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The Legislative Analyst's Office has just issued the following report:
Cal Facts
With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, it would be impossible to quickly summarize how its economy or state budget works. The purpose of Cal Facts is more modest. By providing various "snapshot" pieces of information, the reader gets a broad overview of public finance and program trends in the state.
Author: Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation
Earlier this year, Anthony Robinson, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, was sleeping in his car every night. He had visited many job placement centers, but had not been able to secure employment. He was discouraged but refused to give up. He had a family who was depending on him, and he wanted to be a good role model for his children.
“Child care is not just a poverty or investment issue – it is about fundamental human rights.” – Clarissa Doutherd
Overview of LA County and City ballot measures
Published by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Authors: Andrea Iloulian, Senior Program Officer, Domestic Programs and Kristin Aldana-Taday, Program Associate, Domestic Programs
This report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores ways for public agencies to ensure that children receive the care they need by enlisting more volunteers to step forward as foster parents and by encouraging the extraordinary individuals who have already answered the call to continue their commitment to care. The report identifies three major themes for engaging and empowering foster parents: ensuring quality caregiving for children; forging strong relationships; and, finding and keeping more amazing caregivers.
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By Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation
November 15, 2016
Over the past months and weeks, countless conversations with my colleagues, friends, partners, and peers in social justice have focused on the complexities and cruelties of 2016: From Brexit in the United Kingdom, to the rejection of a peace deal in Colombia, to the ongoing violence and refugee crisis in the Middle East, to, of course, America’s presidential election. In all of this, there is so much at stake for our world, so much injustice to assess, understand, and address. There is so much uncertainty.
Topics: youth homelessness
The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation is pleased to announce the following 2016 Halo Award Winners:
Centinela Youth Services, Inc.
Volunteer: Denise Yusuff
Foothill Unity Center
Volunteer: Janet Wall
human-I-T
Volunteer: Brandon Smith
Building Collaboration from the Inside Out - California Collaboration Workshop
November 1-3, 2016
As interest in measuring and understanding the impact of arts investments in community development continues to grow, a new study released in November, Setting the Stage for Community Change: Reflecting on Creative Placemaking Outcomes, offers insights for the field of “creative placemaking” and is a working illustration of what can and can’t be learned from different impact measurement approaches.
Should you have any further questions, or if you would like a more thorough mapping demonstration, please feel free to contact the mapmakers directly:
Amanda Dillon - [email protected]
Maianna Voge - [email protected]
Fernando Cazares - [email protected]
The Center on Society and Health, in partnership with the Urban Institute, has recently released the first report in a series to come out of The Health of the States (HOTS) project. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, HOTS is an analysis ranking states on dozens of health outcomes and examining the links between those outcomes and over 100 determinants of health.
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