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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

... has fallen from 41 million to 27 million. Many prior studies have examined the relationship between insurance ... private coverage, have better access to services. However, studies that compare people with and...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... in the deﬁnitions used in different research studies . This impedes their use in clinical practice, as well ... lack of standardized definitions also makes comparison of studies in the literature challenging...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria In separate studies , researchers test bacteria that suppresses ... no longer capable of spreading the parasite to humans. The studies discovered different ways by...

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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley

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04/16/2014

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, established in 2012 by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and its potential to shed light on a...

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19 May 2015

Economic Inequality and Mobility: Looking at the Evidence to Inform Philanthropy’s Actions

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 -

9:15am to 11:15am

... incomes have grown at a slower pace. According to recent studies , wealth disparities are large and may be widening. ...

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Economic Security

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New York City

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline in Women in Workforce

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07/28/2014

Paid Leave Seen As Way To Stop Decline Of Women in Workforce As economists search for an explanation for why the percentage of women in the United States who are working or want to work has been...

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Gender Justice

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

Philanthropists under the age of 30 have given a total of more than $19 million since 2001 through youth grantmaking programs, a study from YouthGiving.org, an initiative of Foundation Center, finds.

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Commonwealth Fund: Latest Scorecard on Health System Performance Shows More Improvement Than Decline Across States

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12/09/2015

States’ health care systems improved more than they declined, and access to care expanded across the nation, The Commonwealth Fund’s latest Scorecard on State Health System Performance finds.

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless experience high levels of trauma, assault, early death.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

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Casey Family Programs

Ms. Foundation Releases New Data on Women's Equality

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08/27/2015

The survey reveals that economic issues are at the core of problems both women and men rank as the highest priorities in their communities.

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Gender Justice

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Verizon Supports Immersion Program to Teach Girls to Code

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09/01/2015

... were told that they could use code to change the world, to find their voices and to dare to be different at a graduation ...

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Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

Schools across the country are about to be held accountable for student attendance — attaching stakes to a measure that previously had much less significance and increasing the risk that schools will try to manipulate that data.

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United Hospital Fund Launches Pediatrics Learning Network to Help Address Health, Social Needs of Young Children In New York State

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09/24/2020

... The Learning Network website also offers a number of resources for clinicians, including case studies that showcase the approaches of several New York ... we analyze public policy to inform decision-makers,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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04 May 2021

Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021 - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -

9:30am to 11:00am

Virtual Meeting - Register by 5/3

... sectors. In response, a number of foundations pooled their resources to collectively fund three of New York’s leading ...

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Community Development

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Putting Capital to Work for Democracy

Release Date:

07/10/2018

... to provide the best available data, technology, and resources to the progressive community and to increase its ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Civic Engagement

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Propel Capital

What Does Affordable Mean in an Unaffordable City?

Release Date:

06/11/2019

... pushes forward strategies for advancing self-sufficiency. Resources like these are important for philanthropy. They ...

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38th Annual Meeting Program

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06/2017

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Taking a Stand for New York

Release Date:

04/12/2018

... only if there is an opportunity to share information and resources on how to implement advocacy strategies. Many of ... to convince their boards to support advocacy to sharing resources on how to evaluate...

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