This
homeless shelter, being a non-profit, gets its money through government
and private grants. The shelter must write grants for specific things
that the shelter wants funding for, and from this, the shelter is
either awarded or denied the grant. If the shelter is awarded the
grant, it must show some sort of proof that the money from the grant
went to the specific thing it was requested for, such as case
management, shelter programs, or housing for example. All the money
that the shelter receives goes to the services. The shelter simply does
not get enough money to be able to raise employee’s pay. If they were
to use some of the money from their services and shift it into
increasing the pay, the would not have enough money to run all the
programs that they have set up. This particular shelter has been on a
pay-freeze for the past three years, meaning, that they do not give out
raises and the end of the year. Even if they were to have a “good”
year, they cannot increase their employees’ pay because they don’t have
enough money to do so. In order to help their employees out, the
shelter can offer the employees higher positions, with more
responsibilities and work, in turn for increased payment. However, the
employees must literally earn every bit of extra money earned, since
the shelter has so little to spend.Home |
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