Promoting social capital and the institutions that create it to D.C. lawmakers and leading opinion formers
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PRACTITIONER INTERVIEW:
We speak to practitioners building social capital in America today.
@Jpdegance of @WeAreCommunio explains how their programs support churches in their unique ability to build relationships and social capital. socialcapitalcampaign.substa…
PRACTITIONER INTERVIEW:
@Jpdegance of @WeAreCommunio explains how their approach adapts depending on the neighborhood, helping people from diverse backgrounds build social capital through marriage. socialcapitalcampaign.substa…
PRACTITIONER INTERVIEW:
@Jpdegance talks about the practical ways @WeAreCommunio are able to help young people looking to build social capital through marriage. socialcapitalcampaign.substa…
In our latest Practitioner interview we ask @Jpdegance about how churches can help bridge the gap, helping people fulfil their aspirations to marry. socialcapitalcampaign.substa…
Of note: RAND research finds about 16 percent of young people (aged 18 to 24) in a typical community are disconnected: not working, not attending school, and not in a training program.
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PRACTITIONER: We ask practitioners with extensive experience "in the field" what the one government policy change would be on their wish list.
Here we ask Jim Farmer of @FTChild which works with 21,000 volunteers to serve 7,000 children across 45 states what would help.
Of note: Texas's Prison Entrepreneurship Program brings volunteer executives into prisons to teach business skills and build relationships that continue after release. They report more than 740 alumni businesses launched.
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PRACTITIONER: Partnership with local agencies can be critical to the success of a nonprofit providing services to the community. Jim Farmer of @FTChild shares how local partners and churches can work with local social services agencies.
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MY LATEST: "Minnesota fraudsters didn’t just steal $250 million. They stole our trust"
Government partnerships with nonprofits done well can build social capital.
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Thanks to @Loisco for this write up of our Marriage Deserts report on @Deseret with @KBurchfiel3 @SCCampaign and @FamStudies
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Traditional two-parent families vanish from big American cities as 'marriage deserts' expand foxnews.com/media/traditiona…
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NEWS: "fewer than a quarter of households with children are now headed by married couples in certain neighborhoods in Cleveland, Washington, DC, Milwaukee and Detroit" @nypost covers my research "Marriage Deserts" with @KBurchfiel3 @FamStudies nypost.com/2026/10/13/lifest…
Of note: America's debt crisis is also a family policy problem.
Elliot Haspel and Joe Waters argue that rising interest payments and entitlement costs threaten to crowd out support for children and families.
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PRACTITIONER: We ask Jim Farmer of @FTChild how the organization has grown to national scale, operating in 45 states, while keeping a sense of local participation and leadership.
