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After spending years serving the needs of the poor and homeless through nonprofit ministry, James Whitford says he learned that \\u201cit\'s good for nonprofits \\u2026 to stay away from government funding.\\u201d 

Whitford, the co-founder and CEO of True Charity, a national initiative to reform charity work, started serving the poor through a ministry called Watered Gardens Ministries in Joplin, Missouri, over two decades ago. Over time, he has crafted a model for how nonprofits can best serve the needs of the poor and actually be a part of solving the homeless crisis. 

Step one, according to Whitford, is declining government funding because it reduces fundraising efforts, which disengages local donations, and \\u201cthose local donors are often volunteers as well,\\u201d he tells \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast.\\u201d 

\\u201cSo there\'s a kind of a symbiosis between the local donor and being a volunteer,\\u201d according to Whitford. \\u201cSometimes it\'s a volunteer first that becomes a donor. Sometimes it\'s a donor that becomes a volunteer. But the last thing we want to do is crowd out local involvement in the work.\\u201d 

Nonprofits working with the poor also need to measure the \\u201cimpact, not just outputs, but outcomes,\\u201d of the work they are doing, he says. 

And finally, \\u201cnonprofit leaders need to embrace work for their clients.\\u201d

Whitford joins the podcast to explain how nonprofits can create a sustainable model to address homelessness and poverty in their communities. 

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