Nonprofit Mass. Health Group Sheds Jobs, Blames Shrinking State Payments
Massachusetts hospital operator Baystate Health announced Wednesday that it is eliminating 354 jobs and pinned the move on insufficient state Medicaid reimbursements, State House News Service reports.
By ANDY MARKOWITZ
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Oklahoma Tightens Nonprofit Registration Rules
Oklahoma officials are meeting with nonprofit leaders to help charities get up to speed on new, stricter regulations on registration and financial reporting, The Oklahoman writes.
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Shutdown Ended, Minnesota Charities Scrutinize New Budget
Minnesota nonprofit groups spent Wednesday combing through the state’s new budget, with some saying it could reshape health-care and social-service delivery for years to come, Minnesota Public Radio reports.
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N.J. Plan Would Require Charities to Tell Donors They Can Earmark Money for Programs
Proposal aims to ensure that donors aren’t being misled by solicitations that highlight programs that may actually get little of the money that is raised.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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New Debt Plan Calls for ‘Reform’ of Charitable Deduction
A proposal to reduce the federal debt unveiled on Tuesday calls for changes to the charitable deduction as part of an overall strategy to overhaul the tax code.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Leader to Step Down From White House Social-Innovation Office
The White House is working to find a replacement for Sonal Shah, the first person to lead its Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Maine’s Governor Pushes Stricter Medicaid Eligibility
Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he will continue to press for a major change in the Medicaid benefits Maine bestows more generously than all but a handful of other states, the Bangor Daily News reports.
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State Cuts Force Youth Charities to Scale Back
Youth programs across the country are shedding staff and scaling back services as state spending cuts slice into their budgets, USA Today reports.
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U.S. Money to Aid Treatment Facility at Center of N.J. Budget Battle
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday announced that more than $500,000 in federal grant money will be used to maintain a treatment center for child abuse victims whose state funding he vetoed, writes The Star-Ledger.
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Proposal Takes Aim at Charities That Avoid Taxes Offshore
Sen. Charles E. Grassley has introduced legislation that would deny some federal money to charities that put money in offshore accounts.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Nonprofits Pay for Big Ad to Influence Lawmakers
Independent Sector paid for a full-page advertisement in the political newspaper Politico to protest cuts in aid to the poor and limits on charitable deductions.
By Lisa Chiu
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Share Your Ideas for Improving Nonprofit Tax Returns
A coalition of charities and foundations is asking for ideas on how the IRS can improve the informational tax return that nonprofits must file each year.
By Lisa Chiu
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Pa. Jewish Groups Brace for Impact of Cuts, Fear Worse to Come
While social-service spending fared better than other government operations in Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s recently passed budget, Jewish charities say the cuts will impair their work with the poor, seniors, and other vulnerable groups, writes the Jewish Exponent.
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Minn. Nonprofits Face ‘Disarray’ as Shutdown Drags On
Virtually all of Minnesota’s 35,000 charities have made cutbacks as the toll of the state’s two-week-old budget impasse grows, a leading advocate tells USA Today.
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Arts Spending Cut as 2012 Federal Budget Work Begins
The National Endowment for the Arts would face a budget cut under a plan adopted by a powerful House committee.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Health Groups Brace for Texas Cuts
Social-service and health groups in the Austin, Tex., metropolitan area are bracing for the impact of state budget cuts that will take effect in September, writes the Austin American-Statesman.
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