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When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the most cash on health care services, but they fared worst in terms of life expectancy, according to the Commonwealth Fund findings.

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The Mastercard Foundation Research Shows How African Youth Navigate Risk To Survive

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10/30/2015

... of them pursue various micro-business ideas, they often find themselves also having to work in agriculture (sometimes ...

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Meet The Woman Driving Sustainability And Corporate Responsibility At Tiffany & Co.

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01/26/2016

... there’s a reason for it. We spoke with Kamadoli Costa to find out how she ended up with two jobs, and how the synergy ...

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Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings

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02/11/2016

... chief research officer for Filene. “We sought to find alternative financial products that better meet member ...

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Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

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05/02/2016

Legacy preference is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process.

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Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes

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08/30/2016

The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function.

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Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions

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10/31/2016

... owners throughout the U.S. are still struggling to find the funding needed to thrive, especially women, ...

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Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient

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12/07/2016

... care experiences. Common themes included the struggle to find adequate support for nonmedical needs such as nutrition ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey

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12/20/2016

From finding ways to better engage the city’s youth to empowering the disenfranchised, a new collaborative group is working to establish solutions to keep the city moving forward.

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Supports Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities

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04/18/2017

... over the next two years, to help men and women with IDD find and keep jobs in Maryland and Pennsylvania... Harry and ...

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Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities

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04/20/2017

... each year provides funding to local stakeholders that can find new ways to improve health equity in their ...

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JPMorgan Launched a New Tool to Help Fill 7,500 Finance Jobs in New York City

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07/12/2017

... BankingOnMyCareer.com, seeking to help New Yorkers find "middle-skilled" financial-services jobs. Such jobs .....

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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08/29/2017

... not a lot of persecution, but it’s difficult to find work.” Normally, someone seeking better prospects in ...

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

How to provide long-term care for a fast-aging population poses one of the more convoluted challenges of the American labor market. In his new book, “Who Will Care For Us?,” to be published next month by the Russell Sage Foundation, MIT Professor...