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In 2008, the World Health Organization estimated that 63% of global deaths were due to Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), mainly cancers, chronic respiratory or cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In response, the United Nations General Assembly Special …
United Nations Development Programme: HIV, Health and Development Practice
The nonprofit organization NYCRx assists entities that are eligible for the 340B Federal Discount Drug Program in implementing and managing the 340B programs in New York. As part of recent NY Medicaid redesign, NY State has allowed 340B entities to …
NYCRx
The Institute for Rational Urban Mobility (IRUM) was seeking to reactivate four-miles of railroad track running through central Queens. The plan called for a track reactivation design solution and the creation of a direct connection from the Midtown …
Institute for Rational Urban Mobility
The Capstone team worked with Mercy Home for Children, a Brooklyn nonprofit serving the developmentally disabled, to enhance their ability to sustain current and obtain new program funding sources. The team first conducted individual interviews with …
Mercy Home for Children
Scholars at Risk (SAR) is an international network of institutions and individuals working to promote academic freedom and to defend the human rights of scholars worldwide. Founded in 2001, SAR is now at an inflection point in both its scale and services. …
Scholars at Risk Network
Serving over three million New York City residents, the Human Resources Administration (HRA) is the largest social services department in the nation. Investigations, Revenue & Enforcement Administration (IREA) is the investigative arm of HRA, uncovering …
New York City Human Resources Administration
The Capstone team partnered with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit institution, to identify areas where open data systems and collaborative arrangements via technology can add public value to the regulatory job of government …
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sauti Yetu (SY) is a community-based nonprofit in the South Bronx. Their Girls Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (GELI) aims to empower African immigrant girls through academic tutoring, facilitated peer connections, and holistic support. The Capstone …
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women
The City of Newburgh, a town of 30,000 residents located on the Hudson River about 60 miles north of New York City, requested assistance in measuring its government performance. The Capstone team partnered with the City; Pattern for Progress, a local …
Mount St. Mary College, Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, and the City of Newburgh, New York
The 52nd Street Project (The Project) is a community-based arts organization that connects kids from the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood with professional artists to create original theater productions. Facing increasing pressure from funders to demonstrate …
The 52nd Street Project
LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP) is a national civil rights organization, founded in 1972, that focuses on defending the civil and human rights of Latino communities. The organization was seeking a formal method to objectively capture the experiences and …
Developing a Human Resources Tool
Times Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square Alliance, presents leading contemporary art and performances to Times Square’s 400,000 daily visitors; cultivating the creativity, energy, and edge that has made Times Square a national icon. …
Times Square Alliance
Child Mind Institute (CMI), an organization dedicated to finding effective treatments for childhood psychiatric and learning disorders, requested a Capstone team to assist in the creation of a Parent Excellence Program (PEP). The team focused on …
Child Mind Institute
The Division of Special Education (DSE) in Washington, D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent (OSSE) oversees special education within the D.C. Public Schools and Public Charter Schools. In 2011, D.C. adopted the Funding for Public Schools and Public …
Washington, D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education
The New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence was formed in 1992 in order to improve the State’s response to and prevention of domestic violence. In 2007, an Executive Order was issued by the Governor that set guidelines for Domestic …
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers (CBSBB) is a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring services to New York City’s children regardless of religious affiliation. The unique program focuses on strengthening each child’s entire family by providing …
Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers
Community Voices Heard (CVH), an advocacy organization led by low-income people working to improve the lives of poor communities in Harlem, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie, engaged the Capstone team to find game-changing economic development models that can …
Community Voices Heard
The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council) is one of New York City’s largest human service agencies, providing thousands of New Yorkers with critical services and assistance in their fight against poverty. As part of an organizational effort …
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
In an effort to strengthen the infrastructure of the nonprofit community serving foster children in New York City, the Capstone team worked with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to compare the strategic planning, quality improvement, and …
New York City Administration for Children's Services
Repair the World is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making service a defining element of American Jewish life, learning, and leadership. Repair the World is poised to move from grant making to program implementation, and has identified a gender …
Repair the World
Housing Works, a nonprofit dedicated to helping those affected by HIV/AIDS, operates Thrift Shops around the New York City area. Housing Works requested the Capstone team to analyze existing sales, staffing, and customer survey data in order to inform its …
Housing Works Thrift Shops
The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project (MARP) faces budgeting maintenance and designing programming challenges for their soon-to-be-constructed plaza at Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Business Improvement District (BID). The Capstone team was engaged to draft a …
Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project
Despite their increasing prevalence in funding and guiding public policies, there has never been an attempt to thoroughly document the scope and universe of public-private partnerships in New York City. Citizens Union, a government watchdog group founded …
Citizens Union
The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that increases opportunities for adults with low literacy skills and limited English language proficiencies by offering professional development training and technical …
Literacy Assistance Center