Kye Kilpatrick Fox is advocating for Congress to pass the “Calling for the 2-1-1 Act.” As the chair of the United Way National Women’s Leadership Council, Fox believes it is important for Congress to pass this national bill to better serve communities throughout the United States that are in dire need. Her most recent attempts [...]
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Non-profits have no resources?
Recently I was on Twitter, when a headline caught my eye. It was an article from the Chronicle of Philanthropy quoting Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, saying nonprofits have “no resources” and are “constantly out trying to raise money instead of generating it and being self-sufficient.” An interesting opinion, and one I must say I disagree [...]
Protecting Families Requires a Comprehensive Approach to Resolving the State Budget Crisis
United Way Announces New Position on State Budget Illinois has cut funding for human services almost every year for the past decade in real, inflation-adjusted terms. As the largest non-governmental funder of human services programs in the Chicago region, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago is acutely aware of the adverse impact of these budget cuts [...]
Read Jack Kaplan’s Letter in the Tribune
In case you missed it last week, Jack Kaplan, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for United Way of Metropolitan Chicago and United Way of Illinois had a Letter to the Editor published in the Chicago Tribune’s online Voice of the People section. Jack’s letter addresses the pressures on human service providers all around Illinois [...]
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