Transforming Government to Support the Nonprofit Workforce - with Jennifer Geiling, Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, City of New York

<p>Government contracts are a crucial revenue stream for large swaths of the nonprofit sector. In many organizations, employee wages and other compensation factors are based on the terms of government contracts. So there’s a close connection between government contracting practices and nonprofit workforce issues. In this episode, Rusty talks with Jennifer Geiling from the NYC Mayor’s Office about the City's efforts to create a more equitable, accessible, transparent, and standard process for nonprofits who deliver services to New Yorkers on behalf of the City government.</p> <p>The reforms they’ve made recently include: a base-lined 25% advance on Human Services contracts and an Indirect Cost Rate Funding initiative to make sure that more money is allocated to the overall costs nonprofits have beyond specific service-related items.&nbsp;</p> <p>Other topics discussed:</p> <ul> <li>A Nonprofit Resiliency Committee that has brought together government and nonprofit representatives during the Administration and through the pandemic.</li> <li>“PASSPort” a centralized, digital procurement and sourcing portal for nonprofits, and Citywide contractors, working with agencies across the City government.</li> <li>The City's “Cost Manual,” a new tool that defines nonprofit direct and indirect costs in human services government contracts.</li> <li>The City's work to support nonprofits during the pandemic and the Covid-19 Human Service Recovery Task Force</li> </ul> <p>For more information on Jennifer and links to the resources mentioned in this episode please go to <a href="https://fundthepeople.org/transforming-government-to-support-the-nonprofit-workforce/" target="_blank">fundthepeople.org/podcast</a></p>