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Eight Cities Selected to Participate in National League of Cities Project to Build Financial Inclusion for Families (MetLife Foundation)

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01/20/2016

... to participate in the Financial Inclusion Systems and City Leadership (FISCL) project. The eight mayors will ... Foundation and designed to help cities build sustainable city -wide systems that improve...

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Children, Youth and Families

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With Funding From The JPB Foundation, Cities Connecting Children to Nature, Engages Second Cohort of Cities in 2017-2020 Phase

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12/18/2017

The Lates phase initiative from 2017-2020 will engage a second cohort of cities in 2.75 years of technical assistance to develop and implement strategies that equitably connect children to nature, with support of $75,000 in planning and...

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Sanctuary City Policies Strengthened by Oakland, Bars Any City Employee From Cooperating With ICE

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01/19/2018

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Comptroller Again Calls Out City on Vacant Land; City Again Punches Back

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02/14/2018

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Housing and Homelessness

How the Women Led Cities Initiative Is Amplifying Female Voices in City Planning, Design

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04/03/2018

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Gender Justice

New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-Pocket Costs for Some Health Plans

Release Date:

05/23/2019

New Study From the Commonwealth Fund Looks at Out-of-pocket ... of their income on health care costs, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis looks at what ... on premium contributions, out-of-...

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The Whiting Foundation Announces New Grants for Public Humanities Projects Expanding Our Understanding of History and Culture

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05/25/2022

The Whiting Foundation Announces New Grants for Public Humanities Projects Expanding Our ... the humanities for the public good. Since it began in 2016 , the WPEP has given $2.7 million to launch and expand .....

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche

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06/28/2017

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Breaks New Ground in a Critical Health Niche Generating public ... Trust. Co-founder Leona was already famous, especially to New Yorkers, as an eccentric socialite...

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Fourth Annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge Seeks Problem Solving Ideas From Students Nationwide

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08/17/2015

... the Verizon Foundation in partnership with the Technology Student Association, the App Challenge offers hands-on, ...

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Results from The Moody's Foundation-sponsored National Survey of America's Top Math Students Provides Glimpse into their Academic Success

Release Date:

04/05/2017

... in extracurricular activities such as clubs and student government, while 55 percent are involved in ...

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Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment

Release Date:

02/16/2018

... at the International Space Station in June as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program sponsored by NASA. ...

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...

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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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Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits

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11/09/2017

Century Foundation Study Reveals that Most Student Loan Fraud Claims Involve For-Profits The study by ... of full loan cancellation in favor of partial forgiveness. Student advocates point to the Trump...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

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04/27/2018

Wabash College has received an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve retention and graduation rates for all students with special emphasis on students from particular populations that have been historically disadvantaged in...

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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

Release Date:

08/18/2016

Top public schools fear falling in national college rankings if they accept students with lower test scores.

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Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

Release Date:

10/03/2017

Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.