Results List
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NUIG allocated first UNESCO-sponsored post
Source: Irish Times
by LORNA SIGGINS ANY GOVERNMENT keen to save money will ensure that continued support is given to preventative and early intervention services for children in potential difficulty and there is an "overwhelming economic argument" for such an approach, according to Prof Pat Dolan, who…
Resource type: News
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President McAleese launches 'Preparing for Life'
Source: Northside Partnership
A unique early intervention programme which provides services to support parents to ensure that a child is ready for school on a social and emotional level will be launched today by President Mary McAleese at the Darndale and Belcamp Village Centre.Co-ordinated by the Northside Partnership,…
Resource type: News
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Special Invitation - Quality Peer Learning Community call - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Source: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
The APAN Online Community extends an invitation for you to join their next Quality Peer Learning Community call on Wednesday, July 9th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, featuring guest speaker Dr. Claudia Weisburd, Executive Director of the Center for Afterschool Education at…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy Working with Government: A Case Study of The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Partnership with the Irish Government
Source: Richard Boyle / Institute of Public Administration
Atlantic’s work in the Republic of Ireland between 2003-2014 positively contributed to the development of government policy and practice, especially in the areas of service delivery for children and older adults, according to a study by the Institute of Public Administration. Researchers say Atlantic had…
Resource type: Case Study
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Evaluation of a Programme to Help Parents of Teenagers
Source: Institute for Child Care Research, Queen’s University Belfast
Parenting teens can be tricky and confusing. One of the few rigorously-evaluated programmes to help parents tackle those challenges has demonstrated convincing evidence of its effectiveness, researchers reported. The programme — Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen — is a potential model for more countries than Northern Ireland, where…
Resource type: Research Report
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The State of our Union in Crisis: Widening the Lens of Children and Families
Keynote speech by Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, given at the Annual Conference of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. This is an extraordinary moment to gather and reflect, as we have planned to do…
Resource type: Speech
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces 20 Impact-Driven Leaders as its 2019 Atlantic Fellows
Source: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Selected from across the United States and South Africa, the new Fellows will join an enduring transnational network of leaders working across issues, approaches and geographies to challenge anti-Black racism and build the policies, institutions and narratives needed…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Quietly Closes Its Doors in Ireland After 30 Years of Philanthropy
Source: The Irish Times
Chuck Feeney's 'historic act of extraordinary generosity' financed transformational change.
Resource type: News
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One Year Into My Brother's Keeper – What We've Done and What's to Come
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Kavitha Mediratta Head of Racial Equity Programs The Atlantic Philanthropies As today's reports from President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative and the Executives' Alliance for Boys and Men of Color make clear, tremendous work has been done in the past year. And much more…
Resource type: News
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Reforming School Discipline Policies to Improve Children's Success
Source: Grantmakers In Health
By Kavitha Mediratta Head of Racial Equity Programmes, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent months, we have seen an outpouring of protest by communities of color against aggressive policing and the trauma and violence these tactics engender. A similar phenomenon is occurring in our schools, where…
Resource type: News
