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Doug Bauer, who heads the Clark Foundation in New York City, is speaking out about the state of nonprofit contracting in the city and the state of New York: “It has been a quiet crisis that I think can no longer be quiet. The nonprofit human services agencies that manage the social safety net in this city have really been systematically starved financially by the city and the state.”
“We can worry about what’s going on in D.C. and we’re going have big advocacy battles about domestic spending in this country, and we should,” Bauer continues. “But at the end of the day, this issue sits ultimately at City Hall. They have got to figure this out.”
As New York City’s fiscal 2018 budget takes shape, voices from the city’s human-services sector have begun to cry out for help with a looming funding crisis that could leave many non-profit organizations scrambling to finance the services that serve needy New Yorkers.
There are 200,000 people in New York who work in the human services industry in the city, dealing with everything from elder care to youth employment and from domestic violence to housing needs.
But cuts in federal funding and tight-fisted city and state contracts could jeopardize the ability of organizations to provide future services to those vulnerable New Yorkers, industry figures say, with many describing a sector on the verge of crisis.
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The Isaacs Center News + Community (SINCLINK) is our monthly newsletter. It includes our daily activities, announcements, news, trips, the delicious menu for the Senior Center and Meals on Wheels program and photos from our Youth Center and Johnson Cornerstone Center.
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By AIMÉE SIMPIERRE
Against the backdrop of looming federal cuts and tightening budgets at the city and state levels, human services providers are scrambling to find ways to respond to the worsening fiscal crisis.
But the situation isn’t entirely hopeless, experts say.
Among the potential solutions for these nonprofits are applying pressure on the city and state to fully fund government contracts while speaking with one voice and presenting strong data to help draw attention to the seriousness of their plight within a sea of competing priorities.
“Because of the federal challenges that we have, right now it’s about immigrants and protecting and sanctuary cities, because that is our number one. But how can we be a sanctuary city without you?” New York City Council Finance Committee Chairwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland said at an April 17 forum hosted by The Center for an Urban Future. “There is no way that our city can sustain the protections and sustain the partnerships that we have with our constituents without the nonprofits in our area.”
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The Isaacs Center News + Community (SINCLINK) is our monthly newsletter. It includes our daily activities, announcements, news, trips, the delicious menu for the Senior Center and Meals on Wheels program and photos from our Youth Center and Johnson Cornerstone Center.
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On the radio last week Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is having a “very honest, internal conversation to figure out what we can do for the nonprofit sector” in his upcoming executive budget. I hope he knows the dire circumstances facing nonprofits in the city.
Many nonprofits are already on the edge. More than 10% are insolvent (18% in human services) and almost half have virtually no cash and limited access to credit. Reductions in federal discretionary spending will hit them very hard.
Health-related activities to focus on awareness, education, screening, and demonstrations
NEW YORK—The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), in conjunction with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), NYC Health + Hospitals, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA), will host the “Spring into Health Fair” at six Cornerstone Community Centers on Saturday, April 15.
Participating Cornerstone sites in all five boroughs will engage local community-based organizations and other community partners in a day of activities that will include medical screenings, lifestyle information, physical activities, and health-related demonstrations. The fairs will run from 11:00am to 3:00pm at all locations.
Sponsored by NYC Health, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, NYC Health and Hospitals, NYCHA and NYC Human Resources Administration
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The Isaacs Center News + Community (SINCLINK) is our monthly newsletter. It includes our daily activities, announcements, news, trips, the delicious menu for the Senior Center and Meals on Wheels program and photos from our Youth Center and Johnson Cornerstone Center.
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Despite the importance of human services and other nonprofits to employees and those they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a living wage. We can do better.
By Jeremy Kohomban & David Collins
Late last year, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli reported that nonprofits in New York employ nearly 1.3 million people, representing more than 18 percent of all private employment in the state. In New York City alone, human service organizations—those focused on the overall quality of life of local populations, and often addressing the most economically intractable and politically unappealing problems—employ more than 200,000 people. Yet despite the importance of these institutions to employees and the people they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a living wage.
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