Results List
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Research led by NUI Maynooth proves the Power of Positive Parenting
Source: Archways / Incredible Years programme
Archways and the Incredible Years programme are Atlantic Children & Youth Programme grantees via the Clondalkin Partnership. Archways, is today (Monday, 21st Sept) launching the first set of findings from the Incredible Years BASIC parent training programme for children aged 3-6yrs. The Incredible Years (IY)…
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Affordable Health Care for All Is Within Grasp Now – If We All Rise to the Moment
Source: Gara LaMarche
President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night was a critical turning point in the fight to achieve quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Reform is within reach if we stay involved, work together and make our voices heard over the…
Resource type: News
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Tricky Road Ahead for Innovation Fund
Source: Education Week
Original source Teach for America and Grantmakers for Education are Atlantic grantees. By Erik W. Robelen Federal education officials will face a variety of obstacles in running a $650 million innovation fund, from an expected flood of applications and concern about favoritism in picking winners,…
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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…
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S. Africa Embraces Study Critical of Health Policy
Source: The New York Times
Original Source Several organisations involved in this report are Atlantic grantees: Save the Children, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria, and University of the Western Cape. Funding for this publication was provided by Saving Newborn Lives/Save the…
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Lancet: Leadership needed to fight SA violence
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
Original Source Save the Children, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria, and University of the Western Cape are Atlantic grantees. Funding for this publication was provided by Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children USA through a grant from…
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Newsmakers: Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source KIPP and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees. Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation The Obama administration has thrown down the gauntlet to educators and legislators to fix "an education system that used to be...the best in the world, and no longer…
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Obama, Progressives and Health Care Reform
Source: The Huffington Post
Original Source Health Care for America Now and the Center for Community Change are Atlantic grantees. In the last few weeks, a variety of groups have been more forthright in expressing criticisms of the Obama administration now that it is more than half a year…
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Cornell makes cancer vaccine for clinical use
Source: Cornell University
Original Source: http://www.pressoffice.cornell.edu/pressoffice/releases/release.cfm?r=29722 Cornell University, the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the Cancer Research Institute are Atlantic grantees. ITHACA, N.Y. - The Bioproduction Facility at Cornell University has produced the first batch of NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein-a cancer vaccine that will be used in clinical…
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A Nonprofit Push for Change
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Coalition of groups band together in battle to overhaul health care Original Source Health Care for America Now, Families USA, the American Cancer Society and AARP are Atlantic grantees. By Suzanne Perry As members of Congress fan out across the country during their August recess,…
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