Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites
Release Date:
08/08/2017
... The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) released today a comprehensive report and accompanying toolkit for its ...
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Mastercard's Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines
Release Date:
08/10/2017
... of these same firms to apply big data and analytics to a different set of issues, which are not solely focused on ... good. One such firm is Mastercard, which describes itself as a technology...
Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact
Release Date:
08/14/2017
... Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social change, a group of asset managers and ...
He Played the Long Game: David Rockefeller's Philanthropy and Legacy
Release Date:
08/22/2017
... on March 20, at the age of 101, the New York Times ran a full-page obituary about his life and career. The article ... the last remaining grandson of John D. Rockefeller stands as a key...
Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project
Release Date:
08/23/2017
... to affect health. The Microbiome Immunity Project is a new, IBM-facilitated (NYSE: IBM) citizen science project by ... interaction may contribute to autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, Crohn's...
United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care
Release Date:
08/24/2017
... Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care The report includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about ... alone were both skilled and had time enough to do the job as reasons for folks refusing home...
The Commonwealth Fund Reports on Medicaid Expansion's Effect on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending for Low-Income Families
Release Date:
08/25/2017
... Families The Commonwealth Fund recently released a study using data from the federal Consumer Expenditure ... — conventional Medicaid or waiver rules — did not have a statistically significant effect on these...
Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... recommendations for the embattled project. His input is a necessary step in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure ... (ULURP), which developers BFC Partners are in the midst of as part of a...
A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That a Rollback Is Imminent
Release Date:
09/07/2017
A DeVos Speech on Title IX Heightens Advocates’ Fears That ... Advocates have viewed the issuance of that letter, which used the gender-equity law known as Title IX as a...
In Nighttime Tweet, Trump Offers Mixed Message on Immigration
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... But even for him, the nighttime tweet on Tuesday was a head-turner. Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump had scrapped his ... illegal immigrants from deportation on the grounds that a president does not have the...
US States Embrace Baby Boxes
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world— a statistic often credited to its famous “baby boxes.” ... mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a...
Mexican Women Stand Up to Cyberattacks and Vicious Digital Violence
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... women-only online security workshops in 2016 to have a safe space to discuss and address digital violence. Today, ... campaign began meeting in 2013 and launched Ciberseguras as a blog to...
Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... Foundation, hopes so. He outlined his vision at a recent program at the Overseas Development Institute amid “ a global mood of institutional distrust,” according to ... of the influential foundation in January...
New York City Wants To Know: How Effective Is Its Training For Pre-K Teachers?
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... all 4-year olds, officials have banked on teacher training as a key way to ensure that quality keeps up with access. About ... York City’s high-profile program, the results could be used to...
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid The ... Uniform Land Use Review Procedure through which a zoning change becomes law. As City Limits reported, the rezoning...
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize competition. The Empowering People Award, first given ...
NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... The research also found that the ACA likely led to a decrease in demand for VA care. Without the ACA coverage expansions, veterans would have used more VA health care: an estimated 125,000 more office ...
Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... data gaps, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has created a three-year, $80 million initiative to generate more ... design and targeting of programs and policy interventions. As part of that effort, the...
In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation
Release Date:
09/18/2017
In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to ... to dawn during Bloomberg’s tenure: “If even somebody as powerful and committed as him couldn’t...
Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site The power to zone is a key mechanism New York City has to leverage private ... moderate income New Yorkers. That’s the mechanism being used at the Pfizer site in Brooklyn,...