Browsing by Subject "Nonprofit"

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    Collectives Against Conflict: Evaluating School-Based Interventions Against Intimate Partner Violence in Durham, Wake and Orange Counties
    (2019-05) Pate, Sabriyya
    This thesis investigates the current status, challenges, and opportunities of school-based intimate partner violence primary interventions in Durham, Wake, and Orange counties. Particular attention is paid to program efficacy and how it is measured. The qualitative research defines the current status, challenges, and opportunities of prevention efforts in the three counties. Thereby, a mixed methods approach employing twelve expert interviews was used for this study. The participant population included experts with nation-wide experiences teaching, facilitating, litigating, and directing intimate partner violence prevention. Findings from a comprehensive literature review were integrated with the findings of the expert interviews. Interviews revealed the significance of community-oriented, well-funded approaches to locale-specific curricula in county schools. The interviews also revealed a discrepancy between the prevention efforts in Durham, as opposed to those Wake and Orange counties as a result of significant resourcing constraints in Durham.
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    Does Price Have a Payoff? A Comparison of the Traditional NGO Model With the Micro-Consignment Model
    (2012-04-15) Guo, Yangyang
    Various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have sought to alleviate the problem of limited access to clean drinking water in Guatemalan villages by providing them with water filters. While traditional NGOs donate filters for free, some NGOs operating under the new “micro-consignment” model sell them. By comparing these two different NGO approaches in a two-period theoretical framework, it is shown that the goals of generating the greatest household utility and inducing the highest maintenance effort for the filter are incompatible. In most cases, a free filter maximizes household utility, while charging a price induces more maintenance effort.
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    Emerging Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Giving in the Motor City
    (2018-01-25) Gaston, Keiley
    The complex social problems facing cities in the United States today will require more accountability and collaboration from the public and private sectors. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be a key driver in community development and economic prosperity. Existing literature suggests that initiatives are most impactful when businesses and nonprofits align their missions, build relationships, generate shared value, and enforce mutual expectations. The case study of Detroit exemplifies how an American city struggling with economic and racial disparity responds to this cross sector collaboration. How have the CSR strategies of General Motors and Quicken Loans evolved in contributing to the economic growth of Detroit? Through interviews and nonprofit-business partnership case studies, this research assesses how the two companies transition from a more charitable giving model to an integrative system prioritizing the city’s needs. I argue that the CSR initiatives in Detroit are evolving towards a more strategic approach with significant effects on the current revitalization of the city. The rising demand for corporate accountability pressures companies to be thoughtful and targeted with their approaches to community development and urban revitalization.
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    Filling the Gaps: Examining Reach, Engagement and Impact in North Carolina’s News Nonprofits
    (2015-05-01) Duncan, Charles
    In an attempt to fill gaps in coverage caused by shrinking newsrooms in the traditional news industry, numerous nonprofit digital news organizations have been established around the United States in recent years. These organizations are diverse in focus and scope. Three organizations in North Carolina, all less than five years old, are part of this new wave. Each has a different niche and geographic focus: North Carolina Health News covers state politics and public health issues; Carolina Public Press focuses on investigating regional issues in the western part of the state; and PlanCharlotte is devoted to urban planning and design in the Charlotte area and is part of the Urban Institute at UNC Charlotte. All of these sites face significant hurdles as they attempt to figure out a sustainable business model. Instead of returns for shareholders, nonprofits must show impact on their communities to receive funding from foundations, donors and other sources. This paper uses readership data, content analysis and qualitative information gleaned from anecdotes, articles and interviews to gauge where the sites stand today. NC Health News and the Public Press have seen healthy readership growth and have well-documented local impacts. But the two nonprofits are far from stable financial ground. They need to focus on business development and the founding editors need to move into the roll of executive directors. PlanCharlotte’s readership has been relatively flat over the past two years. Because it is part of a university, it’s sustainability concerns are less about bringing in donations and grants and have more to do with being part of a public university budget.
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    Flying Blind? Implementing a Trauma-Informed Care Approach in the Treatment of Trafficking Survivors
    (2018-12-05) Downey, Cara
    Millions of people are exploited for labor or sex throughout the world. Governments and non-profit organizations have increasingly explored how to best help trafficking survivors overcome their adversity through services such as counseling, job assistance, financial assistance, family reunification, and housing. However, there are few evidence-based practices for how to best care for trafficking survivors due to transitory contact between survivors and care providers, a lack of organizational capacity for research, and the need to not withhold potentially beneficial treatment from any survivor. In 2018, the United States Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons suggested that one best practice is using trauma-informed care (TIC) due to survivors’ likelihood of having experienced complex trauma. This study examines 18 anti-trafficking organization employees’ perceptions and use of TIC in the treatment of trafficking survivors through interviews. A meta-analysis of research about the best practices of meeting the mental health needs of survivors shows in what ways providers using TIC to meet survivors’ mental health needs are not flying blind, but rather using evidence-based practices. A meta-analysis of research about the mental health needs of trafficking survivors is used to further develop providers’ understanding of survivors’ mental health needs and identify areas for further research.
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    From the Graveyard of Empires to the Queen City: Exploring the Status of Resettled Afghans in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Efficacy of Volunteer Partnership
    (2024-04-30) Schwartzbauer, Nathan
    This Master's Project attempts to better illuminate the status of resettled Afghans in Charlotte, North Carolina as of 2024. The project explores the perceptions of Afghan households about their resettlement, the assistance available, and their involvement with groups of local churches and other volunteers. The author created a survey that local Charlotte Afghan interpreters administered to 31 resettled Afghan respondents. Many of the survey questions mirrored those from a 2023 national survey of resettled Afghans from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the Administration for Children and Families (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). The Master's Project survey innovates beyond ORR questions to provide more information about the status of Charlotte Afghans specifically. The paper provides some contrast with previous resettlement experiences in the United States and North Carolina – specifically, the Vietnamese, Montagnards, and Iraqis. The author proposes areas of enhanced focus for Charlotte volunteers, nonprofits, resettlement agencies, and local policymakers working with resettled Afghans. The paper highlights the specific focus areas of immigration status adjustment, childcare access, and addressing ethnic disparities within the Afghan community itself. The project also emphasizes the importance of sustaining local volunteer partnerships at the most immediate level towards approaching problem-solving with resettled Afghan families – which is characterized as “subsidiarity” in the paper. The author suggests that larger resettlement organizations and support resources should only assist with tasks that cannot be met by local volunteer partners. The paper proposes future areas of exploration potential, especially in consideration of longer-term partnerships lasting longer than three months. The work does not claim to be definitive in providing a single set of solutions to helping resettled Afghans. Rather, the work seeks to contribute useful knowledge by creating more awareness among policymakers and community stakeholders in Charlotte, along with any other interested parties in North Carolina and beyond.
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    Increasing the Disability Vote
    (2020-06-25) Singh, Rachita
    The disability vote is the overlooked and forgotten vote. To help my organization increase the disability vote, I conducted a series of interviews with people from various disability rights and voting advocacy organizations. The interviews expanded on four common barriers that exist within the disability community and other minority communities: discrimination, voter suppression voter apathy, and lack of Information. They also revealed various approaches and techniques to increase voting among their respective audiences, including social media relationship building, and candidate consideration. Furthermore, the voting habits and outreach techniques of three minority groups were studied – the Latinx population, the LGBTQ+ community, and young people. A brief look at the results of the case studies are discussed in the project. Based on the interviews and case studies three recommendations were made to the organization on how to contribute to increasing the disability vote.