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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Backs Food Studies Program at Hostos College

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01/29/2015

... overview of food policy, social justice, environment, health , science and business. It aims to prepare them for ... as technicians, analysts, nutritionists and entrepreneurs in the fast-expanding food industry...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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Food Systems

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Long Island Community Foundation Supports Treatment for Military Veterans and Their Families

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05/19/2015

... Many of these veterans are experiencing serious mental health concerns including substance use disorders (SUD) ... work towards removing the stigma associated with mental health needs in the...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Markle Foundation President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd

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06/04/2015

... President Examines China as a Source of Jobs for the U.S. in WSJ OpEd The 2016 presidential-campaign season will bring all sorts of familiar proposals to create jobs in the U.S., but candidates who really...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Jewish Board Inherits $75 Million in Deals from FEGS

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06/03/2015

Jewish Board Inherits $75 Million in Deals from FEGS Another Jewish social service agency ... Employment Guidance Services, which shocked many in the nonprofit and Jewish community when it announced in...

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Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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06/11/2015

... position, and is deeply committed to transforming the way health care is delivered to older Americans. She succeeds ... EdD, who led the Foundation from 1997 until her retirement in 2015. Dr. Fulmer served...

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Aging

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To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures

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08/10/2015

... areas that top the nation for unemployment also fare worst in a health measure that can keep people from getting jobs — ... example. Not only did it have the highest jobless rate in June, but...

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United Way of New York City Joins Cuomo and Other Leaders for Economic Justice

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09/18/2015

... wage has trapped millions of hard working New Yorkers in poverty and has prevented them from finding a way out of ... He successfully increased the minimum wage twice while in office, amounting to a total...

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United Way of New York City

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Economic Security

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New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program

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09/21/2015

... focus on helping visitors improve their cardiovascular health . Visitors can enjoy cooking demonstrations using ... tours, and free weekly cell phone recordings with "What's in Season" at the...

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Community Development

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New York Community Trust Says Workers Need Better Platforms for Choosing Benefits

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10/28/2015

... Remember how complicated it was to understand your health care benefits when you got your first real job? Now ... imagine trying to figure it out if all the information was in another language. That is exactly...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds People May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan

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11/06/2015

... May Be Choosing the Wrong Obamacare Plan Shopping for health insurance can be a baffling maze of unfamiliar terms ... at the Commonwealth Fund have identified is that some health care shoppers are unaware of...

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Opinion: Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness (New York Community Trust)

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01/06/2016

... New York should draw on approaches that have helped in the past as well as those that seem promising, especially ... which offers job training, debt counseling, mental health care, and other crucial services...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

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02/01/2016

... middle-aged whites reported worsening self-reported health status, greater levels of pain, increased difficulty ... of daily living, and more mental health problems. In January 2016, the New...

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

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02/04/2016

... soda and wheeling around on a motorized tricycle covered in roosters and adorned with a banner hailing his Puerto ... Center at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and led by journalist...

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Aging

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Presidential Candidates Ignore Long-Term Care Issues (United Hospital Fund)

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02/10/2016

... and director of the United Hospital Fund’s Families and Health Care Project, which develops partnerships between the health care community and family caregivers. . . ...

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Aging

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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

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03/08/2016

... Fallout to Repealing the ACA The initial National Health Interview Survey results published last month by the ... became law. Twenty million fewer Americans were uninsured in the first nine months of 2015 than...

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Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction

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09/20/2016

... comments on the recent PNY Program, " Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s ... Vera’s work on bail reform and pretrial justice in New York City, with a focus on...

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Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

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01/03/2017

... immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change. The Liberty Fund will support ... identity; Protecting the rights of immigrants; Increasing health insurance enrollment to ensure...

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the world had even one strong tobacco control policy in place. The tobacco industry was beginning an aggressive ... advocates for tobacco control...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... negative economic impacts that would extend far beyond the health care industry. The report was released Thursday by the ... -- and that Congress won't put a replacement plan in place. If that happens, it...

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