This week Greg Werkheiser, executive director of the Phoenix Project, our partner in Virginia, authored a column for the South County Chronicle. His topic was methods for non-governmental organizations to achieve solutions to public challenges in ways that avoid or minimize reliance on public tax dollars.  While government involvement remains crucial on so many issues, we should be looking to the organizations and solutions that are maximizing the use of every dollar invested.

He highlights ITNAmerica as an example, outlining the core innovations of their model and their unique leveraging of all resources - both financial and nonfinancial - at their disposal.  Root Cause wrote the business plan for ITN's expansion (now in 12 cities nationwide) so we're very familiar with their model and big supporters. (Read our brief case profile here.)

Greg highlights one compelling, effective, sustainable model.  There are many more of them out there.  How can we ensure that these best case examples receive the resources and support necessary to expand to the many places that need them?

Read Greg's full column here.