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... communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country Many ... to their communities. Since its inception in 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has provided ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... thriller called “The Cobra Event” by Richard Preston, about a terrorist who releases a deadly virus in the United ... fiction is how totally plausible they were. For decades, when experts have mused about the really bad things that ... and the dollar amounts granted have been negligible. Now, as the coronavirus disrupts U.S. society in a big way, ...
March 11, 2020
Philanthropic News
... period. This was an opportunity to share and learn about funder advocacy strategies and opportunities for ...
April, 2020
Group Materials
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... scopes of work – especially as it relates to special events and canvassing – will get resolved. We ... pause over the next week or two to determine our course of action, but be assured we are committed to working together ... them to fill out the census questionnaire. Details about the paid media program and how to participate can be ...
March 13, 2020
Memo
... and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action In these tumultuous times when people the world over are experiencing fear, distress, ... and holistic response. Philanthropic action must not only address urgent needs but reflect a vision that all ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... the nonprofit sector has been pulled into a discussion about COVID-19, as leaders urgently strategize about how to ... with your fundraising plans and will ultimately impact if you can fully deliver on your mission in this moment? ... Andrea Hermann, director of development at Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund , is immediately concerned ...
March 11, 2020
Blog Post
... many immigrant families faced explicit barriers to or deferred from participating in programs such as Medicaid, ... of Hispanic adults in families with noncitizens and about half (49 percent) of those in families where all ... medical care programs for the uninsured (21 percent); the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
October, 2021
Program Materials
... Hewlett Foundation is involved, as well. The group’s action plan, developed along with advocacy groups active on ... of the Carnegie Corporation’s U.S. Democracy program, “If [the collaborative] hadn’t spent five years planning and ... 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
... in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, or about 4.6 percent of the entire American working ... Moreover, nearly one-third of all recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and more than ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
October 15, 2020
News Article
... budgets, where it does require additional money, we should not balk at increasing funds to grantees at this critical ... months of work before the end of the grant term? And if not, are we going to increase the grant to cover salary ... has exposed our industry’s failure to think holistically about our grantees’ financial needs as functioning ...
March 16, 2020
Philanthropic News
... “Nothing’s going to happen.” They tell her that, if she doesn’t want to work, she should just go home. ... across the country, and it’s estimated that about half are undocumented . In the most recent economic ... farmworker leaders, are urging state leaders to take action, describing farmworkers as “one of the most ...
April 4, 2020
News Article
U.S. deportation and expulsion practices are recklessly exposing an entire region to increased risk of COVID-19.
May, 2020
Issue Brief
... deliver relief directly to undocumented families right now, while also supporting the well-being and resilience of ... the California Immigrant Resilience Fund and excited about our partnership with the Governor and State to ensure ... neighborhoods and communities. We know that COVID-19 does not discriminate, therefore we must not discriminate in our ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... in Bureau of Labor Statistics-defined categories . Not surprisingly, states with the most DACA recipients are ... another critical group: DACAmented warehouse workers, now playing a larger role in moving food directly to ... “Preschool, elementary, middle, secondary, and special education teachers,” “Other teachers and ...
April 6, 2020
News Article
... are left out. Here are some food resources that do not take immigration status into account. “Grab and Go” ... or online, and issuing benefits remotely. To learn more about these and other available flexibilities visit CFPA’s ... Californians during and after this crisis. Absent federal action to address the nutritional needs of ALL immigrants, ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... benefits require work history that some refugees do not have. Paid leave omits large employers—and a large ... for leverage and transformation lie. Join us to hear about how you can address these issues within your community ... Church World Service Moderator Vy Nguyen , Director of Special Projects and Communications, Weingart Foundation ...
June 16, 2020
Webinar