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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. #thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton.

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3 Infographic Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits , a design consultancy that delivers high-quality visualizations that help organizations to quickly grasp their data, improve their work, and show their impact. So, they hire a graphic designer (if they have some extra change in their pockets) or they use DIY with programs like Canva or Spark.

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Veterans AHAR for Homeless Management

VisionLink

We are pleased to announce another tool for those managing Homeless Coalitions, funded by HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development). The AHAR tool is designed to assist Continuum of Care jurisdictions in preparing data to submit to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for their annual report to the US Congress.

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This Brooklyn apartment complex was built like a Lego set

Fast Company Tech

In this case, the apartments are limited to seniors in New York Citys affordable housing lottery, with a percentage of the units reserved for seniors who were previously homeless. The apartments are all-electric and designed to run on solar power, so the building can get as close to net zero energy use as possible.

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The leaning rail is the new bench. Not every butt is happy about it

Fast Company Tech

Reacting to a photo of the newly installed leaning rail, some called it hostile architecture that is intended to deter the homeless while disregarding the needs of people with mobility challenges. Lighting is being integrated into their design, as are technology elements like charging infrastructure and interactive screens.

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3 Great Unusual Fundraising Ideas

The Fundraising Authority

For example, a homeless shelter may come up with “providing meals, providing a place to sleep, and providing pro-bono medical care.” For the homeless shelter example, this may look like: feeding one person for one day, $10; proving a place to sleep for one person for one night, $25; providing basic medical care for one homeless client, $100.

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5 Tips to Boost Your Nonprofit Website’s SEO

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness. Check with your team’s designated web expert to evaluate your website regarding basic technical standards. 2) Technical Details Matter, Too.

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