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New Severson Center Favorite Resource: Building Bridges Initiative

Severson Center Releases Issue Briefs on Strength of Nonprofit Sector

New Resource for Understanding Challenges to Aging in Place

New Severson Center Favorite Resource: State Child Welfare Policy Database

New Severson Center Favorite Resource: The National Marriage Project

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New Severson Center Favorite Resource: Building Bridges Initiative

The Building Bridges Initiative is a great resource for any agency offering foster care, community, or residential services. Their main focus is to improve the lives of children and families by advancing partnerships among residential and community-based service providers.

6 weeks 5 days ago

Severson Center Releases Issue Briefs on Strength of Nonprofit Sector

The Alliance Severson Center released the first two issue briefs that show the strength and value of the nonprofit sector. The issue briefs are ideal for sharing with founders and community leaders because they provide concise information on critical topics.

7 weeks 1 day ago

Scanning the Horizons: Issue Brief 2

Part of the Scanning the Horizons: Issue Briefs collection, this guide discusses social determinants of health. Social and behavioral factors account for more than 50 percent of a population’s health outcomes. Nonprofit human service agencies are critical partners in efforts to bend the nation’s health care cost curve because they address vulnerable populations’ social and behavioral factors through the provision of a wide range of services.

8 weeks 6 days ago

Scanning the Horizons: Issue Brief 1

Part of the Scanning the Horizons: Issue Briefs collection, this guide discusses the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) on health. The ACE study is a large-scale population study that points to a strong relationship between childhood exposure to abuse and trauma and lifelong negative health outcomes. Investments in child abuse prevention can yield long-term savings in health care costs associated with depression, addiction, heart disease, and teen pregnancy.

8 weeks 6 days ago

New Resource for Understanding Challenges to Aging in Place

The Alliance’s Severson Center and New Age of Aging initiative recently added a new image to a collection of resources that call attention to trends related to America’s aging population. It showcases the interconnectedness of challenges related to aging in place.