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NC needs a bold response from lawmakers to Hurricane Helene disaster
As we begin to understand the scale of Hurricane Helene’s damage to communities across our state, it is clear that North Carolina’s policymakers must be ready to make bold decisions — ones that may shift some of their long-held positions — to fund fully and equitably the rebuilding from Hurricane Helene. We know how important…
Statement on NC General Assembly and Hurricane Helene recovery from Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center
North Carolina legislators have the opportunity to support the immediate response to Hurricane Helene’s devastation in Western NC and ensure the people in every community impacted by climate disasters have what they need right now to be safe and begin the long road to recovery. We urge lawmakers to commit to a process that centers…
Executive Summary: North Carolinians deserve the credit
Read the full report Download a PDF of this executive summary Despite strong state performance on traditional measures of economic success, financial hardship is widespread in North Carolina and child poverty rates are high. Data show that households with children particularly struggle to pay their regular expenses, while structural barriers that block North Carolinians of…
North Carolinians deserve the credit
Read the Executive Summary How a bold Child Tax Credit can slash child poverty, boost well-being, and help our state economy thrive No matter where we come from or what we look like, we all want to be able to provide the basics for our children: healthy food to eat, a safe place to sleep,…
Making Connections: Tools you can use when you don’t have $$
Don’t have a lot of resources for your work to help your community? Constantly trying to find tools or resources you can use to reach people with information and programming and how they can get engaged? In this webinar, we’ll connect you with some of the common tools and resources we use — for communications,…
Free and Cheap Resources & Tools
When you work in nonprofits or with community groups, you often have to find ways to do a lot with limited resources. Before I joined the nonprofit world in 2016, I was a journalist for many years, and the same was true in that field. So I’ve had a long time to find and test…