Where Most Needed

Autism Speaks, but Not with One Voice

The Autism Speaks organization has merged several advocacy organizations under its umbrella to become a dominant fundraiser in a crowded field.  But controversial theories about the cause of the condition present a challenge to the founders even from their own daughter. 

Minnesota Diversified Industries, Social Enterprise Pioneer, Hits Hard Times

CEO resigns who had promised expansion but delivered layoffs.  He was the second CEO in a row to have been reined in for an inappropriate management style for an agency employing people with disabilities.

New United Way Rules Devastate a Small Service Agency

A shift of priorities to teens and consumer credit counseling leaves people with disabilities behind.  It's too bad they can't keep up in a competitive world. 

Homeless Dumping & The Wild World of LA Skid Row Charities

Proposals to criminalize the practice of discharging homeless hospital patients to the streets don't address the peculiar institutional structure of homeless support in Los Angeles.

NY Times Finds God (Inc.) on the Business Page

The second installment of a four-part series surveys the ways that churches running enterprises far removed from worship are exempt from laws protecting employees.

Another Texas JWOD Contractor Criticized

Texas civil rights groups sues organization for better pay for disabled workers. 

Nonprofit Nursing Homes Provide Better Care, Says Consumer Reports

But for-profit homes are more prevalent and regulators are not enforcing standards.      

El Paso Charity Contractor Restructures and Sues Former Chief

After a newspaper exposé and an FBI raid, a nonprofit strives to regain qualification for federal JWOD contracts to companies that employ severely disabled people.