Author: floridainnovation
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Tech can Help my Home of Miami
Giving Tuesday is huge for nonprofits and is coming up fast. With Give Miami Day today (run by the very awesome Miami Foundation), we have a fantastic opportunity to get ahead of the curve with fundraising! We’re Loving Give Miami Day Members of our team are in Miami Day right now celebrating and raising money to support…
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Our Data Walk
Florida Community Innovation (FCI) is a nonprofit based in Florida that empowers young innovators to build social services technologies for their communities and engage in public service projects. FCI’s projects include the Florida Community Resource Map – which will match Floridians in need to food banks, job resources, and more – as well as a…
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Studying Abroad Without Breaking the Bank: Advice from Erika and Aimee Clesi
On November 9, 2022, students from Florida Community Innovation interviewed Aimee and Erika Clesi, recent Gator grads and identical twins, about how they were able to study abroad multiple times while enrolled at the University of Florida (without breaking the bank!). Erika is now a journalist working in Florida and Aimee is a Rhodes Scholar…
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Meryem Yuksel: Empowerment and Hope through Software Development
“Software development – my passion and the focal point of my academics at UF – has been a place of not only solace, but also empowerment, for me. At the end of my sophomore year in Spring 2020, I had finally ended a years-long abusive relationship and escaped a cycle of stalking, isolation, manipulation, and…
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Summer 2022: American University School of Public Affairs Graduate Student Research on Enhancing Stakeholder Participation
Citations: Report: Arnesen, M. Brown, R. & Maher, E. (2022). Enhancing Stakeholder Participation for Florida Community Innovation. American University. Toolkit: Arnesen, M. Brown, R. & Maher, E. (2022). Incentive Toolkit. American University. Building on research conducted by American University graduate students in Spring 2022, FCI requested Summer 2022 graduate students to conduct research and develop an outreach and strategy…
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Spring 2022: American University School of Public Affairs Graduate Student Research on Municipal Outreach and how Municipalities in Florida Help Beneficiaries Access Resources
Citation: Lambert, D. Lowry, M. Roy, H. & Reesman Brown, A. (2022). Municipal Outreach Strategy Recommendations for Florida Community Innovation. American University In Spring 2022, FCI parntered with graduate student researchers in American University’s School of Public Affairs Department of Public Administration and Policy to conduct policy research about local governments and service provision in…
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Spring 2022: University of Michigan School of Information Graduate Student Research on the Needs of Social Workers in Florida
Citation: Fanaras, N, Gilhool, A, Mandagere, P, and Zhou, L. Understanding Florida Social Workers Workflow. University of Michigan School of Information. April 2022. In Spring 2022, FCI partnered with graduate student researchers from the University of Michigan’s School of Information to improve the user experience (UX) of the Florida Community Resource Map and to study the needs…
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Service Spotlight: New Hope for Kids
For Florida Community Innovation (FCI)’s first service spotlight of a resource featured on the Florida Community Resource Map, we are more than pleased to highlight the incredible work being done by New Hope for Kids. New Hope for Kids is featured on the FCI’s Florida Community Resource Map, thanks to our partnership with the Central…
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“Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust” with Dr. Stacy Gallin
This post was crafted in partnership with the UF-VA Bioethics Unit. On Friday, October 22, 2021, the UF-VA Bioethics Unit participated in an online event featuring Dr. Stacy Gallin, Director of the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics & the Holocaust. During the event, Dr. Gallin discussed long-term bioethical implications of how German physicians and medical…