Results List
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Too Close for Comfort? Obama and the Foundations
Foundations should take a stance of engaged and critical discomfort with government no matter who is in charge, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Hudson Institute-Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center. I am always glad to take…
Resource type: Speech
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Building a Movement for Elder Women’s Advocacy
Source: The Womens Foundation of California
A report offers three key recommendations for California advocates and policymakers to follow to ensure that elder women age with well-being, dignity and economic security, according to this report on The Elder Women’s Initiative, a 2008 effort to build a movement led by elder women…
Resource type: Research Report
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Purpose Prize recognizes work of baby boomers
Source: Los Angeles Times
The Purpose Prize and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. Life doesn’t stop once you turn 60. For some, that's when life begins. That’s the message a think tank is trying to convey with the Purpose Prize, an award that commemorates the work of baby boomers…
Resource type: News
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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…
Resource type: News
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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
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Repairing Our Broken Justice System
Source: The Nation
By Gara LaMarche. This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation. Since the levees burst in New Orleans and the interstate bridge collapsed in Minnesota, much has been written and said about the need to repair the nation's infrastructure, too much…
Resource type: News
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Rising Costs for Nonprofits Overlooked in Healthcare Proposals
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Independent Sector is an Atlantic grantee. Nonprofit organizations are upset that Congress and the Obama administration have not addressed their rising healthcare costs in the healthcare reform proposals being floated on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reports. The main bill proposed in the House…
Resource type: News
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Youth camps, classes heated up summer
Source: Local Initiatives Support Corporation / New Communities Program
Original Source By Maureen Kelleher and Richard Muhammad As you get closer to the gym at Reavis elementary school in Bronzeville, the music, singing, clapping and chanting swells. Inside, Marisa Cordeiro, a capoeira instructor, leads children through exercises in the Brazilian martial art - using…
Resource type: News
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Parents Scramble as Ax Falls on After-School Programs
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Original Source Afterschool Alliance and The After-School Corporation are Atlantic grantees. By SUE SHELLENBARGER A critical safety net for working parents is unraveling, and many are bracing to pay a hefty price. As schools open their doors this month and next, closings and cutbacks at…
Resource type: News
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Program to support at-risk students
Source: Times Record News (Wichita Falls)
Original Source United Way International and Communities in Schools are Atlantic grantees. By Judith K. McGinnis Any number of things can affect a student’s school performance. Raging hormones. Conflicts at home. Experimenting with drugs or alcohol. A new pilot program funded by the United Way…
Resource type: News