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Here is a question? What do all the cities with low violence have in common?? An example As of 2024, Cincinnati, Ohio has seen a decrease in violent and property crimes compared to the previous year: Violent crimes: The number of violent crimes, including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and strangulation, is lower than the previous year. Property crimes: Reported property crime has decreased by 15.1%. CINCINNATI — Cincinnati is preparing to welcome thousands for the annual Forbes "30 under 30" summit. In the 2023 State of the Region report, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber wrote there is a "significant need to improve our college graduate retainment." On Wednesday, Cincinnati City Council will vote to approve the final portion of $600,000 that was put aside for the event in this year's budget. Walsh framed the event as an investment in Cincinnati's short- and long-term future. In the short term, the city will benefit from hotel room occupancies and traffic to small businesses. In the long term, Walsh said a positive experience creates more awareness for the city. ABC 9 WCPO CINNCINATI Four Greater Cincinnati companies have made the Forbes list of the nation’s Best Employers for Diversity. How a dysfunctional Missouri Human Rights Commission slows discrimination lawsuits BY JONATHAN SHORMAN UPDATED APRIL 05, 2023 10:40 AM KCMO ENCOURAGES DISCRIMINATION?? Kansas City Nearly half of the more than 1,100 complaints filed during the 2022 budget year ended with right-to-sue letters. The commission is housed within the department. COMMISSION LACKS RESOURCES The Missouri Commission on Human Rights has a roughly $1.5 million annual budget, with funding split about equally between state and federal sources. It is budgeted for about 26 full-time equivalent positions, including 15 human rights officers, but it’s unclear how many employees are currently on staff. Daniel Doyle and Robert Bruce, attorneys for McClendon, in a joint interview faulted a lack of resources for the commission to conduct investigations. Kc Star April 2023

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Reading and flinching at the grant application processes exposed, or pilloried, by Crappy Funding Practices, I ask myself what these processes remind me of. The closest I can think of is applying for a small loan with bad credit. What is the “ideal” funders have in mind as they create these processes? What are they, in effect, pretending to be? Loan officers? Prudent investors in penny stocks? Supervisors at the Department of Motor Vehicles? And who is the audience they have in mind as giving a gold star for adding one more tedious and burdensome step for grantees to take? Would the total hours wasted at $15 an hour for grant applicants actually exceed the total grant to the lucky grantee from the pool? It hurts my heart to see well meaning, if misguided, people of wealth made an example of. Vigilante Social Justice makes me despair of “shifting power” from one group to another, unless we each reform ourselves. But if we are to be the change we want to see in the world, we might review our grantmaking process, and do a cost benefit analysis, with grantee time factored in. We might find our grants to grassroots organizations in total are a net negative, like The State Lottery. #grantwriting #grantmaking #philanthropy #trustbasedphilanthropy

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