Effective social distancing helps protect everyone from COVID-19, but the practice comes with its own emotional and mental side effects—the potential for disconnection and loneliness. These can be even more pronounced for older adults, a population often at...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced students across the community to learn from home and complete their schoolwork online. However, many families – especially those living in poverty – don’t have access to a computer or high-speed internet in their homes...
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When a family is evicted from their home, the consequences are often devastating. Housing instability is associated with worse outcomes in mental and physical health, education and future earnings. Evictions strengthen the cycle of poverty, predominately...
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This week, Neighborhood Connections announced the launch of two new programs designed to help organizations and residents serve their community during the pandemic and beyond. The Neighbor Up COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants program will provide financial...
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Project Hope for the Homeless serves homeless individuals and families in Lake County and the surrounding areas; it is Lake County’s only homeless shelter. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Northeast Ohio, Project Hope knew they needed to help their clients...
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By Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement I like to open meetings with this check-in question: What is your self-care practice? I ask that question because I care about how people are managing whatever challenges...
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Giving Tuesday is an international day of charitable giving that normally takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Recognizing the enormous need caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Giving Tuesday organizers are responding with...
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Since the community foundation concept was launched here in Cleveland in 1914 by our founder Frederick Harris Goff, place-based philanthropy has played an important role promoting the well-being of communities around the world. In times of crisis, residents...
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It can be challenging to navigate the flood of information being shared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is especially difficult for individuals and families living in the U.S. who aren’t fluent in English. When foreign language speakers don’t have...
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By Stephen Love, Program Officer, Environment On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million Americans mobilized in hundreds of cities for what would come to be known as Earth Day to protest environmental degradation and injustice and demand a new way forward for...
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