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Open Society Foundations

Changing the Debate on Education Policy

Release Date:

06/07/2012

By Lori Bezahler, President, Edward W. Hazen Foundation Over the past 15 years, education policy has gone from a bureaucratic backwater to a topic debated on the front pages of every city’s major newspaper. Where once we had...

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The Juvenile Justice Initiative at Philanthropy New York: Closing Remarks from Judge Judith S. Kaye

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06/22/2010

... the flow of children and youth into the juvenile justice system , and to reorient the system from a correctional to a youth-development and ... it was a long and much-loved entanglement with our justice...

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

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08/07/2015

... for the next three years, targets damage to the visual system . "RPB and LCIF were also partners in the late ... does the brain re-organize itself in response to visual system damage? How can the...

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United Hospital Fund: Goals For State Regulation Of Risk Sharing Between Health Care Providers And Insurers

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11/19/2015

... reducing costs and improving quality in our health care system ,” said Peter Newell, director of the Health ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Carnegie Supports New American Academy Of Arts & Sciences Report On The Public Good Of Public Research Universities

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03/22/2016

... total number of institutions in the U.S. higher education system , public research universities educate about 20 percent ... battery in smartphones and tablets; the gene editing system known as CRISPR;...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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United Hospital Fund Analyzes Medicaid Spending On and Service Utilization By Children In New York

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07/08/2016

... and emergency department utilization driven by respiratory system diseases, including asthma; teenagers and older ... Hospital Fund works to build a more effective health care system for every New Yorker. An...

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18 Oct 2016

Funder Briefing on Poverty in the LGBTQ Community

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 -

2:30pm to 4:30pm

Did you know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans face higher rates of poverty than their straight counterparts? Have you heard that one in five transgender adults have experienced homelessness? Did you know that one quarter...

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Housing and Homelessness

LGBTQ

United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY

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09/22/2016

... Hospital Fund works to build a more effective health care system for every New Yorker. An independent, nonprofit ...

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Impact of ACA on New York's Insurance Markets

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10/18/2016

... in 2014, nearly 30 percent. “Ambitious delivery system and payment reform efforts are underway in every corner of New York’s health insurance system —Medicaid, the commercial market, and Medicare,” ...

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NYSHealth Report Finds Insurer-Hospital Contracts Hinder Competition and Transparency

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12/19/2016

... strategies. Hospitals that are part of a hospital system with a large market share are generally higher-priced as a result of the power of that hospital system in contract negotiations, regardless of the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative is Closing Gaps in Health Data in 19 Countries

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04/12/2017

Data for Health is a four-year $100 million initiative aimed at improving health data in 19 low- and middle-income countries spanning Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.

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ACHA Would Break Apart What Is Working in New York

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05/25/2017

... broad, and meaningful, effects on our entire health care system . Over the decades the State has combined Medicaid’s ... health care needs, it would weaken our entire health care system . As the U.S. Senate now...

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After A Decade, George E. Thibault, MD to Step Down as President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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07/12/2017

... with contemporary health needs and a changing health care system . A major feature of this alignment has been the ...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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Sloan Foundation Among Funders of New Report Outlining Research Agenda for Microbiomes, Indoor Environments, And Human Health

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08/16/2017

... and fungi that enter a building through its air and water system , are found on pets, plants, and rodents, and is in ...

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Science

New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... medical practices, so if we want to reorient the system toward value, we should start as far upstream as we ... that will eventually reach all corners of our health care system ." The program will mirror...

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Novo and Surdna Foundations Key Backers in Push to Build Community Wealth

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04/04/2018

The NoVo Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and Kendeda Fund are key backers BALLE’s flagship program, the Local Economy Fellowship

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