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Study Identifies Aging Hispanic Workers as "Invisible Boomers"
Source: New America Media
Original Source New America Media, AARP and the Urban Institute are Atlantic grantees. EthnicNEWz.org, News Report, Eduardo A. de Oliveira Hispanic workers 50-Plus are a vigorous group of “invisible boomers,” who could help employers solve projected labor shortfalls in the coming years, according to a…
Resource type: News
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Cisco Commits $4.5 Million to City Year to Curb High School Dropout Crisis
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source City Year is an Atlantic grantee. Cisco Systems and the Cisco Foundation have announced a pledge of $4.5 million in new funding to City Year's Whole School Whole Child program. The foundation will donate up to $1.5 million over the next three years to enhance the…
Resource type: News
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Downturn Puts a Chokehold on Those Caring for Family Members
Source: The New York Times
by JOHN LELAND Teresa Denk is 59 years old and lives with her father, a former mechanic who is 92 and requires constant care. Ms. Denk has not held a full-time job since 2000, when her mother developed cancer and required her daughter's full-time care.…
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Keep kids' brains active to avoid summer drain
Source: Sacramento Bee (California)
The National Center for Summer Learning is an Atlantic grantee. by Niesha Lofing School may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean knowledge gained during the year needs to be lost forever. Summer brain drain is a real phenomenon -- and a lurking…
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Minister Andrews opens Forum promoting more effective services for children and families
Source: Forum on Prevention and Early Intervention for Children and Youth
Forum on Prevention and Early Intervention for Children and Youth a joint initiative by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and The Atlantic Philanthropies Croke Park, Dublin Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Barry Andrews TD, said that prevention and early…
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Research sheds new light on why pancreatic cancer drugs fail
Source: University of Cambridge
Original Source An international team of scientists, led by researchers based at the Cambridge Research Institute, have discovered a new mechanism that may explain why pancreatic cancer patients are often resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment, germcitabine. The study, published in the journal Science today,…
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Philanthropists Set Spending Deadlines
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Original Source By SHELLY BANJO A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions to ensure urgent global needs are addressed in a timely way. By granting the entirety of funds within a certain period of time, these charitable efforts are looking…
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TAC Statement on new cabinet appointments and resources for health
Source: Treatment Action Campaign
The Treatment Action Campaign is an Atlantic grantee. TAC E-Newsletter The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) welcomes the appointment of Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi as the Minister of Health, and the re-appointment of Dr. Molefi Sefularo as the Deputy Minister of Health. Both the Health Minister and…
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The Age We Live In
Source: The Irish Times
Original Source Trinity College Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. CLAIRE O’CONNELL reports on the rationale behind a new study on ageing in the Republic which has just been launched WHAT IS it really like to grow old in Ireland? A major new study, which launched…
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Communities in Schools Mentoring is a golden opportunity
Source: Montgomery Herald
Montgomery Herald Communities in Schools is an Atlantic grantee. by Linda Beaulieu The Golden Opportunity Mentoring Program truly is a golden opportunity for the 83 youngsters in grades four through eight who currently have mentors. CIS records from last school year provide hard evidence of…
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