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What We Learned After Analyzing 5 Months of Active Mobility Responses to COVID-19

The City Fix

In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Increasing Access to Mental Health Coverage w/ Joe Feldman

Policy Chats

His advocacy work has included policy-driven discussions with legislators and regulators, a board role with The Kennedy Forum Illinois, presentations to parent groups, and publication of actionable guidance such as a 2021 article in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice on medical necessity letters.

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Data Lake for Nonprofits – powered by AWS and Salesforce.org now available to help unleash data insights

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, Nonprofit Trends Report, Fourth Edition reports that 36% of nonprofits invested in new technology such as customer relationship management systems (CRMs), collaboration and productivity tools, machine learning (ML), and automation. “We Understanding the need. How Data Lake for Nonprofits works.

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

The State of Land Banking survey, first conducted in 2021, serves as an opportunity for the land banking field to tell its story with comprehensive data. As was reported in 2021, residents and local institutions are still the most frequent recipients of land bank properties. This post highlights some of the key findings and analysis.

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How Did We Get Here? Affordable Housing Policy with Andy Toy

Iron Sharpens Iron

Andy’s policy and advocacy work has included efforts to ensure everyone has a voice in their community. He founded United Voices for Philadelphia and still engages in voter registration and voting advocacy. Andy’s policy and advocacy work has included efforts to ensure everyone has a voice in their community.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021. WVLSC provides as many additional resources for local land banks as possible, including convening monthly meetings to share best practices, training, and advocacy support. In advocacy work, I have found that to be particularly true. Speak with a unified voice.

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How three AWS IMAGINE Grant winners are transforming the future of games, music, and health with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

A 2021 AWS IMAGINE Grant winner, the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)/Be The Match finds donor matches and reduces human error, which ultimately results in improved patient outcomes by making near real-time suggestions using advanced analytics on AWS.

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