Results List
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Aurora chosen for national senior care project
Aurora Health Care was one of six sites chosen by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University to participate in a program to shape health care for senior citizens nationwide. Through the Medicare Innovations Collaborative, Aurora Health Care will provide technical expertise…
Author: The Business Journal of Milwaukee
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Survival of the Fittest?
Charities, foundations struggle over restructuring in sour economy. By Ben Gose. For years, many foundation leaders and nonprofit experts have argued that the nonprofit world is bloated and in bad need of consolidation. The deep recession seems likely to fulfill that vision — even though…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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University of Limerick receives €6.7m in donations
University of Limerick Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Anne Sheridan EVEN in times of hardship people’s generosity towards the University of Limerick seems to know no bounds. The latest figures submitted to the Companies Registration Office reveal that the University of Limerick Foundation, which…
Author: Limerick Leader
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Long-Term Care Consumer Voices Strengthened
NCCNHR is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NCCNHR (formerly the National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform) announced today the launch of a major strategic planning process which will help strengthen the organization’s role as a voice for individuals receiving long-term care.…
Author: PR Newswire
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Hate Campaigns Can’t Block Overdue Steps Toward Fair Treatment of Immigrants
Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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UN: HIV spreading faster than treatment in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are rolled out, despite a 39% hike in treatment access, UNAids said on Wednesday. The number of people receiving Aids treatments in the region, where two-thirds…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Achievement gaps narrowing in US schools since No Child Left Behind
The Center on Education Policy is an Atlantic grantee. A new study looked at student performance in all 50 states since 2002, when No Child Left Behind Act took effect. The focus: achievement gaps for minority and low-income students. By Amanda Paulson, Staff writer of…
Author: Christian Science Monitor
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Harlem Children's Zone for Chicago?
Original Source LISC Chicago, ISS (now Elev8), and Harlem Children’s Zone are Atlantic grantees. Posted by Lorraine Forte In Government and Policy Three Chicago neighborhoods are taking the first steps toward potential replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone, the highly-praised program that provides education and…
Author: Catalyst Chicago
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National Hispanic Council on Aging Urges Healthcare Reform and Geriatrics Training as Older Americans Reach 20% of Population
The National Hispanic Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — National leaders are meeting in Washington for the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) conference Oct. 6-7 to urge Congress to support healthcare reform and address the growing need for…
Author: National Hispanic Council on Aging
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Capturing the Dreams of Young Entrepreneurs on Film
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship is an Atlantic grantee. By MICKEY MEECE MARY MAZZIO, a filmmaker who had already produced one movie about entrepreneurs, decided to make another on the subject last year, this one inspired by the work of a nonprofit group focused on at-risk…
Author: The New York Times
