by sjs | Feb 17, 2008 | Vincentian Family
A collaborative project in California finds that “offer[ing] juvenile offenders and their families a broad range of treatment options outside the confines of a traditional youth detention facility” has more success in reducing future crime than does...
by sjs | Feb 16, 2008 | Evangelization, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Findings that poverty has long-term adverse effects on brain development highlight the need for early intervention. “The earlier you intervene [to counteract the impact of poverty], the better the outcome in the end, because the brain loses its plasticity...
by sjs | Feb 8, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Our vision of the future is to transform healthcare for our community…and the clinics that we will operate in Wal-Mart Supercenters [in Arkansas] will be a great solution for patients who come to us for health and healing,” says St. Vincent Health...
by sjs | Feb 3, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Partnership’s most recent study of low-income households in Ireland found that many were better off in 2007 than 2006, but that they still face weekly financial shortfalls. The Vincentian Partnership, whose members represent the Society of St....
by sjs | Jan 30, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus has written his second book, Creating A World Without Poverty. The book outlines his concept of a “social business” serving the needs of the poor, and is critical of those who call themelves social entrepreneurs, but who...
