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New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

... provides more evidence that boosting wages can provide health benefits for low-income families. “The results complement a number of other recent papers showing that minimum wage increases have beneficial...

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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

... and high schools in the city do not have a licensed health education teacher – with most of them being middle ... schools. Also, in middle and high schools, 97 percent of health instructors are not licensed,...

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Hartford Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6 Million to Improve Geriatric Care

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09/19/2013

... Foundation’s new strategic vision to make change in health care practice that improves the health of older adults, the Board of Trustees awarded a ... Change AGEnts Initiative, capitalizing on the strengths,...

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Mismanagement at nonprofits? Think again

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06/14/2022

... and Marlon Williams, Vice President of Collaboration and Policy , Philanthropy New York. New York Nonprofit Media ... On-time and in-full contract payments A living wage for health and human services workers A...

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Mertz Gilmore Foundation Welcomes Aditi Vaidya as its New President

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10/13/2022

... to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice and health equity using community organizing, policy advocacy, and research. She will be the seventh person ... the country’s largest philanthropy...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

... Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35 If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s ... to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . The study also found that...

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United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

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11/30/2020

... Fund announced that Vaughn R. Murria, Director of Human Resources , was named to the additional position of Chief ... United Hospital Fund works to build a more effective health care system for every New Yorker...

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Benjamin Chu Elected Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith Elected to Board

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12/10/2014

... K. Chu, M.D., group president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals in Southern California and Georgia, ... a private foundation working toward a high performance health system. He has been a member...

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JooYeun Chang to Be Next Program Director for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Child Well-Being Program

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06/14/2022

... Program. “At a time of seismic change in social policy and human services, JooYeun brings energy, insight and ... for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), JooYeun...

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Three Ways Funders Delude Themselves About Equity

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04/26/2017

... in education while another looks for equity in terms of health outcomes for a particular geography. It seems elementary, but investing time and resources to gain clarity around equity is critical. If you .....

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15 Apr 2020

Supporting Immigrants During the COVID-19 Crisis - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... business closures and job losses to overburdened public health systems and the death of loved ones. Here in the ... not be offset by federal relief payments or unemployment insurance . Other immigrants have...

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06 Jun 2019

POSTPONED: Food Fight: NYC Youth vs. Predatory Marketing

Thursday, June 6, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... program is postponed until further notice.** Traditional health education provides children and youth a simple recipe for good health : stay away from drugs, don’t drink or smoke, and eat ... of Public ...

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Report Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds That Post-Ebola Cataract Surgery Can Safely Restore Vision

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04/04/2018

... procedures on Ebola survivors possibly pose a risk to health care workers and other close contacts. Steven Yeh, MD, ... Emory Eye Center, and an affiliate of the Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University...

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New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

... School of Design, Healthy Building Network, Green Science Policy Institute and Health Product Declaration Collaborative, the Healthy ... its focus on designing building products to improve human health...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

... shortages, long wait times for patients, and high costs, health systems around the world are increasingly reassigning ... nurses with advanced training. For a study published in Health Policy...

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Prudential Seeks New York's Top Youth Volunteers of 2016

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09/09/2015

... and www.nassp.org/spirit . The program, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the ... high school students for helping people in need, promoting health and safety, protecting the environment,...

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