Grant Writing & Funding Strategy
From NPR.org | By Anya Archie | Young adults are using more weed and hallucinogens than ever. The amount of people from ages 19 to 30 who reported using one or the other are at the highest rates since 1988, when the National Institutes of Health first began the survey. Full Story Here
From NPR.org | by Quil Lawrence | Five-tour combat veteran Jestin Dupree works for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck reservation in Montana. He aims to fill gaps in VA care that often leave Native veterans behind. The proportion of Native Americans who serve in the military is higher than any other …
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From NPR.org | SeQuoia Kemp has been providing support to birthing mothers, their partners and families before, during and after pregnancy and childbirth in Syracuse, N.Y., for more than a decade. And in a time where maternal mortality rates in the United States are staggeringly disproportionate for Black mothers and abortion rights are at risk …
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From Penn Today | By Michele W. Berger | To understand modern racial inequalities, historical context is crucial. That’s according to new research from Penn sociologist Regina Baker published in the American Journal of Sociology . Baker found that in southern states with a strong historical racial regime-a notion she conceptualized and then measured using …
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by Karli Olson | Central Oregon Daily News | When we do something the same way over and over, it sometimes causes us to develop limiting ideas. That’s what one radio DJ at KPOV in Bend is looking to change. Watch Story Here
From The Annie E. Casey Foundation Blog | by Katie Tetrault | Too often, funders fail to consider the total cost of their grants, creating funding gaps that have a disproportionate impact on smaller nonprofits and organizations of color. Grantees that lack sufficient funding struggle to pay for basic operational costs, such as rent, utilities, …
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From NPR.org | by Nathan Rott | Shrunk reservoirs. Depleted aquifers. Low rivers. Raging wildfires. It’s no secret that the Western U.S. is in a severe drought. New research published Monday shows just how extreme the situation has become. The Western U.S. and northern Mexico are experiencing their driest period in at least 1,200 years, …
Continue reading “Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years”
For grant writing, the Federal government uses the phrase “fringe” but they really mean the payroll taxes and basic benefits employers have to pay by law. It’s unlikely that they, or very many other funders, are going to fund actual “fringe benefits” like you and I think of fringe (corner office, paid vacations, travel allowance, …
From KIDS COUNT Data Center | The share of youth and young adults ages 18 to 24 who are parents in the United States has been declining in recent decades, and fell to 7% in 2015-2019. According to the latest data in the KIDS COUNT Data Center, this figure also declined for all racial and …
Continue reading “Fewer Young Parents in America, But Millions Still Need Support”
On first glance, it might seem like I don’t specialize and have clients “all over the place” but this article illustrates clearly the necessary connection between Science Communication and Behavioral Health. From NPR.org | by Selena Simmons-Duffin | It’s Dr. Francis Collins’ last few weeks as director of the National Institutes of Health after 12 …