Results List
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Improving Access to Health Care for Older Adults
Source: National Senior Citizens Law Center
The National Senior Citizens Law Center is launching a new campaign to use strategic litigation and administrative policy advocacy to protect low income older adults’ access to affordable health care. The campaign is supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Now is a time when legal advocacy…
Resource type: News
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How Engaged Americans See Foundations
Engaged Americans expect a lot from foundations and outline their expectations in this report commissioned by the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative. These citizens - individuals who hold a staff leadership position in an organisation working on community or social issues - are looking to foundations to…
Resource type: News
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Columbia Journalism Review Announces First Ever "Encore" Fellowship for Journalists
Source: Poynter Online
Four Leading Downsized Journalists Will Spend Nine Months Writing for CJR and Preparing for the Next Phase of Their Careers. Civic Ventures is an Atlantic grantee. NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2009 - The Columbia Journalism Review has selected four leading journalists as the first group…
Resource type: News
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USAction to Mark Ten Years of Building National and Grassroots Progressive Leadership
Source: USAction
Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. Tenth Anniversary Progressive Leadership Awards to honor those who have helped build our movement and moved us closer to comprehensive health care reform. USAction will celebrate its tenth anniversary at its annual Progressive Leadership Awards Gala…
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Aurora chosen for national senior care project
Source: The Business Journal of Milwaukee
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…
Resource type: News
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Long-Term Care Consumer Voices Strengthened
Source: PR Newswire
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.…
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National Hispanic Council on Aging Urges Healthcare Reform and Geriatrics Training as Older Americans Reach 20% of Population
Source: National Hispanic Council on Aging
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…
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Capturing the Dreams of Young Entrepreneurs on Film
Source: The New York Times
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…
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National Public Education Support Fund
$1,828,240
Resource type: Grantee
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Maine Grant to Expand Insurance to Direct-Care Workers
Source: PHI International
PHI is an Atlantic grantee. An $8.5 million federal grant to the state of Maine will expand health coverage to Maine's direct-care workers. The grant, which was announced on September 3 by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, will also cover seasonal workers,…
Resource type: News