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New York University’s Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing to Receive AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award
New York University’s Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing to Receive AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award at National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Washington, D.C. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing identifies and shapes best practices for care of older adults Visionary Leadership Award from the…
Author: The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing
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Suit Over Legal Aid Advances in New York
By William Glaberson. New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that a broad class-action suit challenging the state’s system of providing public defenders can move forward because there are enough signs that the system is failing poor people. The 4-to-3 ruling by the State Court of…
Author: The New York Times
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Marchers hit streets calling on Obama to act immediately on federal immigration reform
By Sophia Tareen.CHICAGO (AP) — Protesters nationwide vented their anger over a new Arizona law to crack down on illegal immigrants by calling on President Barack Obama to immediately take up their cause for federal immigration reform.From Los Angeles to Washington D.C., activists, families, students…
Author: The LA Times
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Bring Odd Bedfellows Together to Promote Social Change, Foundations Urged
By Caroline Preston. Gara LaMarche, president of Atlantic Philanthropies, began a session on social-justice philanthropy here today with a light-hearted nod to what he called the “not uncontroversial” nature of the term social justice. The conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck recently likened social justice to…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Insurers to Comply With Rules on Children
By Robert Pear. WASHINGTON — Under pressure from the White House, health insurance companies said Tuesday that they would comply with rules to be issued soon by the Obama administration requiring them to cover children with pre-existing medical problems. “Health plans recognize the significant hardship…
Author: The New York Times
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Achievement program looks to keep kids from getting lost in middle school
‘Scholars’ spend time with ‘mentors’ in afternoon, evening Higher Achievement is an Atlantic grantee. By Liz Bowie. At first the idea of regularly staying after school until 8 in the evening seemed “cool” to 11-year-old Kaelah Williams, but then the reality sank in that she…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Pittsburgh Foundation's new plan embraces advocacy
By Bill Zlatos The Pittsburgh Foundation is broadening its grantmaking — delving into the environment and advocacy — so it can become more of a community leader. “The public face of The Pittsburgh Foundation has been youthful, curious, positive, optimistic and exuberant — a kind…
Author: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
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U.S. Department of Labor awards $10 million to train older workers for jobs in growing industries
Original Release: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20090890.htm WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $10 million in funding to organizations that connect older Americans to career opportunities. The Aging Worker Initiative: Strategies for Regional Talent Development is designed to train workers aged 55 and older for jobs in…
Author: U.S. Department of Labor
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Warring Sides on Health Care Carry Their Fight to TV and Radio Ads
Original Source Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The battle over the future of health care has taken to the airwaves, with interest groups spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on television and radio advertisements supporting or…
Author: The New York Times
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Plus 50 Initiative to expand to meet training demands
The Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is expanding to meet the growing training and career development demands of older individuals who may have to prolong retirement or go back to work because of the tough economy. “The expansion of…
Author: Community College Times