Results List
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New Mexico ISS Convening Remarks
Source: Jackie Williams Kaye
Remarks of Jackie Williams Kaye, Strategic Learning & Evaluation Executive, The Atlantic Philanthropies, at the New Mexico Convening of Integrated Services in Schools (ISS). I am very happy to be here on behalf of Atlantic together with my colleagues Mini, Nicole and Alice. Alice Duff…
Resource type: Speech
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Elev8 Baltimore Review
Source: Elev8
The Elev8 Baltimore Review, a publication from Atlantic grantee Elev8 Baltimore, shows how its range of programs are changing the odds for children, youth, and families in East Baltimore. From after-school and summer enrichment programs to vital school-based health services and resources that help parents…
Resource type: Research Report
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Bringing Health Care Services to Rural South Africa
Dr. Lungile Hobe treats a patient. Photo: UYDF Half of South Africa’s population live in rural areas, but only 12 per cent of doctors practice there. Dr. Lungile Hobe often accompanied her mother, a nurse, to the local hospital in rural Mseleni; these childhood visits…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Atlantic’s Children & Youth Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland is Catalyst for Change
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Children & Youth Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland has been a catalyst for change in encouraging government investment in evidence-based prevention and early intervention programmes, according to this evaluation commissioned by Atlantic. In June 2009, The Atlantic Philanthropies published an evaluation…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Sustainable Models of Practice and Legacy Effects
Source: Queen's University Belfast
How can grantees sustain the impact of their work — especially after their funding ends? This series of research reports identifies sustainability practices and skills that have enabled Atlantic’s grantees in Northern Ireland to continue their work after the foundation ceased funding their operations. The reports draw on the experiences of organizations…
Resource type: Research Report
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School-Based Health Centers in an Era of Health Care Reform: Building on History
Source: The University of California, San Francisco, Department of Family Health Care Nursing
School-based health centres (SBHCs) play an important role in improving the health and well-being of youth, according to an article in Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care Journal prepared by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Family Health Care Nursing.…
Resource type: Research Report
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Using Long-Range Planning to Fix a Long-Term Problem
The Dublin suburb of Tallaght West is on the Irish Government’s short list of socially and economically disadvantaged areas. Not surprisingly, services for children in this neighbourhood are limited and fragmented. Local preschools can accommodate only 300 of the 1,500 applicants. Policy and practice in…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Atlantic Insights: Government Partnerships & Engagement
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
As detailed in this new Atlantic Insights, partnering and engaging with government was a key strategy in the foundation’s work to provide people with opportunity, dignity and equity. The volume’s three case studies show how Atlantic engaged with government to help: Keep U.S. students off the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Northern Ireland (United Kingdom): Implementing Joined-up Governance for a Common Purpose
Source: OECD Public Governance Reviews
An assessment conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) of Northern Ireland’s public reform agenda credits the Atlantic Philanthropies with helping the government in its ongoing efforts to to transform and reform its public services to better meet the needs of its citizens.…
Resource type: Research Report
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Enhancing Funders’ and Advocates’ Effectiveness: The Processes Shaping Collaborative Advocacy for Health System Accountability in South Africa
Source: The Foundation Review
This Foundation Review article, authored by by Barbara Klugman and Waasila Jassat, examines five Atlantic-supported advocacy efforts designed to improve access to quality health care for all South Africans and reduce health inequities across the country. Atlantic supported five organizations that, individually and sometimes collaboratively, advocated to improve the quality…
Resource type: Research Report