Local hospital closings are also a heavy blow.

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