True Charity
- Find Your People: Why the True Charity Summit Is the Ultimate Event To Ignite Effective Compassion
- One Young Momma at a Time
- Learned Helplessness: The Hidden Barrier to Escaping Poverty
- Leading Through Change: Lessons from Hope Counseling Center’s Bold Switch
- What’s the Best Way to Help a Panhandler?
- Four High-Impact Ways Your Church Can Serve the Poor
- How to Change Things When Change is Hard: A Bird’s Eye View on the Book Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
- The Key to Effective Charity: Image is Everything
- Beyond the Welfare State: How Civil Society Can Succeed Where Welfare Has Failed.
- Redemptive Charity Requires More of Us
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.
Transitional Housing: Dream Big, Start Small
A transitional housing ministry helps residents write their “second story,” 1-2 families at a time. TCI’s Amanda Fisher explains how in her recent article.
Forging Past the Felony: How Character and Relationships Make All the Difference
According to Muskogee Gospel Rescue Mission Executive Director Rich Schaus, hurdles to employment for former felons are not insurmountable: the key is strong character and thriving relationships.
Low-Cost Health Care with Dignity
When Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett went bankrupt in 2005, they knew they’d have to make some changes to their free clinic model. Dr. Greg Lang, Executive Director, explains, “As a healthcare center, we have to use highly-educated, licensed providers. We can’t rely on volunteers, like many other nonprofits are able to do. Charging for services became a financial necessity.”
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.