Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... which has spent $582 million on teacher training, social services and an extra hour a day of instruction. Four did so ...
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Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?
Release Date:
09/06/2017
On a sweltering morning in July, Sonny Perdue, the newly minted secretary of agriculture, strode across the stage of a convention hall here packed with 7,000 members of the School Nutrition Association, who had gathered for their annual conference.
Albany Lawmakers Extend Benefits To Vets Discharged For LGBT Identity
Release Date:
09/12/2017
When it comes to discharged LGBT veterans in Albany County, they don’t have to worry about being denied benefits due to their sexual orientation.
New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... affiliate of Nuveen, the asset management arm of financial- services giant TIAA, according to Jonathan Rose Cos. They ...
Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... the New York City Housing Authority’s finances and services , launched an online platform this week in ...
Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services , this design-based approach is reflected in the ...
New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Jimenez, an attorney at the nonprofit Brooklyn Defender Services . “All of the landlords have attorneys,” he said, ...
Shake Shack Founder on Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business
Release Date:
10/10/2017
In his most daring innovation to date: Danny Meyer is eliminating tipping in his restaurants, a move, which if successful, may radically alter the way restaurants do business.
Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Ford Foundation supports an experimental rating process aimed to hold large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range of impacts.
De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... or emergency housing, even when the Department of Homeless Services rents every single room in a hotel, effectively ...
Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... ensure juveniles have access counsel, to increase social services for youth and to divert teenagers from Superior ...
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State
Release Date:
10/17/2017
Prudential sponsors the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer community service.
New Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Grant to Fund Treatment for Underserved
Release Date:
07/13/2018
... diseases due to cost and lack of medical coverage. Services funded by the grant will begin to relieve the 147 ...
Howard Gilman Foundation and the American Express Foundation Fund "The Gospel at Colonus"
Release Date:
08/03/2018
Conceived, adapted, and directed by MacArthur Genius Grant winner Lee Breuer, "The Gospel at Colonus", is an ancient Greek tragedy turned into religious parable within the framework of the Pentecostal church, that unites cultures and époques, and it...
New York Foundation Interns Talk About The Role of Youth in Organizing
Release Date:
09/05/2018
... following organizations: VOCAL-New York, Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC, Rockaway Youth Task Force, and Youth ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Officer Donald J. Waters to Retire
Release Date:
05/12/2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Senior Program Officer for Scholarly Communications, Donald J. Waters, will retire on August 31, 2019 after 20 years of exceptional service at the Foundation.
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Tech for Good: Building Innovative Tools to Serve Immigrant Communities - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
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12:45pm to 2:00pm
... new technologies to better deliver culturally responsive services at scale to their communities. Part 2: Tech for ... tech tools to bridge gaps in culturally responsive services while expanding their...
Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’
Release Date:
02/18/2016
... dollars by increasing the effectiveness and reach of their resources – wanting to make a bigger impact within ... population and the inherent challenges of providing vision services . We decided to offer...
New York Foster Youth Funders Group
... We invite speakers who are working in the field to update us on important policies and practices. Speakers include ... who have their feet on the ground and can provide us with timely information that can give...
MasterCard Foundation to Help Address Water Sanitation in East Africa with Micro-Credit Program
Release Date:
10/27/2014
180,000 people in Kenya and Uganda have benefited from the five-year loan initiative.