Reform Impacting Nonprofit Providers of Health Care

The state’s nonprofit sector is wide and diverse and the current debate regarding health care reform could affect all nonprofits. Nowhere is that more evident than with the nonprofit providers of health care. Michigan’s 144 community hospitals care for all patients who walk through their doors, regardless of their ability to pay. While [...]

As Individuals are Priced Out of Insurance Coverage, So Are Employers

New U.S. Census data released Tuesday shows that Michigan has more than 1 million residents who lack health insurance. That’s about one in every nine people in the state. This gives new urgency to the national debate on health care reform. It’s of huge importance to the nonprofit world – both as advocates for the [...]

Is Health Care Reform an Issue for Michigan Nonprofits?

Is health care reform an issue for your nonprofit? Michigan Nonprofit Association says yes and nine out of ten responding nonprofits to our recent health care survey agree. MNA and the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University assessed how the current health care system is affecting nonprofits as employers. You [...]

Health Care Reform Proposals Misunderstand Nonprofits

While the Confirmation Hearings for Sonia Sotomayor and the health care reform debate rages on in Congress, many nonprofit leader were on the Hill talking about nonprofit capacity building. The Kennedy Hatch Act provided for $5 million in capacity building funds to help nonprofits in their ability to deliver services. The funding was omitted [...]

Nonprofit Innovation

I recently met with the director of the new White House Office on Social Innovation, Michele Jolin, to talk about what that new organization will focus on and how it will drive the President’s Agenda and vice versa. This concept was based in part on a whitepaper Ms. Jolin developed for the Stanford Social [...]

Loan Forgiveness – “OK” with you?

Opportunity Knocks currently has an OK Radio podcast available regarding the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. A conversation with Chairman George Miller, House Education and Labor Committee, this podcast can you give a better inside look at why this bill was created, who is eligible for it, how the loan forgiveness process will work, [...]

Vote on Sessions for the 2008 Nonprofit Congress National Meeting

We hope that many of you will join us for the 2nd Nonprofit Congress National Meeting June 1 -4, 2008 in D.C. The Nonprofit Congress has received more than 100 proposals for sessions at the national meeting and they would like for all of you to set the agenda. Visit http://www.nonprofitcongress.org/sessionvote to cast your ballot [...]

Does Cutting the Budget for National Service Make Sense?

The pundits have reported that the last election was all about the war and Americans’ disappointment in the leadership around that issue–It’s the War, Stupid was the debate. Then came Representative Charles Rangel’s suggestion of the reinstitution of the draft. Now we find that the latest Harris Poll says that 73% of Americans believe [...]