Patricia Padilla

"People are the Programs!" -- #Idaho #Nonprofit leaders: Our Nonprofit Compensation and Benefits report is out! This report has benchmark data on nonprofit wages and benefit packages to organizations operating in Idaho (as well as our partner states in MT, WA, OR, and AK) to help you hire and retain the best talent possible. Find/purchase the report here: https://lnkd.in/gNp3J6Nz Soapbox minute: We like to say 'People are the Programs' around our office at the Idaho Nonprofit Center. What we mean by that is that nonprofit services and programs are only as good as the people behind them. The people are the secret sauce behind what makes nonprofits go! Nonprofits, like any other business, have to compete on the open market for talent; paying competitive, livable wages is so important. Our message to funders is that there is no such thing as funding 'programs only' without including the people who drive those programs. To drive home a point: It's nice to fund the water to put out the fire, but the fire doesn't get put out unless there's a full time, paid, and trained person to hold that hose and put those flames out...That's the people! You can't separate the people from the programs..they ARE the programs!

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What is community power? It's a question that arose from the branding discussion we held with Communities of Opportunity (COO), a partnership between Public Health – Seattle & King County and Seattle Foundation. Read about the important work the COO governance group is doing to achieve #healthequity in our region. bit.ly/COO-Community-Power

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The “ Reality of Aid 2023 Report: Amplifying Southern Voices for 30 Years “ is now available and worth a read ( https://lnkd.in/gJ-VJq3S) This report contains useful insights relevant to current debates on the future of international development finance. The international community appears to be “ stuck” with an outdated system of international aid which satisfies few and whose efficacy is increasingly being publicly questioned. Key questions that need to be asked include: (1) Does it make sense to think of the massive finance needed to help countries adapt to and mitigate climate change as separate from, and additional to traditional development aid? Does this encourage recipient countries to think of climate finance as prediminantly “remedial” finance rather than as a source of important development finance that can help to transform their economies in a more sustainable, dynamic and profitable direction? (2) Is the traditional paradigm of “ international aid” based on a charitable approach towards countries in the Southern Hemisphere not an extremely outdated one, given a growing public awareness of colonialism and what is often referred to as the “ ecological debt” of developed countries in relation to less developed Sourhern countries? (3) Does our traditional aid architecture sufficiently address the need to strengthen and develop REGIONS as well as countries? (4) Are all relevant stakeholders- including businesses and civil society- sufficiently involved in deciding how international development finance is prioritised and spent? (5) Have international economic organisations such as the World Bank, the Workd Trade Organisation and the IMF sufficiently integrated human rights, sustainable development and climate action into their business models? How could this process be encouraged and accelerated? It is hard not to conclude that our international system of development finance needs to be considerably overhauled if the longer - term goal is to promote an integrated, dynamic, sustainable and successful global economy that delivers for all regions and states!

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People caring for loved ones often don't know about the help that's available from their local Area Agency on Aging. Cathy Knight is state director at Washington Association of Area Agencies on Aging and in our new video, she walks you though the services you can use and how to find them. Help includes adult day services, caregiver support, case management, elder abuse prevention, health maintenance and promotion, information and assistance, legal support, nutrition, senior centers and transportation. When you don't know where to turn, your local Area Agency on Aging can make a difference with services you didn't know existed. #caregivers

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This is very well written, comprehensive and offers very sound foundations to stand on. It has all the bells and whistles and the most essential component is the claim of “community based” or “community led”. As we understand that systemic neglect and inequitable paternahip with these communities haa always been a source of harm to the field of violence prevention and to the populations most impacted by violence. As matters progress it will be essential to assure that the public safety field stays true to its proclamation since the term “community” and tapping into its brilliance has been the primary source of momentum for these efforts. Seeking to establish Community-led Public Health strategies as a pillar within the Public Safety ecosystem requires a deep look into the historical behavior of that ecosystem we are stepping into, and seeking to permanently be apart of. You have to clearly determine if that move is sustainable for the overall health and well being of the community-based ecosystem we have been struggling to build and sustain for generations while being forced to navigate historically treacherous conditions. I’m not going to be that guy today. I really want to celebrate this work. Therefore, I’m sharing because I generally support the contents of this document and I celebrate all that invested time and energy into putting it together. Excellent work!

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