Social Solutions: Customers in the News

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ROCA: 'Us vs. them' becomes 'We' - Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Read this article on how a Boston police offer and ROCA founder, once on different sides on how to deal with troubled youth, are now working together.

LAYC makes the Wall Street Journal - Thursday, December 20, 2007

The article discusses performing due diligence around impact and effectiveness before investing in a social service org. LAYC is offered as an example of an org that can show demonstrable impact.

For-profit lessons for nonprofit giving - Wednesday, December 12, 2007

NPR's Marketplace takes a look at how many foundations have taken a page from the for-profit handbook. read more ...

Hygiene Center for Homeless Serves Thousands - Monday, November 05, 2007

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer) — John Studley worked 36 years as a hot-press operator at a plywood mill before losing his job and some of his dignity.

Notable New Yorker: Sister Madeleine Kavanaugh of St. John's Bread and Life - Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Sister Madeliene Kavanaugh is the manager of the St. John's Mobile Soup Kitchen, taking to the road to bring help to the needy. She offers food, medical help and housing advice. read more ...

Experiment Will Test the Effectiveness of Post-Prison Employment Programs - Sunday, October 01, 2006

CHICAGO — As raw garbage streamed by on a conveyer belt, newly released convicts pulled out paper, plastics and other recyclables on a recent morning, throwing aside the occasional brick or mattress. read more ...

The Legend of Robin Hood - Friday, September 08, 2006

(Fortune Magazine) — The idea behind one of the most innovative and influential philanthropic organizations of our time sprang from one of the more boneheaded macroeconomic calls ever made on Wall Street.

Souper trooper: Sister Madeline goes mobile to feed the hungry - Wednesday, August 30, 2006

"I go berserk when I hear people talk about lazy bums looking for an easy handout," says Sister Madeline Kavanagh, manager of St. John's Mobile Soup Kitchen in Brooklyn. read more ...