AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From supporting veteran service organizations and nonprofits to providing training to active-duty and reservist service members, government civilians, transitioning veterans, and military spouses, AWS is dedicated to serving the military and veteran community. Supporting veterans’ organizations and nonprofits.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Social Security cards, birth certificates, and proof of disability are crucial for accessing services and applying for housing. If this individual remained in custody, they could have lost their bed in the shelter, requiring a restart of their journey towards being permanently housed. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector team.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

How you or your clients handle this good, bad news or this bad, good news will affect the sustainability of your nonprofit agency. That transfer has a solid potential to inject trillions (with a “t”) into the nonprofit sector through wills, bequests, stock transfers, and other giving instruments. Sounds great, right?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The new AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance in West Virginia continues our global mission of working across government, education, and nonprofits to support organizations and their enduring need for highly qualified talent that is critical to future growth,” said Valerie Singer, general manager of AWS Worldwide Public Sector Global Education.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

We were working against an ideology, one pervasive in our industry, that for data to be secure and accessible, it must be housed in on-premises servers that our IT staff could see and touch. Explore more ways AWS can improve member services for nonprofit financial institutions.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. I couldn't say that about the other three houses.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab. A Decline In U.S.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this chapter, John O’Callaghan , president and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), and Mandy Eidson , senior manager of the ANDP Loan Fund, share how ANDP is innovatively meeting affordable single-family housing needs in Atlanta. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Easterseals, DC MD VA is a multifaceted nonprofit organization with the goal of enriching lives and expanding opportunities for children and adults in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area, including people with disabilities and military backgrounds. Learn more about AWS for nonprofits.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 31, 2023

Funders and nonprofits – two sides to a very important coin. Sure, nonprofits would not last long without the resources provided by individual donors, foundations, corporations, and (in some cases) government agencies. Nonprofits do so much above and beyond the services provided by our governmental agencies. Site visits happen.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AWS re:Invent 2022, I connected with inspiring customers around the world who are using the cloud to drive innovation in government, education, nonprofit, space, and healthcare. Organizations no longer need special hardware or in-house expertise to reap the benefits.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Community Solutions is a US-based nonprofit working to end homelessness through its Built for Zero program, a movement uniting with cities across the US to bridge strategy and support to reduce homelessness. Learn some of the top takeaways from Fix This episode, and listen to the full episode here.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Central to this strategy is advancing healthy, well-connected communities with ample access to high-quality employment opportunities, thriving small businesses, and of course, access to safe and affordable housing. That is why our team works to shift the narrative to change the way people and their families are housed.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 2, 2023

The Washington Business Journal reports that in Arlington County, Virginia, Goodwill is working with the Arlington Housing Corporation, a nonprofit, to redevelop a store site where they will have their store on the ground floor, with affordable housing above. And the development doesn't look like it's affordable housing.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 27, 2022

On July 13, Community Progress CEO and President Dr. Akilah Watkins spoke before the The US House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee in a hearing called “Nowhere to Live: Profits, Disinvestment, and The American Housing Crisis.” Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on America’s housing unaffordability crisis. .

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

health is a healthcare technology ( HealthTech ) nonprofit that uses geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) to improve the quality of healthcare. As a cloud-native organization, we began with Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) instances to house our spatial data infrastructures. Learn more about AWS for nonprofits.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Toronto Star reports (" Curse of the renter: In some neighbourhoods, not owning a home now costs more than owning one ") that renters there are paying more for housing than housing owners in some parts of the city. This results in part because an increasing share of the rental housing sector is owned and managed by large firms.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 6, 2022

In this chapter, Andrew Jakabovics and David Sanchez discuss how a nonprofit “first look” program impacted outcomes for real estate owned (REO) properties. Especially in weaker markets, many investors have left the properties vacant, where they continue to hold back local housing markets.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Share Our Strength , a national nonprofit organization, is dedicated to ending hunger and poverty in the US and abroad. However, managing and utilizing data at scale can be a challenge for a nonprofit organization like Share Our Strength. According to the U.S. an AWS Partner, to develop a customized solution.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 4, 2023

We all like to think we collaborate with our fellow nonprofits, local governments, and other neighbors, but do we really? The local nonprofit raised the funds for the infrastructure and manages the programming at the site. The nonprofit can deliver exceptional services, and the city is inclusive in its sports and outdoor offerings.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

In San Diego County, California, for every 10 homeless people who found housing in the last year, 13 more people became homeless. Department of Housing and Urban Development Homeless Assessment Report found that there were 582,462 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2022. Clarity Human Services runs on AWS.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Illustration from The House Book by Keith DuQuette, showing the intensification of land use as you move from suburban areas to the center city. From the article: This involved allowing additional dwelling units, or ADUs, typically basement or attic apartments or coach houses. Where do I begin? Some units are called “granny flats.”

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

They may be run by governmental or nonprofit entities. A community land trust is a nonprofit that owns and provides permanent community control of land and affordable housing through “ground leases.” A conservation land trust is a nonprofit that owns land or conservation easements for open space purposes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Within the AWS Global Infrastructure, an Availability Zone consists of one or more discrete data centers, with redundant power, networking, and connectivity housed in separate facilities. For example, a nonprofit organization’s fundraising application might only need an RTO/RPO target of hours. longer time to recovery).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2023

-- High rates and prices make it less affordable to own a home in Canada , Royal Bank of Canada In some markets, 80% to 102% of median income is required to own and maintain a house. One group can't afford housing at today's prices. OTOH, in the US the Wall Street Journal reports on " The Rise of the Forever Renters."

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Adding complexity to the matter, expectations from community development services are varied, ranging from providing affordable housing and managing nonprofit partnerships to code enforcement, homelessness support, workforce development, economic revitalization, and nutrition services.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Two years ago, Missouri State House Representative Kevin Windham began asking questions to try to understand why there were so many vacant and abandoned properties in the communities he represented in suburban St. Louis County Board of Realtors, a housing advocacy nonprofit, legal aid, local elected and government officials, and residents.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 25, 2023

On April 17, 2023, the Center for Community Progress submitted a response to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Rehabilitation Mortgages. Due to systemic inequities and discrimination in the housing market, homeownership is the primary contributor to the racial wealth gap.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

80 percent of respondents are public authorities, though land banks vary in shape and size from divisions of government to private nonprofit entities. 81 percent of land banks consider supporting the creation of affordable housing a top priority. Key Takeaways Affordable housing emerged as a top priority.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 12, 2023

We are fundraisers, so nonprofits often place us in the development department. We might report to city managers, executive directors, development directors, finance directors, vice presidents, assistant superintendents, or any number of titles found in nonprofits, universities, local governments, K-12 schools, and other organizations.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 16, 2023

For example, land banks in New York are: Expanding the Production of Affordable Housing. And all land banks have partnered with either nonprofit housing providers or private local contractors to create more affordable housing choices, including rental units, across the state.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 31, 2023

I was surprised to see that the Lucky Duck Foundation and separately a City Council member have suggested building tent shelters at Balboa Park, eachcapable of housing 500 people (" Balboa Park groups oppose proposed homeless shelter, saying it would be a violation of city, state rules ," San Diego Union Tribune ).

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s a pervasive word in community revitalization, urban planning, and housing policy. In fact, having a few vacant properties is a necessary and normal part of a healthy housing ecosystem. They might also describe those blighted properties as “eyesores,” “dilapidated,” “ruined,” or “derelict.” And not every vacant property is harmful.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. If the style guide includes a detailed index, that helps tremendously, but few of the in-house style guides we’ve encountered have included an index). Grant proposals also need style guides.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. If the style guide includes a detailed index, that helps tremendously, but few of the in-house style guides we’ve encountered have included an index). Grant proposals also need style guides.

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Professional Grant Writer

MAY 23, 2023

As organizations review the credentials and experience of grant writers—whether they’re looking to bring one in-house or hire a freelancer—the question of certification. The post Should your organization hire a certified grant writer? appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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