As the pandemic continues, nonprofits scramble to stay afloat and help those in need: “We’re not in position to survive a couple of years of this.”
When the pandemic hit, the blow to ReInspire, a nonprofit in Johnson County, Texas, was swift and sudden. Executive Director Charise Olson could no longer counsel teens at schools, the library or fast-food restaurants, all of which had closed. She had to cancel classes in job and life skills, and let go five interns and other workers.
But many of the nonprofit’s young clients were about to transition out of foster care, and needed support more than ever. “Our young people didn’t know how to respond to the world as it was,...
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