Veteran-serving organizations address various needs, including healthcare, mental health care, housing and homeless assistance, and financial and employment assistance. Many needs are co-occurring. For instance, if a veteran wishes to get a job, they might require additional needs in transportation, education, or financial literacy guidance. The influence of social determinants of health—such as violence, housing instability, financial/employment problems, lack of access to transportation, and psychosocial needs—on veterans’ lives is significant.

Veterans transitioning to civilian life encounter a complex web of challenges, and the fragmented system of care often leaves them underserved and overwhelmed in the process of attempting to receive support. New research from NNSI finds that a holistic approach to addressing veterans’ needs is imperative. But most veteran serving organizations operate in silos, without the needed coordination to address everyday co-occurring needs.  A new report from the Network for

View the Resource By Rong Wang, Michelle Shumate Increasingly, nonprofits and corporations publicly communicate about their partnerships. Guided by Information Integration Theory, this paper examines how information about a nonprofit’s relationship with a corporation relates to individuals’ intention to donate and volunteer. This research used a two-study experimental design. Study 1 (N = 966) examined how partnership explanations and evaluation were related to the two outcomes. Study 2 (N = 970) further examined whether

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this keynote, Professor Shumate describes how to make networks more sustainable. She identifies familiar crossroads moments that all networks face and addresses the questions networks should answer when they enter a crossroads moment. The keynote ends with a discussion of how the governance of international networks can make them more or less sustainable over time.

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this view-on-demand mini-class, Professor Shumate describes how networks can use data to drive social impact. She highlights the differences between leading and lagging indicators for each type of theory of change. She ends the video with guidance on choosing the right indicators for your network. 

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this view-on-demand mini-class, Professor Shumate introduces pathways mapping, a tool to help networks understand their theory of change. Network leaders will learn about the elements of a theory of change and then use the tools of backward design to help them generate their theory of change.