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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

... health care. New Mexico’s rate dropped the most between 2013 and 2016, from 28 percent to 13 percent. A dozen other ... Island, Washington, and West Virginia. The uninsured rate for children under age 19 also...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington as Executive Vice President

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01/19/2018

... globally. Previously, Pennington served as vice president for the foundation's programming on Education, Creativity, ... confident that this new leadership role—with Hilary in it —will make the foundation...

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National Security Expert Sally Donnelly Joins Rockefeller Brothers Fund as Senior Fellow

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04/12/2018

... her career as a journalist with TIME , where she worked for more than 20 years. She reported on foreign affairs and ... entered public service in the Department of Defense, first for the Chairman of the Joint...

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Research Funded By The Commonwealth Fund Shows Overdose Risk Quintuples With Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use

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06/22/2018

... published today in JAMA Network Open. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends against ... who are prescribed opioids also fill prescriptions for benzodiazepines. Both drugs have sedative...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces 14 Finalists In The Running For Its 2018 Public Art Challenge

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07/18/2018

... Philanthropies Announces 14 Finalists In The Running For Its 2018 Public Art Challenge Bloomberg Philanthropies ... Bloomberg Philanthropies and Mayor of New York City 2002- 2013 . “The Public Art Challenge...

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Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker to Receive 2018 Director’s Award

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07/30/2018

... Garden at Cooper Hewitt. “With a courageous vision for fighting social inequality, Darren has long been a champion of design as a democratizing force for good and a problem-solving catalyst for...

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ASPCA, NYPD Unveil New Mobile Command Post for Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad

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09/04/2018

ASPCA, NYPD Unveil New Mobile Command Post for Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad The police and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals unveiled a new ... with a four-month pilot program in...

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Salesforce.org Announces $18 Million in Grants Towards Bay Area Education, Homelessness and Cleanliness at Dreamforce 2018

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09/25/2018

... computer science expansion, wraparound support for newcomers, and college access programs. This latest ... $50 million in donations to Bay Area public schools since 2013 . To combat family and youth...

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Mike Bloomberg Visits Gary, Ind. for a Conversation about Community Building through the Arts

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10/09/2018

Mike Bloomberg Visits Gary, Ind. for a Conversation about Community Building through the Arts ... Bloomberg Philanthropies and Mayor of New York City (2002- 2013 ), at “ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen,” for...

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New York State Health Foundation-Funded Research Aims to Reduce Gun Violence in Rochester, New York

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11/06/2018

... from the New York State Health Foundation, RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts ... of shootings that occurred in Rochester between 2010 and 2013 were linked to retaliatory...

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Karen B. Peetz Elected to Guardian Board of Directors

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04/25/2019

... of directors. Ms. Peetz serves on the boards of directors for Ingersoll Rand, Johns Hopkins University and the Global ... Prior to her appointment as President in January 2013 , Ms. Peetz led BNY Mellon's...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Brandon Cox as Director of Communications

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04/07/2022

... the downtown area and an increase in general fund dollars for school construction. Brandon also expanded the Mayor’s ... attending Virginia Commonwealth University, including the 2013 gubernatorial campaign of...

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Jonas Center Achieves Goal with 1,000 Doctorally Prepared Faculty, Clinical Leaders in All States

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10/26/2015

... Clinical Leaders in All States The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare announced that it will achieve its goal to prepare 1,000 nurse faculty and ... of services, and lowering costs nationwide.”...

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New FORE-Funded Report from the National Academies: Benefits and Challenges of Integrating SUD Prevention in Primary Care

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10/03/2022

... adolescents. The report from the National Academies for Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Family-Focused ... messengers and have many opportunities to screen teens for problems and offer support. Experts...

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20 Jul 2012

New Opportunities for Undocumented Youth: One Step Closer to the Dream

Friday, July 20, 2012 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... that undocumented students will soon be eligible to apply for deferred action. Although not a pathway to permanent ... will allow qualifying young people to remain in the U.S. for two years to study and work,...

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18 May 2017

Monthly Immigration Policy Calls: Recent Policy Developments and Their Impact - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, May 18, 2017 -

4:00pm to 5:15pm

... a deadline on whether to extend temporary protected status for 50,000 Haitians or whether to deport them. Join our ... Project Tom Jawetz , Vice President, Immigration, Center for American Progress Aryah...

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Donor-Advised-Fund Tool Sends Gifts Directly to Charities

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04/09/2013

... in collaboration with other donor-advised funds and 10 charities that have piloted the application. Charities can now make it easier for donors to make gifts from donor-advised funds by using...

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