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MercyFirst

MercyFirst Community Portrait 6.2.2017

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MercyFirst's community portrait provides a data-based picture of the important role of social relationships for youth and families, and the risk factors associated with child abuse and maltreatment. The report will be used internally to inform MercyFirst's work.

Interview: Meenakshi Paliwal

Interview with Mercy First's Research Coordinator, Meenakshi Paliwal, about the Community Portraits grants challenge.

The Human Service Council's primary goal is to strengthen the nonprofit human services industry's ability to deliver services that improve the physical, emotional, and economic health and well-being of individuals in New York City.

www.humanservicescouncil.org

The Helmsley Charitable Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional efforts in the U.S. and around the world in health and select place-based initiatives.

www.helmsleytrust.org

Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council works with partners to breathe life into numbers, providing easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity in America's communities.

www.measureofamerica.org

The Social Science Research Council is an independent, international, nonprofit organization founded in 1923. It fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.

www.ssrc.org