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Reform of Health Care Has New Ally; National Coalition to Put $40 Million; Behind Advocacy
By GUY BOULTON An array of unions and liberal activist groups in Wisconsin have joined a national coalition that plans to spend $40 million to push for health care reform, particularly universal coverage, in the coming election. The Health Care for America Now coalition, a…
Author: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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ITNAmerica Awarded $3.45 Million Grant for National Development
ITNAmerica Awarded $3.45 Million Grant for National Development. 90 Bridge Street Westbrook, Maine 04092. Westbrook- ITNAmerica, the national non-profit organization with a mission to support the replication of Greater Portland’s Independent Transportation Network® (ITN), will receive a $3.45 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to…
Author: ITNAmerica
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Eight Cities to Receive Funding to Reduce the Number of Uninsured Children
Washington, D.C. – To help implement local outreach efforts to enroll children and families in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the National League of Cities (NLC) today awarded grants and technical assistance to eight cities. The Cities Expanding Health Access for Children and…
Author: National League of Cities
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PHI Establishes National Policy/Advocacy Office in DC
Bronx, NY – PHI, a nonprofit working to strengthen eldercare and disability services in the United States, announces that it has opened a national policy/advocacy office in Washington, DC. The opening of the DC-based office caps a year in which the Bronx-based PHI has significantly…
Author: PHI
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Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School
The Youth Development Institute (through the Fund for the City of New York) is an Atlantic grantee. by Peter Kleinbard What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility: a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to…
Author: Youth Today
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Rockland wins $100,000 grant, kicks off its piece of national youth collaborative initiative
By Randi Weiner WEST NYACK – Rockland is one of four counties in New York to get money for a national program designed to help prepare kids for adulthood by improving the quality of youth programs already in place and getting those hundreds of separate…
Author: The Journal News
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New National Collaborative Aims to Improve Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color
Improving Outcomes for Boys and Men of Color: New National Collaborative Aims to Identify and Share Best Practices and Fund Cross-Cutting Academic and Community-Based Research A new multifaceted effort, RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color, has launched to identify…
Author: University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Calls on the Government to Develop 'A Comprehensive and Robust National Dementia Strategy'
Maurice O’Connell (left) CEO of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland & Dr. Diarmuid O’Shea, HSE Clinical Director for the Elderly National Dementia Strategy needed urgently as dementia demographics in Ireland set to treble by 2041. The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has called on the Government…
Author: The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
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Reasons for Supplementary Budget for the Republic of Ireland
A supplementary budget for the Republic of Ireland contains tough but necessary measures to set the country on the road to recovery after a difficult recession, said Brian Cowen, Taoiseach for the Republic of Ireland, in this speech. Original Source Ceann Comhairle Yesterday, the Minister…
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Commitment to Service, Volunteerism
COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, VOLUNTEERISM; COMMITTEE: HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABORCQ Congressional Testimony Statement of Harris Wofford Former Senator United States Committee on House Education and Labor February 25, 2009 Let me first thank Chairman Miller and Ranking Member McKeon for convening this hearing on national service and…
Author: CQ Congressional Testimony