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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... minimum-wage jobs, costing city taxpayers more than $500 million for all the training and placement programs. The new ... executives, business owners and advocates, aims to shift the focus to...

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The New York Community Trust

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New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

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06/01/2014

... that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by avoiding redundant tests and ... People who visit emergency...

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

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07/17/2014

Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students Two new high schools will open ... of New York's Opportunity by Design initiative, an effort to assist immigrant students who...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward As part of his ... de Blasio on Thursday announced a 50-member advisory board to help implement the plan. "Community schools are one of .....

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Helmsley Trust Grant Gives Educators A Voice In Common Core Discussions

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07/21/2014

... A recent grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to America Achieves Inc. is meant to give educators on the front lines more of a voice on how ... states implement the Common Core standards. The $1.7 ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?

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09/09/2014

... an interesting question that is particularly pertinent to the United States. Have escalating health care costs contributed to the huge economic gap between America’s rich and the ... definitive. From the...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels

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09/22/2014

... from Standard Oil is planning announced that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers ... years ago on college campuses. The announcement, timed to precede Tuesday’s opening of the...

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PNY Members Fund Youth Slam Poetry

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09/24/2014

... explain why a group of funders are putting up some $10 million over the next seven years to support nonprofits that work with teenagers in writing and ... and its Brave New Voices Network Initiative (BNV), and...

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Wealthy Donors are Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

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11/20/2014

... Hill may have been consistently deadlocked when it comes to building meaningful legislation on immigration, a network ... nonprofits and advocacy groups have been working overtime to keep immigration reform on...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost Poor, long-uninsured patients are getting Medicaid through Obamacare and finally coming to his office for care. But middle-class workers are ... plans...

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took bold steps to protect and empower local immigrant communities. Key ... creating a friendlier environment for the nearly 3 million foreign-born residents of New York...

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... Data Breaches Electronic health records were supposed to make life better for patients and doctors – getting rid ... medical information so that scientists can use it to make discoveries. But those benefits...

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AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers

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04/21/2015

AXA Announces the 2015 AXA Achievers AXA seeks to identify and reward students who, through their talent and ... scholarship award of $15,000. AXA has given more than $25 million in scholarships to...

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Capital One Launches Fund to Assist Nonprofit Developers

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06/08/2015

Capital One Launches Fund to Assist Nonprofit Developers Capital One announced the launch of its Blueprints to Buildings Fund (B2B Fund) that will aid nonprofit ... in the fund, representing a commitment of up...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to create jobs, the technology sector is struggling to...

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City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens

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07/02/2015

City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens City Hall may be ... Corp. announced Wednesday the launch of a program to bring high-speed Internet access to so-...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative

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08/05/2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces First Cities Selected to Join What Works Cities Initiative Bloomberg ... Philanthropies announced the first cities selected to participate in What Works Cities - a $42 ...

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Nonprofit Insurers Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules

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08/20/2015

... the national average. Supporters say the exchange’s 2.1 million enrollees are proof positive that the law is ... wrinkles here. One is that the Affordable Care Act seems to be having a negative impact on the...

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JPMorgan Renews Veterans Partnership with $13.8M Commitment

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03/01/2016

... & Co. and the university announced today a renewed $13.8 million commitment through 2020 to support the Institute’s mission of advancing the ...

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