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Factbox: Groups urge cash, not stuff, for Oklahoma victims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or launching blood drives, but charitable groups said money, not goods, is the best way to help....Tags: Charity, American Red Cross, Target, The Home Depot, Human Interest
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READER SUBMITTED: Panera Bread Hartford Grand Opening Raises $10,000 For Six Hartford-based Non-Profit Organizations
HartfordPanera Bread held the Grand Opening Ceremony and "Baguette Cutting" on Wednesday, May 15 from 10 to 1 a.m. for its new bakery-cafe, located in downtown Hartford on Main Street at 10 State House Square. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, Hartford City Council...Tags: Charity, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Breads, Social Issues, Lisbon (New London, Connecticut)
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Corbett's public welfare chief disputes financial gains of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG — The Legislature's Independent Fiscal Office has been praised for its thorough, fair number-crunching and for being as nonpartisan as its name suggests since opening last year. But that pristine image may be tarnished now that the...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, Homelessness, Medicaid, Finance
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KidsPeace files for bankruptcy
Carrying $240 million in debt, Orefield-based KidsPeace filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. The move comes after years of struggles in which the organization that gives treatment to troubled and autistic children laid off workers and missed debt payments....
Tags: Orefield, Financially Distressed Companies, Autism, Homelessness, New York City
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FACTBOX-U.S. groups urge cash, not stuff, for Oklahoma victims
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or launching blood drives, but charitable groups said money, not goods, is the best way to...Tags: Charity, American Red Cross, Target, The Home Depot, Human Interest
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Cumberland County doesn't want to leave Vineland building unoccupied after social services relocates
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Cumberland County officials will try to prevent the possible relocation of their social services operations from leaving a large building in downtown Vineland empty. Part of the county's proposed multimillion-dollar economic development plan includes...Tags: Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Local Government
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More poor live in suburbs than urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Park Forest, Blue Island, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities
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LGBT elders grapple with bias, dearth of services
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.Dinner still needs to be cooked and the table cleared. There are birds to be identified each day in the backyard, and there are worries, too, about weakening knees, diabetes, money and driving at night. "I'm going to be 80, so I don't think too far...Tags: Minority Groups, Business Enterprises, Diabetes, Social Issues, Civil Rights
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Social services organizations faced with continued funding cuts
The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.Farmington's social services organizations could face increasingly difficult times as the economy continues to stagnate. Faced with pending cuts to state and federal funding, the agencies -- the ones that shelter the homeless, care for abused children...Tags: Mental Health, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, PATH, Homelessness
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Watsonville police, firefighter layoffs proposed
The Santa Cruz SentinelWatsonville's city manager is proposing to lay off police officers and firefighters if unions won't agree to concessions. But even if workers and management can come to an agreement, public safety and social services would be reduced $700,000 next...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost, Finance, Fires, Science and Technology
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Sister Guadalupe Stump, 1927-2013
Sister Guadalupe Stump, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, was a professor of social work when she decided to put her words into action and leave academia to assist social organizations. She later joined Sisters of Mercy and focused on social causes,...Tags: Christianity, Dwayne Johnson, Religion and Belief, Pilsen, Immigration
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Mecklenburg hires child advocate Peggy Eagan as new DSS director
The Charlotte ObserverAfter a nationwide search for a new Department of Social Services director, Mecklenburg County went down the street Thursday to hire longtime Charlotte children's advocate Peggy Eagan. On June 17, Eagan will take over the massive agency that's been...Tags: Anthony Foxx, Budgets and Budgeting, Charlotte, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Diplomatic Security Service
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