Of course, the nonprofit community’s key objections should be more than enough reason to permanently discard this policy in any and all of its forms. For a sampling of these objections, see: Government began collecting data on volunteering. · in 2021, the formal volunteer rate - the percentage of adults who do unpaid work through or for an organization - experienced its largest decline since the u. s. In 2025, the u. s. The house bill (sections 311, 312, and 321) would “expand the work requirements to more people under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) and medicaid, and include a ‘community service’ component that could result in individuals turning to charitable nonprofits to ‘work off’ their public assistance benefits. The researchers found that people living in disadvantaged communities or areas that have high levels of economic inequality were less likely to volunteer. Is again facing economic uncertainty and social unrest, and our research findings can help leaders understand the impact that current economic jolts and social upheaval may have on volunteering behaviors. · new research from the university of georgia suggests the economy may be to blame. It’s not surprising that the term “voluntolds”has crept into the vocabulary surrounding this controversial concept. Fatigue, undervaluation, and neglect, all from a volunteer ’s point of view (pov). See full list on fplglaw. com · this article takes a deep dive into the less-discussed realities of volunteering : There are many reasons why “ mandatory volunteerism ” is not just unnecessary (as well as cruel, oppressive, and degrading to the recipients of the benefits) but is also counterproductive. · although the share of americans who formally volunteered through an organization rebounded since the pandemic officially ended, the latest data show ongoing declines in the amount of time each volunteer served. · analysis of data from the current population survey’s (cps) volunteering supplement (2002–2015) reveals that individuals who live in places characterized by economic disadvantage and economic inequality are less likely to volunteer than individuals in more advantaged, equitable communities. “few if any of the mandatory volunteerism bill sponsors ever ask whether nonprofitsin their communities can handle an onslaught of hundreds or thousands of individuals showing up on nonprofit doorstep.

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