Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Why tech nonprofits are increasingly stepping in for the government

The Trump Administration’s massive cuts to social services have left lots of people in need — and that has created fresh work for tech nonprofits hoping to address it.

“The nonprofit sector is doing a lot of the work the government should be doing,” said Tiffani Ashley Bell, founder of the Human Utility, which provides debt forgiveness for people with overdue water bills. “And there is a lot of that in the nonprofit sector.” Bell founded the organization working to restore water service to people who are unable to pay their bills. The organization, which was founded in 2014, began its work in Detroit and has since expanded to Baltimore.

“People in Detroit were having to live without running water because they couldn’t afford the bill,...

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