Root Cause

Health

Social-entrepreneurial principles can be applied across all issue areas to develop enduring solutions to social problems. Click on the links below to read case studies of social-entrepreneurial approaches to health:

 

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abuse (TROSA)  [pdf] -making long-term substance abuse residential treatment programs accessible to low-income communities

 

Outside the Classroom [pdf]changing the drug and alcohol culture on college campuses by leveraging technology and a low-profit model

 

KaBOOM! [pdf] - building playgrounds in disadvantaged communities through partnerships that provide team-building experiences and social marketing opportunities for large corporations

 

Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (RSVP) [pdf]reducing recidivism by engaging stakeholders across sectors to work with offenders in developing an empathy-based curriculum

 

ITNAmerica [pdf] - providing door-through-door individual transportation services to seniors who can no longer safely drive