Share Your Story to Shape Policies That Affect the Poor
Learn how sharing boots-on-the-ground success stories can help change destructive government policies affecting the poor.
Entries by Sonya Stearns
Achieving Advantageous Outcomes with Self Assessments
Effectively assessing the circumstances of those seeking help is key to their long-term stability. True Charity’s client self-assessment survey will help you prioritize the dignity of the people you serve as you help them foster lasting change.
After The Storm: How to Shape Our Mercy Ministries for Long-term Success
The storms have passed, but the damage remains. Relief is being given, but deeper needs are surfacing. The people you serve need support, restoration, and long-term independence. How can your mercy ministry help them write their success stories?
Ten Ways You Can Support Single Moms This Christmas
Your church or nonprofit can spread holiday cheer this Christmas by equipping staff, volunteers, and backers to support single moms in your area. Learn how you can help build and strengthen their social networks as they strive to provide for their families.
Do Holistic, Individualized Programs Really Make a Difference? Let’s Look at the Research.
Implementing solid scientific findings in our charitable practice can bring about better results. Sonya Stearns summarizes one 2023 study determining the effects of individualized, holistic services on a broad population of low-income individuals.
5 Ways to Empower Older Workers and Volunteers in the Modern Workplace
Older Workers and volunteers are often the heart and soul behind our organizations. When we ensure they thrive, their gifts and experience will bless and encourage those we seek to serve. Sonya Stearns explains.
Right Here, Right Now: How One Church Benevolence Program Connects to Those in Need
Right Here, Right Now. That’s where and when people need help. Thirteen years ago, a church acted on this truth, resulting in a benevolence ministry offering hope to hundreds since then. TCI’s Sonya Stearns explains this effective model program.
The Ready to Work Shuttle: Rides, Not Just Well Wishes, for Those Willing and Able to Work.
Hope House of Bowling Green, KY investigated why people in poverty weren’t maintaining employment. What they learned prompted them to provide rides – not just well wishes – for those willing and able to work. TCI’s Sonya Stearns explains.
Agents of Flourishing: How Churches and Nonprofits Can Bring Peace to All Areas of a Community
Amy Sherman offers both historical and contemporary examples of sustainable community engagement from which charity workers and churches can gain inspiration and insight to bring peace to their local communities.
Boots on the Ground Needed for Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma affects people in poverty at an alarming rate, but one True Charity Network member is placing boots on the ground to battle this crisis with trauma-informed care.
Homeless for a Cause: A College Student’s Quest to Conquer His Own Hypocrisy
Mike Yakoski lived homeless for 5 months in 6 metro cities. His experiences, recorded in “Under the Overpass,” are enlightening to those who desire to help this usually ignored population. TCI’s Sonya Stearns highlights this book in her article below.
