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 problems of particular concern to youth, families, and the elderly:

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

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

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

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

City Year [pdf] - bringing youth from diverse backgrounds together in voluntary service to tackle pressing domestic social problems

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