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Robin Hood Issues Call for Applications for New Grant-Ready Insights and Training Project (GRIT)

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08/10/2016

GRIT applications, which can be found at www.robinhood.org/grit , are due on August 11.

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

The Affordable Care Act has led to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen greater improvements than those that did not, according to a national ranking released Thursday.

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Aetna Foundation Supports 'Magnobrain' Educational Games for Kids

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03/27/2017

The games where distributed through their “Inspire Me to Learn” initiative founded by a grant of $30,000 from the Aetna Foundation.

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Education

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Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!

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07/19/2017

The Funders' Network is offering PLACES Fellowships, which are transformational leadership development experiences that gives professionals in philanthropy the tools, knowledge, and best practices needed to embed an equity lens into their work.

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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children

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07/25/2017

The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday, positively impacts children up through the age of 12 but affects male and female children differently, according...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families

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08/25/2017

The Commonwealth Fund recently released a study using data from the federal Consumer Expenditure Survey to examine how states’ participation in the Medicaid expansion affected families’ health care spending.

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From the Ground Up

Release Date:

09/08/2017

Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

A new study contends that a rise in wages could reduce child maltreatment.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations

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09/28/2017

Latinos, who make up nearly a third of the New York City population, tend to have better health outcomes compared with other city residents, according to a new report released Wednesday from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

Thaler showed how very human traits, such as lack of self-control, habits, and fear of losing pushed people toward decisions that were not the most advantageous in the long term.

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Economic Security

Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

MetLife Foundation and ideas42, a nonprofit behavioral design lab, created a partnership to innovate financial services based on the latest research from the science of human behavior.

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Economic Security

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The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000

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01/16/2018

The $740,000 in new nonprofit grants by the Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust will help kick off education advocacy campaigns statewide.

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The New York Community Trust

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

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02/02/2018

New study by The Commonwealth Fund highlights Medicaid managed care plan and provider investment options available for states to address social drivers of health.

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

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05/08/2018

Commonwealth Fund, released a state-by-state scorecard on May 3 looking at each state’s ability to deliver medical care to its residents. The study broke down over 40 areas of health care from access, to the value of care Americans were paying for.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards University of Glasgow Over $1.1M to Tackle Crohn's Disease in Children and Adults With a Novel Diet

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07/30/2019

The University of Glasgow has received $1.1 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

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Children, Youth and Families

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