Give Big Gallatin Valley!
Give Big Gallatin Valley is a 24-hour online and live celebration of giving created to connect generous community members with the causes they care about most.
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20Aug
20Aug
Disaster Relief Fundraiser: Horseshoe Fire and Carolinas
50% of the proceeds will be donated to a victim’s fund for the Horseshoe Fire in Clarkston Montana and 50% of the proceeds will purchase emergency food boxes for those impacted by the Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas.
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One in 30 American Children Is Homeless, Report Says
So many families are living on the edge of poverty, that one little setback can push them into the abyss of homelessness.
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Utah’s Strategy for the Homeless: Give Them Homes
By the end of 2015, the chronically homeless population of Utah may be virtually gone. And the secret is quite simple: Give homes to the homeless.
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Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach Pays Off for Rural America
$24 billion is a great deal of asset-building change. That’s the annual dollar value of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) claims for working families in rural America.
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How the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness Begins—and Ends
Untreated mental illness, addiction, and childhood trauma can spin a life out of control. This is a story about taking it back.
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Eugene, Oregon’s Radical Solution to Homelessness: A Bare-Bones Shed Village
None of the structures in Opportunity Village pass dwelling codes, but the community is a grassroots attempt at the newly embraced Housing First model.
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VITA Plus: Linking Tax Clients to Benefits Screening
VITA Plus services take full advantage of existing intervention opportunities, streamlining benefits screening, and connecting people directly to social services – and it can deliver big returns for vulnerable populations.
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Struggling to Get Out of Poverty: The “Two Generation” Approach
How to best help low-income families and help them break the poverty cycle has been long debated. An experimental program in Oklahoma is trying an approach that provides pre-school as well as job training and other support for families.
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These Are The Best (And Worst) Places In America To Raise Kids
The 25th edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book, which details the overall well-being of children in America, showed mixed results in its report. Despite the fact that more and more children are living in poverty, the nation’s kids are generally getting better educations and leading healthier lives.
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