National LISC Updates In The Age of The COVID-19 Pandemic

HERE ARE TWO OF MOST RECENT STORIES SSIR: How Nonprofits Can Stay Relevant in the Age of Covid-19 Posted by on 7 May, 2020 An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review lays out what nonprofits must do to ramp up their social impact, economic viability and capacity to bring about positive change in the wake of the pandemic. Compassionate leadership, says LISC CEO Maurice A. Jones in the piece, is the overarching approach that can make all the difference in how nonprofits function during and after the crisis. Read more → The Imperative of Housing for Covid-19 Recovery Posted by on 7 May, 2020 In an op-ed for Philadelphia's local PBS and NPR affiliate, LISC Philly executive director Andrew Frishkoff and housing program officer Carolyn Placke stress the importance of keeping people housed, and shoring up the groups that develop and manage affordable housing, in the Covid-19 era. Government at all levels, together with CDFIs, they argue, must activate emergency rental assistance and financial and capacity support for affordable housing managers in order to protect vulnerable residents and facilitate economy recovery. Read more →  _____________________________________________________________ Building Strength & Resiliency 5.04.2020 - LISC Stories - If there’s anything the outset of 2020 has taught us, it’s that America needs strong communities and strong organizations to flourish and progress, and to weather the profound challenges that life serves up—which is exactly where we find ourselves now, in the midst of the global Covid-19 crisis. [...] 5.04.2020 - Press Releases State Farm® Teams Up with LISC to Fund Businesses, Jobs, Safety and Health in 12 Metro Areas 4.30.2020 - LISC StoriesPress Releases “Light at the End of the Tunnel”: LISC & Verizon Announce First Recipients of Small Business Grants 4.23.2020 - LISC StoriesFrom the CEO A Message from Our CEO: Be Safe, and Join Us