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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

... force that will be charged with overhauling the city’ s job-training and workforce-placement programs. Speaking ... Army Terminal in Sunset Park, the mayor said the city’ s training and placement programs have...

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The New York Community Trust

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11 Leading Philanthropies Respond to White House Report on Young Men of Color

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05/30/2014

... Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation] The White House’ s My Brother’ s Keeper Task Force today released a report on policies, ... leading foundations working together on a complementary private...

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New Supporting Organization to Oversee "Grand Bargain" Funds

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07/06/2014

... be part of a new nonprofit, the Foundation for Detroit' s future, which will administer the $366 million in private money pledged as part of a "Grand Bargain" to save the Detroit Institute of...

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Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative

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10/01/2014

Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration' s Brain Initiative The Obama administration plans to ... House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said that private institutions were joining by “aligning...

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“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

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10/02/2014

... catalytic realization: that full employment for our nation' s youth can only occur at the intersection of our labor ... skill development community but also among employers and private sector actors. In...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

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11/10/2014

... afternoon last November, leaders of some of the nation’ s top foundations were invited into a private meeting in a courthouse conference room here as Judge ... Gerald E. Rosen, the appointed mediator in this...

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People with Health Insurance Still Can't Afford All the Care They Need

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11/14/2014

... you need to look just beyond the cost of a health plan' s monthly premium to figure out your expected medical costs .....

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Ending New York’s Summer Jobs Depression

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02/12/2015

... fact, only 25 percent of youth who applied to the city’ s Summer Youth Employment program in 2014 received a job. And ... and Virtual Enterprise because they partner with the private sector to ensure summer...

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White House Debuts $240 Million in New STEM Commitments

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03/24/2015

... at the fifth annual White House Science Fair. The new private sector commitments are designed "to inspire and ... "With the commitments being made today, the President' s "Educate to...

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

... Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids New York City’ s effort to supply lawyers for every unaccompanied, ... The preliminary numbers come six months into the public- private partnership, launched by the New...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to create jobs, the technology ... jobs, but only 400,000 computer science students. It’ s time our education system prioritizes...

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Ford Foundation Board Making Rare Detroit Visit

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06/15/2015

... a $816 million, 20-year commitment from foundations, private companies and state taxpayers to shore up Detroit' s pensions funds and avert a bankruptcy fire sale of .....

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City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens

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07/02/2015

... At least a year in the making, the $5.3 million public- private partnership called Connect IBZ will bring high-speed ...

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NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

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07/06/2015

... the bill for it, the Bond Buyer reports. The nation' s first social impact bond — a pay-for-performance vehicle that leverages private funding to finance public services — the Adolescent .....

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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

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08/10/2015

... hailed as a success by some. The concept of SIBs is for private investors to lend money to governments for the ...

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Justice Reform

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

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08/14/2015

... Commonwealth Fund, the New York-based not-for-profit “ private foundation that aims to promote a high performing ... and greater efficiency, particularly for society’ s most vulnerable, including low-income...

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Wm. T. Grant Foundation Report: Scarcity of Funding for Research on Youth Inequality

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11/09/2015

... the Foundation sought to review the field of public and private funders to identify opportunities and gaps that would ... all. “If our goal is to reduce the effects of today’ s inequality on tomorrow’ ...

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