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Cherry blossoms at their peak today! Don’t wait too long. “This will not be a 14-day bloom.”
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DIVERSITY | Minority leadership lagging at nonprofits, report says (BaltSun, 3/31) – Here’s the Urban Institute report. “Although nearly half (49 percent) the population in the Baltimore–Washington region is people of color, 22 percent of nonprofit organizations in the region have executive directors of color.”
MERGER? | In Montgomery County, Family Services Inc. will take over the financial operations of Centro Familia, “at the request of Centro Familia’s board and its executive director, Pilar Torres.” Programs will continue.
HOMELESSNESS | Housing first: In Fairfax Co., pilot program brings hope to homeless (Fairfax Times, 3/30) – “FACETS… is using Fairfax County funding that normally would go toward paying for the motel stays to lease the apartments…”
CHILD CARE | Commentary: Quality Childcare in D.C. – by HyeSook Chung, executive director of D.C. Action for Children. “[L]imited access to quality and affordable childcare programs… perpetuates an entrenched cycle of poverty.”
B CORPS | Maryland in line to become B corporations pioneer (Gazette, 3/29) – “New type of company would be organized around social agenda”
HEALTH/NUTRITION/SCHOOLS | A TV Show and Congress Tackle School Lunches (NYTimes, 3/31) – Has anyone seen Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution? I heard it’s good.
