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Empowering Victims of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence, is a willful single occurrence or a pattern of abusive behavior employing coercion, threat, intimidation, isolation, power or fear that results in physical, psychological or emotional trauma. Expert consensus suggests that empowerment is the most effective approach to provide necessary services to victims.

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College Access and Success

College access and success refers to the field occupied by organizations working to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the ability to enter college and successfully obtain a degree.

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Civil Legal Assistance

Civil legal assistance describes the services and interventions that ensure equality before the law for at-risk individuals. Such services can improve individuals’ awareness of their rights and help ensure their basic needs are met.

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Childhood Obesity Prevention

Childhood obesity prevention encourages development of healthy eating and exercise habits in children ages 2 to 19. Currently, obesity prevention encompasses a variety of programs that are often divided between those that focus on nutrition and those dedicated to physical activity.

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How Better Data Will Shape the Future of Social Problem Solving

We need to determine whether the billions of dollars invested annually in nonprofit organizations by the public and private sectors is achieving the desired results — or any results at all.