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Supported by Simons Foundation, Study Finds Genetics, Early Term Ultrasound Linked to Autism Severity

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09/02/2016

... Research Initiative. The data was derived from 2,644 families among 12 research sites across the United States. “There has been a real struggle in why there are so many kids with autism,” said lead author Sara...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

New York City’ s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too Setting ... teachers — it also takes effective parenting. That’ s why New York City — which has already been lauded for its ... will launch a...

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Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants

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09/20/2016

... by a surge in forced migration. Tens of millions of people are on the move, fleeing their home countries in search of a better life abroad. Some are escaping civil war or an oppressive regime; others ...

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Immigration

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Ford-Supported Survey Finds Black, Hispanic Youth Less Likely To Get Money From Parents

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10/06/2016

... them financial difficulty, a sign that young Americans are still struggling years after the end of the recession, ...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

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03/01/2017

... new spaces serving more than 6,000 students and their families ... Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual ...

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Giving Parents a Prominent Voice in Schools

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03/08/2017

... is in charge of family engagement in Washington state’ s Federal Way school district, helps parents navigate the system and ensures their voices are heard in major decisions. Giving Parents a Prominent ...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

Queens Theatre is launching its Winter/Spring 2017 Season with a diverse array of presentations, including the acclaimed Dance Company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers and a new Queens Theatre production of the...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Sloan Foundation-Supported Poll Finds Blacks Less Likely to Have Enough for Retirement

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05/18/2017

... Likely to Have Enough for Retirement Older white Americans are nearly twice as likely as African-Americans to say ... and other minority groups extends beyond pensions, 401(k) s or other retirement accounts...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Ford-supported Research Finds Friends Help Female Vampire Bats Cope with Loss

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05/24/2017

... (STRI), and colleagues discovered that unrelated friends are important backup support when family members go missing. ... a major food donor, like a mother or daughter, from a bat' s social network,...

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Russell Sage Research Examines Social Consequences of Recessions

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05/26/2017

... accounts shriveled up. And many of the hardest hit families still haven’t recovered financially, leaving ...

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ‘It’ s my first time calling, I don’t know how this works,’” ...

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Justice Reform

Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

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08/31/2017

Fatherhood After 40? It' s Becoming A Lot More Common If you've put off starting a family, you're not alone. In the U. S ., the average age a woman gives birth to her first child ... study published...

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One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos

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09/06/2017

... on Tuesday took the news of the Trump administration' s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... a mixture of resignation and resolve. "In some ways there' s a lot of...

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‘I Consider Myself American.’ A New York City Dreamer Reflects on What Losing DACA Would Mean For Him

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09/11/2017

William came to the United States as a child more than a decade ago, and still remembers his first impressions of New York City: towering buildings, modern cars, a jumble of cultures on the crowded sidewalks.

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Review Board Recommends Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case

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09/11/2017

... Island three years ago. The CCRB sent letters to Garner’ s family and the NYPD notifying them of the long-awaited ... untaxed cigarettes that led to the 43-year-old man’ s death in July 2014 has been the...

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New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing

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09/12/2017

... fund dedicated to affordable housing, the company’ s largest such fund in a sector drawing more attention from ... including the Ford Foundation, Deutsche Bank AG’ s Community Development Finance Group and an...

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Housing and Homelessness

Billionaire Diller’s Plan for Elaborate Pier in the Hudson is Dead

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09/14/2017

Billionaire Diller’ s Plan for Elaborate Pier in the Hudson is Dead Diller Island ... Wednesday that he was pulling the plug on his family’ s commitment to build and operate a $250 million performance ... Some...

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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

More Than Half of City' s 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog More ... addition of more seats and new buildings, many families feel the situation is getting worse as existing seats are...

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New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... to underachieving schools near home, in part because their families often lack counseling that can help them navigate a ...

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