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Human Services Organizations Critical to Community Health, Study Finds

The report from the Nonprofit Finance Fund argues that collaborations between human services and healthcare organizations focused on addressing the social determinants of health can significantly improve community well-being....

16 Things You Can Donate to Women’s Shelters to Help Change Lives

The Pixel Project's "16 For 16" Campaign<br>Main menu<br>Posted on<br>Women’s shelters are often the first-stop safe location for women who are seeking refuge from abusive relationships. Shelters are halfway houses where many women and children get their first reprieve from a life filled with fear and pain; where they get their uninterrupted night’s sleep in days, months, or even years; and where they can…

12 Simple Things You Can Give To A Women’s Shelter That Will Drastically Change Lives

Women’s shelters are places in which women can seek refuge from domestic violence. It is not a pleasant topic to discuss, but it is an important one. Women that go through this trauma are all too often left in a situation where they are unable to support themselves or their children, if they have any. They are...

Health and Human Services: Is it Right for You?

Are you interested in helping your community and working with vulnerable groups? Then Health and Human Services might be the right field for you.

Surprising Facts about a Human Services Degree

Listed below are a few common questions about the human services field and careers and various applications of a human services degree.

When A Local Women's Shelter Takes Over An Art Gallery, Beautiful Things Happen

5 Things to Consider When Writing Nonprofit Social Service Organizations

Nonprofit organizations come in all shapes and sizes. They are a loyal bunch, often sticking with their valued agents and brokers for years, say two insura

WHO Director-General addresses US Department of Health and Human Services

Is health too big to fail? This is the central question addressed in Dr Margaret Chan’s lecture to the US Department of Health and Human Services. She notes some outstanding recent health achievements, but concentrates on forces, in multiple sectors, that have made threats to health more numerous, the causes more ominous, and the burden more onerous. In a world of unprecedented social inequalities, what makes…

Veteran service organizations recruit as membership decreases

Groups are depending on volunteers and new recruits to stay afloat.

How to Advance Equity for Fathers in Human Services

Learn about two resources that are ideal for helping organizations get started on advancing equity for fathers.

Why Are the Younger Veterans Avoiding the Veteran Service Organizations?

How do we get the younger veterans to be part of Veteran Service Organizations as they currently exist? The answer is we don’t. WE MUST CHANGE.

Benefits of Dental Services Organizations

Dental Services Organizations (DSOs) and group dental practices are increasing in popularity and providing a more efficient way for doctors

Where Does Your Field Service Organization Fall on the Analytics Usage Model?

Want to improve service outcomes, but not sure where to start? Take a look at how you use incoming service analytics to drive strategic business decisions.

Building a More Inclusive World

Keystone Human Services (KHS) is a non-profit organization that is a part of a global movement to provide support and expertise to people with disabilities.

Expert Roundtable: What Metric Rules Your Service Organization?

Four field service experts weigh in on the one metric they use to measure their field service organizations

Study: Veterans Who Join Veterans Services Organizations Have Higher Quality of Life, Study Finds

Involvement in veterans service organizations an lower post traumatic stress and can lower the stigma of accessing medical care, according to new research from an American University professor.

Visibility into Your Services Organization: Do You Measure Up?

How do you assess your current level of visibility to know if you could benefit from greater insight into your operations?

Dept. of Health & Human Services releases guidelines encouraging heart healthy children

For the first time, the government guidelines spell out activity for kids aged 3 to 5 and they say the pre-k set needs to get a fitness kick. Three hours a day can keep the doctor away later in life.