{"id":910,"date":"2018-02-27T04:42:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T04:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/blog\/?p=910"},"modified":"2022-12-02T02:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:13:10","slug":"report-nonprofit-cbos-struggle-to-provide-human-services-with-limited-government-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/report-nonprofit-cbos-struggle-to-provide-human-services-with-limited-government-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Nonprofit CBOs Struggle to Provide Human Services with Limited Government Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From suicide and financial distress to homelessness and domestic abuse, the pleas for help never seem to cease. Even on weekends and holidays or evening hours when other hotlines across the state are closed, crisis calls continue to flood Impact Inc., a nonprofit help center that operates 24\/7, 365 days a year in a former factory in West&nbsp;Allis, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>John Hyatt, the chief executive at Impact. Inc., said the state of his organization, in many ways, is as precarious as those lives it serves. Impact Inc., he said, struggles to break even.<\/p>\n<p>His concerns are likely to draw an emphatic ear from leaders at tens of thousands of nonprofits across the country that are struggling to stay afloat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA significant portion of human service CBOs are feeling financial stress and may find it difficult to survive even short-term disruptions to funding or unexpected expenses,\u201d according to a new report, \u201cA National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Community-based organizations like Impact Inc., in large part, rely on government grants to deliver vital human services to an estimated one in five Americans. Libby Hikind, founder and CEO of the funding resource website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GrantWatch.com<\/a>, said nonprofits do amazing work, despite the current financial climate, by improving healthcare outcomes,&nbsp;reducing related costs, and addressing social factors that affect healthy lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that those roles go unnoticed, she said. Hundreds of grants that support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grant-search.php?search=advanced?keyword=human%20services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">human services<\/a> in all parts of the country are posted on Granwatch.com. But, Hikind said, rising costs and increased demand has made the application process more competitive for those seeking funds.<\/p>\n<p>Among the findings in the 157-page document,&nbsp;commissioned by a pair of national associations that represent human-service nonprofits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly half of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/cat\/5\/community-services-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">community-based organizations<\/a> studied in the report run persistent operating deficits, often because government agencies \u201cchronically reimburse them less than the full cost of the programs and services.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Nearly one in three have minimal financial reserves, making them vulnerable to the next downturn or funding fluctuation.<\/li>\n<li>More than 40 percent lack liquidity to meet immediate obligations.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly one in eight meet the technical definition of insolvent.<\/li>\n<li>Nonprofits that help with housing and mental health feel the most acute financial stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To compensate for shortfalls in government homelessness spending, Hikind said nonprofits also turn to GrantWatch to identify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/foundation-grants.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private foundations<\/a> and philanthropists. The report, however, said those dollars often come with strings attached as private funders place restrictions on donations to ensure their money goes toward causes and activities they care most about.<\/p>\n<p>Demands for social services, meanwhile, are increasing. Against this backdrop, the report said, incomes have been stagnant since the 1970s, a new epidemic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/cat\/35\/substance-abuse-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opioid drug addiction<\/a> is raging across the nation and the U.S. suicide rate has increased to its highest rate in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Nonprofits, and public and private foundations find government and foundation grants for human services and homelessness on GrantWatch.com. New grants are added daily.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/join-login.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign-up<\/a>&nbsp;here to receive the GrantWatch weekly grants newsletter prepared for your organization&#8217;s location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From suicide and financial distress to homelessness and domestic abuse, the pleas for help never seem to cease. 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