Tackling Immediate Needs

Health & Wellness

• Accessing care

  As a donor, you may be wondering how health care reform will affect individuals and families served by nonprofit health care providers, as well its impact on nonprofit organizations themselves. SmartLink has developed an overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. Consider this summary a starting point. Over time, we will learn much more about how donors and communities can influence the health care for low-income communities.

• Mental health

• Violence prevention

• Nutrition and physical activity

• Accessing care

Healthy Environments

• Rural environments

• Clean air and energy

• Pollution

• Urban environments

• Built environment

Housing

• Neighborhood bust/boom

• Homelessness

• Rural housing

• Public rentals

• Affordability

• Homeownership

• Suburbs, sprawl and smart growth

• Public housing

• Private rentals

Jobs

• Training and education

• Increasing income and benefits

• Self-employment

• Jobs in mainstream economy

Safe & Stable Families

• Stable finances

• Stable families

• Safe communities

Schools & Education

• Early education

• Classroom excellence

• New and transformed schools

• Leadership and governance

• Out-of-school time