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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Janice O’Connor

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10/15/2015

... Manager of Placement Services for Lighthouse International in NYC. Her professional and volunteer activities ... served as a member of the Executive Board of the Mental Health Association in...

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BofA Charitable Foundation Supports Women's Giving Network Conference; Women Pool Dollars for Innovative Community Transformation

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10/19/2015

... Community Transformation Philanthropy is trending in a new direction and women are leading the way. The newest ... leaders of the women's collective giving movement gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina,...

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Columbia University School of Nursing to Become New Home of the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare

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11/17/2015

... and Veterans Healthcare today announced that, beginning in 2017, it will be housed at Columbia University. It will reside in Columbia’s School of Nursing via an $11.1 million, ... Veterans Healthcare Program,...

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Peterson Foundation Calls Tax Extenders Legislation Fiscally Irresponsible

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12/17/2015

... said, "This costly and unfunded bill is a big step in the wrong direction for our nation’s fiscal and economic health . "Prior to this deal, over the next ten years, .....

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Both 'Private Option' and Traditional Medicaid Expansions Improved Access to Care

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01/06/2016

... Expansions Improved Access to Care Low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas, which both expanded Medicaid ... bills or affording prescriptions than low-income adults in Texas, which did not expand Medicaid...

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Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

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01/07/2016

... the first national accelerator program and investment fund in the country focused on “civic ventures,” is committed ... to supporting innovative solutions around these two skills in order to help more people...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names Tara Seeley as New Program Officer

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02/02/2016

... Foundation, one of the largest funders of nonprofits in Westchester, New York, has appointed Tara Seeley as ... the overall grantmaking strategy, goals and activities in the areas of community development,...

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... have corrected a blindness-causing gene mutation in stem cells derived from an affected patient. The result ... tissue. With the aim of repairing deteriorating retinas in patients with the inherited blinding...

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Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors

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02/03/2016

Josiah Macy Foundation Supports Project in Integrated Care for Psychologists & Doctors ... who care for them. As an assistant professor embedded in the psychiatry, medicine and surgery departments, her job is...

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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

... biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and ... stimulant--fish lacking the gene take longer to wake up in the morning and are less...

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Ms. Foundation for Women Spearheads Initiative to Develop a National Blueprint for Women’s Economic Agendas

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05/06/2016

... for Women’s Economic Agendas The push for an increase in the minimum wage and paid family leave has gained momentum over the past few years in cities and states across the country. However, these ... of women’...

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Berman to be Honored, Give Commencement Address at Quinnipiac U.

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05/20/2016

... for others, particularly those who are vulnerable or in need, her spirit of innovation, and her gift for bringing people together in positive and constructive ways." A dedicated advocate and ... test, and...

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Commonwealth Fund's Blumenthal on Patient Difficulties Accessing Medical Records

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09/09/2016

... Record The federal government has invested billions in helping to digitize medical records, but the process is still in its infancy, with data that is often nonstandard and hard ... said David Blumenthal, a...

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Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million

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12/09/2016

... $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in nineteen states and two U.S. territories. Awarded through ... the funded projects are designed to drive change in at least one of ten community...

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NYSHealth Releases Survey Results on NYC Voters' Opinions on Universal Free School Lunch

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04/19/2017

... of socio-economic status, receives strong backing in all five boroughs and across income and race. The New York ... Budget. As legislators debate the City's budget in the weeks ahead, a strong majority of...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

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04/28/2017

Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical ... images, allowing medical staff to quickly determine health status and course of treatment while...

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As Schools Adopt Social-Emotional Programs, A New Guide Funded by the Wallace Foundation Offers Help

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05/17/2017

... and emotional learning and why should schools get involved in it? The term is bedeviled by abstractions, but the concept ... others and make sensible decisions and they will do better in school, work and life...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Commentary from Century Foundation: TrumpCare Premium Increases Mapped

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06/01/2017

... Budget Office (CBO) estimated the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) would cause premiums in the individual market to rise by 20 percent next year. To ... into perspective, we estimated how much more...

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AARP, Commonwealth Fund Release State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Seniors

Release Date:

06/15/2017

... for Seniors With baby boomers beginning to turn 80 in 2026, states must accelerate the pace of improving ... on their own because of physical, cognitive, or chronic health conditions. The types of assistance...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... Union followed by the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has sent shock waves ... of the Atlantic are sharply polarized. Liberal elites, in particular are aghast that a...

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