Results List
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Centre for Policy Studies
$119,297
Resource type: Grantee
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Atlantic’s Culminating Grants: Cultivating Change
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
In his latest instalment in a series chronicling Atlantic’s limited life, Tony Proscio at the Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society conjures the image of a harvest to describe our work in Atlantic’s final years. The metaphor is apt. We want to…
Resource type: News
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Prevention and Early Intervention Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Source: Mathematica Policy Research
Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic's investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children's prevention and early intervention…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Report on Ageing and Work Finds Government Policy Creates a Threat to Older People
Source: Older and Bolder
Report on Ageing and Work finds Government Plans to extend Retirement Age without focus on work policies creates a threat to older people. A new paper released today (May 10th) outlines the barriers to employment that older people face in Ireland. The report Ageing, the…
Resource type: News
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Foundations Put New Emphasis on Communications, Report Says
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
By Grant Williams. More and more foundations are paying increasing attention to the role of communications in furthering their public-policy work "in ways that go far beyond the annual reports, press releases, and grant lists of yesteryear," according to a new study of 18 foundations…
Resource type: News
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USC Alum First to Receive New Fellowship
Source: USC News
As a staffer for the U.S. Senate, Gretchen Alkema will continue to research long-term care for the chronically ill. Original Source By Athan Bezaitis USC Davis School of Gerontology graduate Gretchen Alkema PhD '07 has been named the first 2008-09 John Heinz/Health and Aging Policy…
Resource type: News
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Ireland slow to integrate migrants into schools
Source: Irish Times
AMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs CorrespondentIRELAND IS among the least prepared states to help new immigrants enter the school system and do well in their studies, an international study has claimed.The Migration Policy Index, which compares integration policies in 31 countries, concludes that “boom time funding…
Resource type: News
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How the Center on Budget Will Shape the Future
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Atlantic is supporting the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to establish a new Institute for proactive policy development and implementation work on longer-term priorities regarding budget, revenue, safety-net, and social insurance policies that benefit low- and moderate-income families and individuals and are fiscally…
Resource type: Video
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European Anti-Discrimination Law Review
Source: Migration Policy Group
The European Anti-Discrimination Law Review, prepared by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field, provides an overview of the latest developments in European anti-discrimination law and policy.The Review is published biannually and edited by Human European Consultancy and the Migration Policy Group,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Recognise Key Role of Migrant Care Workers in Our Ageing Society
Source: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society
Migrant workers play a vital role in the care of older people in the United Kingdom but they face poor pay and working conditions that the government must address to ensure fair treatment for the workers, according to this report funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: Research Report
