New
Data from Maryland (2010) by Lester M. Salamon and Stephanie Lessans
Geller is available at the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society
Studies website: ccss.jhu.edu.
The
Guide for Funding Basic Human Needs in a Challenging Economy produced
in 2009 by the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers and
available on their website: www.abagmd.org
The
2008 Needs Assessment: Poverty Amidst Poverty, Two Faces of Anne
Arundel County produced by the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel
County (CFAAC) and available on their website: www.cfaac.org
Health
Care
AA
County Dept. of Health: www.aahealth.org
Shanahan
Children's Clinic: www.shanahanchildrensclinic.com
Recent
rankings on health indicators in AA County from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation:
www.countyhealthrankings.org/maryland/anne-arundel
Report
Card on Anne Arundel County Community Health Indicators:
www.aahealth.org/App_pdfs/aahealthreportcard2009.pdf
Consumer
Health Site (in English and Spanish): medlineplus.gov
Information on Children's Health: www.kidshealth.org
Information
on Women's Health: www.womenshealth.gov
Homelessness
The
National Center on Family Homelessness Report on the State of Child
Homelessness
homelesschildrenamerica.org
More
than 1.5 million children across the U.S. (1 out of every 50)
experience homelessness at least once a year and, in Maryland, 1 out
of 28 children do not know where they will get their next meal.
Women
& Leadership
The
McKinsey Leadership Project reports on what drives and sustains
successful female leaders and distilled their findings into a
leadership model called "centered leadership" which has
five dimensions: meaning; positive framing; connecting; identifying;
and engaging.
Read
more: www.mckinseyquarterly.com/women
Women
& Global Economy
New
York Times Magazine, "Saving the World's Women"
(August 23, 2009) focused on the positive change that results when
women are empowered, particularly those in developing countries
Giving Circles
Association
of Baltimore Area Grantmakers website on giving circles in our
region: www.givingcircleconnector.org
Giving
Circle Information Center: national statistics, trends:
www.givingforum.org
Anne
Arundel Women Giving Together - Making
A Difference for Women and Families in Anne Arundel County,"
written by Julie Crudele, chair of AAWGT's Marketing and
Communications Committee.
http://www.Outlookbythebay.com/media/EarlySpring09.pdf