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Found: Older Volunteers to Fill Labor Shortage
This New York Times article features two Atlantic ageing programme grantees — Civic Ventures and the Rose Community Foundation. Both organisations engage older people in encore careers and volunteer positions that combine personal meaning and social impact to solve society’s greatest problems. The Rose Community Foundation received a re-grant…
Author: The New York Times
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Finally, some good news on the uninsured
By Anne Dunkelberg and Eileen Garcia and Laura Guerra-Cardus New data from the U.S. Census Bureau on health insurance coverage confirm what parents all over Texas will tell you: Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are lifelines for our state’s children. While unemployment has doubled since 2007, the…
Author: The Houston Chronicle
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Not Just a Numbers Game: Budget Cuts Threaten Those Already Struggling
“Oh, I really feel we’ve been led up the garden path…We are the people that worked. We put this country on its feet, and we’re the people that are being hit every which way.” – Diane, age 81, in Dublin, Ireland Across many of the geographies…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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What's at Stake -- No, Who's at Stake in the Great Supreme Court Case?
By Jennifer Ng’andu, Deputy Director, Health Policy, National Council of La Raza It’s probably the hottest seat in Washington, D.C. — and you can’t buy tickets to it. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable…
Author: National Council of La Raza
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Teaching Kids Whole-Life Skills
At the Arts and Technology Academy in Northeast, sex education is taking a distinctly different tack. Moving far beyond anatomy, educators at the charter school are using what they call an “above the waist” approach to help prevent teen pregnancy. Teacher Willa Reinhard walks around…
Author: Washington Post
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Beyond the classroom
Original Source by Phuong Ly Middle-grade students at Reavis Elementary in Kenwood are learning Brazilian martial arts. Perspectives Charter Middle School at Calumet in Auburn Gresham wants to require students to learn to swim. Ames Middle School in Logan Square will have a garden and…
Author: Catalyst Chicago
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Bold Advocacy: How Atlantic Philanthropies Funded a Movement
By Naomi Rothwell The dramatic story of the recent American health care reform movement – and how foundations had a hand in changing history – has not been widely told. Starting in 2008, Atlantic Philanthropies and others helped fund an extraordinary campaign to push for…
Author: GrantCraft
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Nursing and Dental Faculty and Students Engage in Oakland School-Based Clinics
Karen Duderstadt with students at James Madison Middle School (photo by Elisabeth Fall) By Martha Ross Two eighth-graders come running into the health clinic at James Madison Middle School in East Oakland. The boys have an emergency of sorts. They want to know if they can borrow…
Author: UCSF Science of Caring
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The group that got health reform passed is declaring victory and going home
The Washington Post’s WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the “bold” decision by…
Author: The Washington Post
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Elev8 New Mexico Releases Legislative Update
Lt. Governor Diane Denish and the NM Children’s Cabinet hosted three days of advocacy focused on children and youth during the first three days of this year’s 30-day legislative session. “Invest in Children, Strengthen New Mexico” was the message carried by hundreds of children, youth…
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