Every single night, New York City accommodates more than 60,000 people in its homeless shelters! 24,000 are of these unfortunate people are children! The number of homeless New Yorkers has been rising at an astonishing rate since 2011, recently cresting at 60,939 men, women, and children. This crisis is about to overwhelm the largest city in the United States. What is going on?
Topics: Social Services Industry News
As a mother of 5 young adults and teens it has amazed me as I have watched the change in attitudes toward the value of “things” that they purchase and use.
Topics: Fundraising Ideas
G.I.R.L. 2017 and the Girl Scout Digital Cookie
What do most people think of this time of year? March Madness, The Masters, Spring Training and of course COOKIES! But not just any cookies Girl Scout Cookies. No one can deny these cookies are delicious and are only available once a year but these young girls are doing so much more throughout the year.
Topics: Social Services Industry News, Fun Stuff
Save More Time Now: Leveraging Workflow in Software and Technology
There's a common (and unfortunate) misconception out there that certain industries are perfectly fine relying less on technology than others. Social workers, healthcare workers and people in similar professions don't necessarily have a pressing urge for information management and case management software because most of their day is spent in-person.
Topics: FAMCare Tips and Tools, Technology Speak, FAMCare, How Clients Use FAMCare
We have all seen children and adults with Downs Syndrome at some point in our life. Some of our families have actually been directly affected by this.
I still have a full set of Windows 3.11 on 3.5’ floppies. It was a wonderful time. With a bit of 10 BASE2 coax cable, BNC T-connectors, network interface cards (NICs), and a couple of 50 ohm terminators we could get computers to talk to one another. How could we forget the fun we had getting the interrupts set properly on the bus cards. And when it was all done, our first foray into network gaming, Duke Nukem, roared to life. Of course I figured out early how to use the mouse instead of the keyboard. The kids never knew what hit ‘em.
Topics: Technology Speak, Fun Stuff
Fundraising Tips - Are you Leaving Money on the Table?
This week's Movie Monday's video tip is about your ability to ask for larger gifts when it counts. Check it out.
Topics: Fundraising Ideas