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April 1 was Census Day, a reference date the Census Bureau uses to record ... significant sums to build up outreach infrastructure for what was already set to be the first U.S. census conducted ... out the count’—it would be almost impossible to think about how to get this ship back on course, given the ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United ... in Africa, and so he knew all sorts of scary things about how quickly lethal infectious diseases could spread. ... Americans and tens of millions more people worldwide. What was so alarming about these two works of fiction is how ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
The 2020 Census is underway - more than half the households across ... process. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau has adjusted 2020 Census operations in order to: Protect the health and safety ...
May 7, 2020
Blog Post
The 2020 Census is underway and more households across America are ... in America. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau is adjusting 2020 Census operations in order to: Protect the health and ...
April 13, 2020
Press Release
... Thank you for your participation in yesterday’s census launch press event that unfortunately, was cancelled ... this unprecedented situation will get resolved. SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW? We promise that everyone’s scopes of ... them to fill out the census questionnaire. Details about the paid media program and how to participate can be ...
March 13, 2020
Memo
... the fund came to be, some surprising new supporters, and what it means to have a ‘Si Se Puede’ moment (Yes, We ... other requests to shore up the social safety net for them. About 40 philanthropic institutions, including NCG and ... been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly and nimbly to get cash ...
May 1, 2020
Blog Post
... the fund came to be, some surprising new supporters, and what it means to have a ‘Si Se Puede’ moment (Yes, We ... other requests to shore up the social safety net for them. About 40 philanthropic institutions, including NCG and ... been working in partnership with GCIR, especially on the census. Philanthropy can act quickly and nimbly to get cash ...
May 1, 2020
Philanthropic News
... Asian immigrants and refugees in our communities have what they need to stay home and stay healthy during this ... of this crisis depends on making sure that all of us have what we need to help contain this outbreak, starting with the ... our communities. We’ll ask you to fill out the Census and register to vote by mail so we can build the ...
April 17, 2020
Response Fund
October 15, 2020
News Article
... the nonprofit sector has been pulled into a discussion about COVID-19, as leaders urgently strategize about how to slow the outbreak and help those directly ... sustainer giving to get us through the ups and downs. But what happens when a boom election year, a global pandemic ...
March 11, 2020
Blog Post
... of these suggestions require no additional funding beyond what is already in grantmaking budgets, where it does require ... has exposed our industry’s failure to think holistically about our grantees’ financial needs as functioning ... in motion by the health crisis. We must be thinking now about how to support them as that unfolds. We believe that ...
March 16, 2020
Philanthropic News
... estimated 688,000 workers. The researchers estimate that about 42% of those are undocumented. Job loss come as cuts loom While it’s still early days for research about the pandemic’s impact, the UC Merced study provides ... sizes signal caveats The researchers analyzed the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, which interviews ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... across the country, and it’s estimated that about half are undocumented . In the most recent economic ... leave, among other benefits. Farmworkers on average earn about $10.60 per hour and have a median annual income between ... orchards and fields in rural areas. “You can imagine what the implications are for transmission, and their ability ...
April 4, 2020
News Article
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.
April 21, 2020
News Article
... $275,000 to provide free guidance in multiple languages about how to access relief options and contact mortgage ... and state funding. “The need is so much greater than what we have,” Goodman said. “Within a mere few months, we’re going to be making decisions about laying off our own staff in an effort to put money out ...
April 3, 2020
Response Fund
... -serving organizations across the country who told us what they were seeing and hearing in the field, and what’s required to design and implement rapid response and ... and refugees, can thrive. We’ve heard loud and clear about several areas where immediate action is needed: ...
April 30, 2020
Response Fund
... York City is home to 3.1 million immigrants who comprise about 37 percent of the City’s population and 44 percent of ... including the undocumented population, contributed about $232 billion to the City’s GDP. Among the one million ... . "Our partnership with Open Society will do what the federal government has failed to do—acknowledge ...
April 16, 2020
Response Fund
... or online, and issuing benefits remotely. To learn more about these and other available flexibilities visit CFPA’s coronavirus resource page for young children . What about Public Charge? On February 24th, the federal government ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. What should be surprising—and is absolutely ... communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country Many immigrants live in constant fear about whether they’ll be able to continue raising their ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary