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NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools

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10/13/2017

... for her new middle schools, which she plans to open in 2018 , so that the proposals could be approved by the Panel for Educational Policy at its Nov. 28 meeting. She has argued that there is ...

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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

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05/14/2019

... the Board of Directors. Merisotis was elected in November 2018 , and began his term as Board Chair at the Council’s ... Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Higher Education Policy , and as executive director of...

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Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation

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10/04/2017

... joined The Century Foundation, a leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, ... Mishory will also join TCF’s leadership team as a senior policy...

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Bloomberg Report Shows Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure

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04/11/2018

... United States increasingly are feeling pressure to address policy and funding issues that once were the purview of ... mayors, the Bloomberg American Cities Initiative 's 2018 American Mayors Survey (22...

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Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Open Society Foundations Fund ReImagina Puerto Rico Report

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07/09/2018

... a priority, ensuring transparency at all levels of policy making , and emphasizing coordination and ... a priority, ensuring transparency at all levels of policy making , and emphasizing coordination and ...

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Money and Power in Post-Election America: Why This Conference?

... Healthier America and the Social Investment Fund) and the policy spectrum wide-ranging (e.g., health care, public education, poverty alleviation, tax policy and ... immigration reform). As...

Uprooting Racism to Advance Health Equity

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01/04/2022

... states and cities across the nation have declared racism a public health crisis . As we enter a new year, we are ... Dr. Hamilton has gained national recognition for shaping policy solutions to close the...

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Catherine Rick Named Senior Advisor for Nursing Leadership at the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence

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12/11/2013

... 1,000 nurse faculty and clinical leaders nationwide by 2018 ; and the Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program, created in ... (HHS) under the Joining Forces initiative to develop public /private partnerships that...

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Well Fed and Well Read: The Case for Healthy School Meals for All

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11/03/2022

... for too many students across New York. In June, a federal policy that provided free school meals for all students ... of its 1.1 million students, regardless of income. In 2018 , New York State launched a “No...

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The Century Foundation Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Department of Education

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02/12/2018

... by TCF on January 23, in response to a solicitation for public comment issued by the Department that same day. TCF ... short timeframe—a mere 15 business days—for public comment on ACICS’s application for...

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Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dance/NYC Launches Immigrant Artists Initiative

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02/27/2018

... the New York City metropolitan area, while shaping urgent public discussion about changing demographics and immigrant ... announces a free, day-long convening on September 21, 2018 , presented with the New York...

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Report from Commonwealth Fund Finds Patient Worry About Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs at All-Time High

Release Date:

05/17/2018

... their medical bills should they fall seriously ill. In 2018 , 62.4 percent of patients said they were confident they ...

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Rachel Block Joins Milbank Memorial Fund as Program Officer

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04/03/2017

... other organizations focusing on federal and state health policy issues, she has served in numerous executive roles in the public and private sectors, most recently spearheading ... she concentrated on Medicaid...

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21 Jun 2016

ComNetworkNY Kick-Off: Cocktails and Conversation

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

... own local affinity group for communications professionals, Public Policy Communicators NYC , and we look forward to working ... Ford Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New York Public...

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Vision for 2025

... set forth ambitious goals in the areas of programming, public policy and institutional sustainability that would be ... our annual meetings, and socially-relevant viral videos. Public...

Three Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change

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07/29/2015

... the most pressing social, environmental, and economic policy challenge of our time. One example of a ... effort that has made great progress despite lagging public policy is the Beyond Coal...

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Innovations in Open Grantmaking

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10/2016

Of its $4.1 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, the U.S. federal government and its grantmaking agencies will give out billions of dollars in the form of grants to states, localities, and individuals, supporting a dizzying array of activities, from scientific research and economic development to arts, culture, and education.

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Oxiris Barbot, MD, Former NYC Health Commissioner, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund

Release Date:

08/11/2022

... in 1879 and brings more than 25 years’ experience in public health and health care delivery to her new role. Dr. ... Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. From 2018 until 2020...