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    Category: Charitable Perspectives

    7 Things Your Nonprofit Can Do To Help Your Clients Avoid or Escape the Welfare System

      Guest Contributor: Eric Cochling Chief Program Officer & General Counsel, Georgia Center for Opportunity   The working poor face a variety of challenges in…

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    TCI Admin March 12, 2023

    The Child Care System Is Broken. Community-Led Solutions Can Fix It.

      Bethany Herron Instructional Designer Read more from Bethany   Scott Centorino Senior Fellow, FGA Read more from Scott    This article was originally published…

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    Bethany Herron November 16, 2022

    A Multilayered Problem: Homelessness Is a Crisis That More Houses Won’t Fix

      Nathan Mayo Network Director Read more from Nathan     This article was originally published in WORLD Magazine on September 22, 2022.   Imagine…

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    Nathan Mayo October 13, 2022

    Carrying One Another’s Burdens

      Guest Contributor: Doug Gamble Director of Social Enterprise at Watered Gardens Ministries, Joplin, MO   It is foundational to our faith that we care…

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    TCI Admin June 7, 2022

    3 Stumbling Blocks to Church-Nonprofit Collaboration: Perspectives from a Pastor and Nonprofit Director

      Guest Contributor: Kevin Peyton Executive Director of Joshua’s Place & Senior Pastor of The Village Church     I love pastors. Of course, I…

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    TCI Admin March 9, 2022

    Confessions of a Social Worker: Three Things I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago

      Amanda FisherJoplin Area True Charity Director & Foundations Workshop CoordinatorRead more from Amanda   “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Although I have…

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    Amanda Fisher January 10, 2022

    For Those Living in Poverty, Social Distance Is Not a New Problem

      Avery WestDirector of Community Initiatives     This article was originally published on WashingtonExaminer.com on January 4, 2021.   “Human touch is so important,” says…

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    Avery West January 4, 2021

    When Your Donation Hurts More Than Helps

      James Whitford Executive Director     This article was originally published on JoplinGlobe.com on December 14, 2020.   The origin of the word “panhandler” is…

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    James Whitford December 15, 2020

    Dignity-Based Charity: A Podcast Interview With James Whitford

    It may seem like a handout is compassionate, but could it really be developing dependency in the recipient?  What approach affirms the dignity of the…

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    James Whitford July 2, 2020

    Compassion & Calamity Webinar

      Missed the webinar? Watch below! Compassion & Calamity Webinar     For the first time in history, a single US president has declared a…

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    Jeff Lofting May 4, 2020
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