National Human Services Assembly

Shining a Light on 2017 Reframing Successes

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Shining a Light on 2017 Reframing Successes

National, state, and local human service organizations across the country are making real progress in implementing the FrameWorks Institute’s research-based communications recommendations for the sector. As 2017 comes to an end, we thought this would be a good time to reflect on some of the human service sector’s reframing highlights of the year. 2017 Reframing […]

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How to Tell Your Success Stories

As 2017 winds down, human service organizations join the broader nonprofit sector in making a final push for donations. Now is a good time to revisit a common year-end fundraising communications strategy, the story of the program participant. These stories often highlight individuals whose participation in a program helped them overcome personal challenges. But as […]

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Tax Messages that Work

Congress is moving quickly on legislation to overhaul the tax code, with serious short and long-term implications for human services and the communities that we serve. As discussed in the October 5th newsletter, the connection between tax policy and our nation’s ability to foster the full potential of all of our residents is not clear […]

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Balancing Challenges with Solutions

Last week, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released “Race for Results“, a KIDS COUNT report that examines childhood outcomes across key indicators of economic, physical, emotional, and developmental well-being. The report found that children of color and immigrant children face particularly significant barriers to meeting key milestones for well-being. Those barriers, such as living in […]

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Health Policy Affects Us All

Health care continues to be a priority concern for human service advocates, even as Congress has so far been unable to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Advocates are rallying right now to address a number of recent policy changes and proposals that will undermine health and well-being in communities across the country if implemented. Including […]

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