Capstone Projects
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In the past decade, academic institutions have begun to pay increasing attention to societal challenges and their role in contributing to their solutions. Social responsiveness (SR) - scholarly based activities with projected outcomes that contribute to …
University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences and New York University
The Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC) is a nonprofit community development organization based in Harlem. This Capstone project provides a policy analysis focused on expiring use, distressed Section 8 properties. The policy analysis and resulting …
Abyssinian Development Corporation
Established in 1999, Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) is a program of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Its mission is a faith-driven ministry welcoming immigrants into churches and communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal …
United Methodist Committee on Relief, Justice for Our Neighbors Program
"The Division for Public Administration and Development Management of UNDESA examines issues of public administration, public finance, and public management at the United Nations. The Capstone team was enlisted to conduct research about citizen engagement …
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is an international think tank and advocacy organization that seeks to protect Jews and other minorities by promoting pluralism, democracy and human rights throughout the world. With concerns of continuity weighing …
American Jewish Committee
Safe Space is a nonprofit organization serving over 20,000 children and families in New York City who are dealing with a range of complex issues, including child abuse and neglect, substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health concerns. Safe Space …
Safe Space
The first three months of the residents time was spent working with the Chief Operating Officer at Ramsay Health Cares Cooperate Office. Most of the residents projects involved working with the planning and development department and consisted of …
Ramsay Health Care Cooperate Office and Greenslopes Private Hospital
Citizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a nonprofit, multi-issue, child advocacy organization that works to secure every childs birthright to be healthy, housed, educated, and safe. CCC requested a Capstone team to assist them in a project examining …
Citizens Committee for Children of New York City
The administrative residency at St. Vincents Hospital, Manhattan, is a project-based experience designed to expose the resident to key areas in hospital operations and administration. The projects ultimately involve identifying and implementing …
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical CentersSt. Vincents Hospital, Manhattan
The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc. (CVMHA) represents community-based mental health agencies in New York State. State government provided this sector with only three Cost Of Living Adjustment increases in the past twelve years, …
The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc
The resident rotated through all departments as mandated by the NYS Department of Health and worked directly with the Administrator and all department heads. Her residency duties involved observing the day-to-day functions of departments, attending upper …
Silvercrest Extended Care Facility
The Capstone team produced a report examining the planning context and feasibility of a Sing Sing Historic Prison Museum within the walls of the active Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The report is part of a comprehensive resource package for community …
Village of Ossining, Westchester County Department of Planning
Between 2000 and 2005 the median rent and home value of Staten Island's Community District 1 increased by 33 and 110 percent, respectively, outpacing the only 11 percent increase in median household income. The combination of accelerated housing costs and …
Enterprise Community Partners
The Capstone team was asked to analyze the potential impact of the New York State Medicaid reforms proposed by the Senate Medicaid Reform Task Force, the Governors Working Group on Medicaid Reform, and the Fiscal Year 2004 Executive Budget on the …
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation's Office of Planning & HIV Services
Public concerns are growing in the United States about the impacts of fossil fuel-based energy. In recent years, 21 state legislatures have enacted Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) to help promote the transition to alternatives. An RPS is a mandate …
The Institute for Urban Family Health is a not-for-profit health care organization whose mission is to improve the quality and availability of family practice services in response to the needs of medically underserved populations. The resident was …
The Institute for Urban Family Health
Since 1999, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has been an institutional organizer of the Global Forum on Reinventing Government, which in 2007 will focus on the theme Building Trust in Government. To contribute to this forum, and to the …
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) is a Geneva-based NGO that works with countries to set health research priorities and assess capacity and capacity-building needs for health research. The Capstone team is working with COHRED to …
Council on Health Research for Development
Created in 1986, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) is the largest federal funding source for the development of affordable housing. The program has financed over 1.8 million affordable units targeted towards a range of income levels, all …
After many studies conducted during the 1970s found that a lower drinking age had an effect upon the number of motor vehicle crashes involving teens, many stakeholders began to call for an increase in the minimum legal drinking age. While many states …
Reporting to the director of the healthcare system, the resident participated in and contributed to various projects, including a prospective patient safety assessment; preparation for a JCAHO survey; preparation of policy fact sheets; coordination of the …
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
The resident concentrated most of her efforts on data collection and analysis and participated in the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the Environmental and Infection Control Committee. She also helped develop grant proposals, white papers, and …
SUNY College of Optometry
The Capstone team presented an analysis of a leading nonprofit organizations (LNPO) post-September 11 trends in visitorship and benchmarked these trends in comparison with other similar organizations and attractions. The team offered recommendations for …
A Leading Nonprofit Organization
Between 1946 and 1964, 77 million children were born, creating a baby boom. In 2007, the oldest members of this generation will turn 61 and edge nearer to the traditional retirement age. Yet just as this generation has changed American cultural …
United Hospital Fund