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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... like the technology sector. “We’re going to tear down what was there before and rebuild,” Mr. de Blasio said... ...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

... become eligible for Medicare. But Medicare doesn’t cover what can be the largest cost to seniors–long-term services ...

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Century Foundation Intern Discussion Series Kicks Off With Look At Regulating Marijuana Sales

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06/11/2014

... fellows who spent time in Syria to better understand what 's ahead for the volatile country and region. For more .....

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NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams

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06/17/2014

... to preserve the number of gifted programs citywide. “ What exists right now is serving the purpose of communities, ...

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Instead of Retiring, Many Seek 'Encore' Jobs

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07/07/2014

... of the 100 million people in that age range, work in what are sometimes called "encore" jobs . An additional 31 .....

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NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

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10/03/2014

... Bronx Culture Trail An arts and education center and what 's believed to be the first Puerto Rican-owned music .....

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Donors to Gay Causes Consider Their Next Steps

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11/03/2014

... asked gays, lesbians, and their allies to articulate what they hope the movement will have accomplished by ...

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... even at a young age, he tells PEOPLE, "I had a thirst for what was beyond the horizon." His life changed in 1965, .....

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President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations

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12/17/2014

... be eligible. The number presents a challenge that dwarfs what advocates faced with the dreamers. Groups will have to ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films

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01/22/2015

... Releases International Study on Gender Images in Films What happens when specific groups of people are not seen or ...

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Ford Foundation Bets on Slow Food Movement to Help Global Poor

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01/23/2015

... luxury to think in highly intentional ways about how and what they eat. In fact, though, that's an unfair stereotype .....

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TCC Group Exlpores a New Approach to Capacity Building

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02/03/2015

... of capacity building (the how) without identifying clearly what capacities need to be built and who needs to build ...

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Carnegie VP of Education Profiled in Huffington Post

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02/26/2015

... the system. A significant piece of my work was focused on what we now refer to as "human capital," or the people side .....

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06 Oct 2015

When a Policy Win is Not Enough: Civic Engagement After the Big Win

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

... if low-income workers, especially immigrants, don’t know what they are entitled to, and many employers are also poorly ... the most distant from information and knowledge about what their rights are. Workers...

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Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Research Examines the Dearth of Youth Employment Opportunities

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05/28/2015

... Examines the Dearth of Youth Employment Opportunities What would happen if everyone in your office younger than 25 ...

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Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on Inequality

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06/12/2015

... of $1 billion over five years, will enable Ford to create what its president, Darren Walker, calls a "social-justice .....

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... where many other families are poor, too, creating what sociologists call the "double burden" of poverty. The .....

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Ms. Foundation Helps Film Lab Fight Elder Abuse Through Film

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09/09/2015

... producers, also "challenges mainstream perceptions about what it means to be elderly...." Ms. Foundation Helps .....

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Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series

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09/11/2015

... Lincoln Center will recognize James Baldwin (we celebrated what would've been his 91st birthday last month) with a film .....

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

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10/13/2015

... But the Education Department, despite a crackdown against what it calls “bad actors,” continues to hand over tens ...

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