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Boston University's Institute for Geriatric Social Work Awarded $3.1-million Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Colin Riley (Boston) Boston University’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), a national leader in training social workers in competencies related to aging, has received a five-year, $3.1-million extension grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) to continue the institute’s trail-blazing efforts to prepare the…
Author: Boston University
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Social work alleviates poverty
Yesterday, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Atlantic Philanthropies Organisation in Viet Nam and UNICEF signed a memorandum to define the roles and responsibilities of the partners taking part in the project. The memorandum concerns capacity building for MOLISA for partnership development,…
Author: Viet Nam News
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Foundation Center Launches Tool to Visualize Impact of Philanthropy
The New York City-based Foundation Center has announced the launch of a data visualization tool to help grantmakers, policy makers, researchers, and others better understand the impact of philanthropy around the world. Philanthropy In/Sight allows registered users to create customized Google maps to explore giving patterns,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Grant to CACE
$1.9 Million Grant to Improve Afterschool Professional Development and Programs NEWS RELEASE The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Foundations’ Center for Afterschool and Community Education 1.9 Million Grant to Improve Afterschool Professional Development and Programs Moorestown, NJ, January 9, 2006 CACE, the Center for Afterschool and Community…
Author: Center for Afterschool and Community Education at Foundations
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First Year of Center for Afterschool Excellence Program a Success, Report Finds
The first year of the Center for After-School Excellence’s certificate program saw a high level of participant satisfaction and a relatively high level of completion, a new report from Policy Studies Associates finds. Launched in 2007, the one-year program enables staff who serve New York…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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The United States and the World Since 9/11: Less Safe and Less Free
One result of the Bush Administration’s striking combination of ineptitude and contempt for law and government is a growing shelf, on its way to becoming a library, of books that chronicle and analyze the ways in which constitutional rights and international law have been assaulted…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Not-So Sweet Home Alabama: What Alabamians Are Saying About Their State's New Immigration Law
Kassi Cruz picks tomatoes in Steele, Alabama, on October 3, 2011. Cruz decided to pitch in to help after the majority of migrant workers left after the new Alabama immigration law took effect last week. By Center for American Progress Immigration Team Alabama has reawakened…
Author: Center for American Progress
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Improving Access to Health Care for Older Adults
The National Senior Citizens Law Center is launching a new campaign to use strategic litigation and administrative policy advocacy to protect low income older adults’ access to affordable health care. The campaign is supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Now is a time when legal advocacy…
Author: National Senior Citizens Law Center
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National Geriatric Home Health Care Quality Program Offers New Tools and Discussion Forums Through an Expanded Web Site
June 30 expansion of CHAMP Program web site includes new online community features, best practices, resources, and tools 01 Jul 2009 New York, NY (PRWEB) July 1, 2009 – To improve the quality of home care services for older persons, the Center for Home Care…
Author: Center for Home Care Policy & Research
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Statement on the Devastating Effects of the Ryan Budget
The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) released the following statement regarding U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget resolution. “U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget resolution is not a balanced approach to deficit reduction. In fact, it contains little real deficit…
Author: Center for Public Policy Priorities