National Assembly Today

Since 2009, Illinois Partners for Human Services has been leading efforts to reframe and rebrand human services in Illinois. With a grant from the Chicago Community Trust, Illinois Partners engaged a consulting firm in Chicago to conduct focus groups throughout the state. The focus groups targeted, and the campaign seeks to enlist, those who would […]

In a recent newsletter, we identified communication tips from FrameWorks Institute that can help the human service sector make the most of the new narrative. This week we are taking a closer look at a communication device that might be undermining our efforts to change common misperceptions about the work we do and those we […]

In a recent newsletter, we identified communication tips from FrameWorks Institute that can help the human service sector make the most of the new Building Well-Being Narrative. This week, we are taking a closer look at one of the words often used to describe the sector that we have learned undermines our communication efforts: CHARITY. […]

In the last newsletter, we briefly identified communication tips from FrameWorks Institute that can help the human service sector make the most of the new narrative. Now we are taking a closer look at some of those tips and traps. Focus on Solutions: A primary goal of the sector’s communication efforts is to drive public […]

The National Human Services Assembly is pleased to share a discussion brief on Financial Stability First (FS1), an initiative generously funded by MetLife Foundation. The National Assembly conducted a pilot project in three human service agencies—one Catholic Charities and two Goodwill, Inc. sites—to determine whether financial navigators in the workplace could be deployed to assist […]