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Volatility and Change in Suburban Nonprofit Safety Nets

Scott W. Allard, Elizabeth Pelletier
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2023, 9 (2) 134-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.2.06
Scott W. Allard
aDaniel J. Evans Endowed Professor of Social Policy at the University of Washington, United States
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