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NYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) is a top-tier academic medical center located in New York City, and the hospital has been a member of the U.S. News and World Report hospital honor roll since 2012. NYU Langone Cancer Center is looking to improve its …
NYU Langone Medical Center
Affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools, New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is one of the largest hospitals in New York City. Of NYP’s 44,764 patients discharged from January – May 2015, 3,509 (7.8%) were readmitted within 30 days. Among the …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
NYU Langone is an academic medical center located in New York City, and the Patient Experience department is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction, identifying unmet needs and values of patients and visitors, and identifying system issues that …
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York-Presbyterian (NYP) Hospital is a university hospital in New York City. NYP’s nursing leadership and key stakeholders recognize the importance of providing efficient, safe, and cost effective methods of delivering medications from the point of …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
A leader in medical education, research, and patient-centered care, New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) consists of six core campus sites plus several regional affiliated hospitals. Recently, NYP and five select regional hospitals agreed to change their …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
The effective management of Length of Stay (LOS), or the duration of a single episode of hospitalization, is critical to ensuring positive patient outcomes as well as managing hospital resources effectively. In order to reduce LOS, it is imperative to …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Determine the Long-Term Financial Sustainability of the Emergency Department Care Management Program
New York City’s integrated health care system, New York City Health and Hospitals (H+H) Corporation, serves approximately 1.4 million New Yorkers annually, 479,000 of whom are uninsured. In September 2014, H+H was awarded a three-year $17.9 million grant …
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is one of the world’s oldest and largest public health agencies. The mission of the DOHMH Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) is to increase the preparedness of healthcare …
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response
A nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of New Yorkers facing life-limiting illnesses, Metropolitan Jewish Health System (MJHS) Hospice and Palliative Care created a community-based palliative care program eight years ago. MJHS’s most …
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
Community Access is a nonprofit organization committed to helping individuals with mental health issues make the transition from shelters and institutions to independent living. The organization’s Howie the Harp Peer Specialist Training Program (HTH) …
Community Access
DaVita is one of the major dialysis care providers in the United States and has the largest dialysis chain organization in New York. In addition to providing dialysis care, DaVita takes an active role in educating patients and lobbying for policy reforms …
DaVita
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery (DOS) at Montefiore Medical Center provides comprehensive care for all orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions. The DOS consists of ten subspecialties and five surgical facilities, treating more than 130,000 patients …
Montefiore Medical Center
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing preservation and development agency in the nation. HPD promotes quality housing and thriving neighborhoods through preservation and development …
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Brownfield sites occur where soil contaminants exceed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cleanup objectives. Clusters of Brownfields present a challenge to redevelopment, particularly in lower income communities where extrinsic …
New Partners for Community Revitalization
With state and federal dollars, healthcare providers are increasingly incentivized to address the socioeconomic factors leading to poor health through partnerships with community-based social service organizations (CBOs). Yet access to such financial …
CAMBA
Four out of every five New York City rush-hour commuters travel using public transportation, making the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) perhaps the single largest source of greenhouse gas avoidance in the nation. MTA’s …
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Headquarters
The largest community board in the Bronx, Bronx Community Board 9 (CB9), serves the communities of Bronx River, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Parkchester, Park Stratton, Soundview/Bruckner, and Unionport. CB9 is currently conducting a long-term …
Bronx Community Board 9
The Station Alliance is a nonprofit, privately funded organization established to improve the environment of New York City’s subway stations. The Station Alliance requested a Capstone team to identify ways to upgrade the condition of the stations and …
Station Alliance
Bloomberg Associates is an international consulting service founded by Michael R. Bloomberg in 2014 as a philanthropic venture. Directed by a team of globally recognized practitioners, Bloomberg Associates collaborates directly with mayors to help …
Bloomberg Associates
Sunset Bay Community Services (SBCS) provides early childcare options for Sunset Park, a Brooklyn neighborhood with the highest birth rate in New York City and mainly comprised of new immigrants. SBCS is currently looking to open additional childcare …
Sunset Bay Community Services
Based in Washington, D.C., Z Street Consulting is a shared services consulting firm for federal government clients. In an era where federal government agencies face increased demands to do more with less, senior administrators seek to reduce management …
Z Street Consulting
Voya Financial helps Americans plan, invest, and protect their savings for retirement. An integral part of Voya is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which is carried out through the Voya Foundation. The Voya Foundation reinvests in the community …
Voya Financial
By educating and empowering youth, Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), powered by Students for Service, brings food equity to urban communities where good nutrition and healthy food access are significant challenges. In TFFJ’s unique after-school program, …
Students for Service
Reach the World (RTW) was founded in 1998 to make the benefits of travel and global education accessible to K-12 students in New York City. Partnering with the Gilman and Fulbright Scholarship programs, RTW connects university students and recent …
Reach the World
Founded in 1886, Johnson & Johnson is one of the world’s oldest and most trusted providers of consumer care products. Over the last decade, however, Johnson & Johnson has faced significant challenges in shaping perceptions of the health, safety, and …
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
An agency of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for coordinating the U.S. government’s response to disasters. Its mission is to ensure that the nation is adequately prepared for, protected …
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions provides safe and responsible financial services to underserved communities. Since 1974, the Federation has been promoting financial inclusion by organizing, supporting, and investing in …
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
The Administration of Children’s Services (ACS) is a New York City government agency that ensures children’s safety and well-being, as well as family stability. Among other responsibilities, it ensures child welfare by overseeing services that support …
New York City Administration of Children’s Services
Habitat for Humanity New York City (Habitat NYC) serves low- and middle-income working families in New York City by building affordable and quality homes and rebuilding homes devastated by natural disasters. New York City has a long history of providing …
Habitat for Humanity New York City
The New York Choral Society (NYChoral) is a vibrant musical community which believes in the power of music to impact lives and enrich the cultural life of New York and beyond through its world-class and creative performances. Since strategic fundraising …
New York Choral Society
In accordance with the Mayor’s One City: Built to Last climate action plan, New York City aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city buildings by 80% from 2005 levels by the year 2050. Complying with this plan poses unique challenges to each member …
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs & New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) works to provide safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods, and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure. Pavement management is a key part of this …
New York City Department of Transportation
Opening Act (OA) provides free after-school and extracurricular programs to high-need New York City public high schools without theater and arts programs. Founded in 2000, the organization strives to help students develop leadership, commitment, …
Opening Act
Created in November 2013 to enhance and coordinate leadership development and national scholarship opportunities across New York University (NYU), the NYU Leadership Initiative works with students, faculty, and administrators on several academic programs. …
New York University Leadership Initiative
Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) was established in 1967 to fight poverty and seek racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. As part of its mission, LSNYC’s Learning Center offers legal education workshops to attorneys, paralegals, and …
Legal Services NYC
The Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) brings together community organizations, government agencies, local businesses, and community residents to connect probation clients who live in target neighborhoods to opportunities, resources, and services. …
New York City Department of Probation
While leaders across city government have a strong desire to significantly increase the number of internships available to high school students, there are competing views about the specific objectives of these internships. Career and Technical Education …
Objectives for CTE Internships for New York City High School Students
Federal data indicates that almost 20% of the U.S. adult population is living with a mental or emotional disability. People With Disabilities Foundation (PWDF), a San Francisco-based nonprofit, has been providing public education and advocacy services …
People with Disabilities Foundation
The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) is a city agency that promotes the well-being of immigrant communities. It aims to ensure that immigrant small business owners are aware of the city services available to them and that these services …
New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
When every website requires users to create a different username and password for online access, remembering login information can be challenging. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) believes users should be able to reuse the same …
National Institute of Standards and Technology
GallopNYC, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic horsemanship programs to children and adults with disabilities, has an ambitious plan to expand its programs to serve more people across New York City. This expansion involves setting up new …
GallopNYC
Founded in 2005, Hidden Sparks aims to meet the needs of diverse learners within Jewish day schools both in and beyond New York City. Its pedagogy and model, informed by the work of educational researcher Mel Levine, provides educators and administrators …
Hidden Sparks
Enterprise Community Partners (ECP) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending housing insecurity through strategic investment, partnerships, and advocacy for improved housing policies. Considering New York City’s growing senior population …
Enterprise Community Partners
Citizens Union is one of New York City’s oldest civic watchdog organizations. Since 1897, it has worked to ensure fair and open elections, honest and efficient government, and a civically-engaged public. In 2014, Citizens Union released a blueprint for …
Citizens Union
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has brought world-renowned programming in theater, dance, music, opera, and film to New York City for more than 150 years. The organization is programmatically diverse, with more than 32 departments submitting all …
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Representing the outreach arm of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Episcopal Charities provides grants and support for over 90 program sites in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Programs range from children’s education and skills building to meals …
Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York
Since 1967, Legal Services of New York City’s Brooklyn programs have provided legal advocacy and information on a broad range of topics to low-income residents. Working on behalf of both individual clients and client groups, Brooklyn Legal Services (BLS) …
Brooklyn Legal Services
Common Cause NY provides a voice for citizens in support of open, honest, and accountable government at all levels. Community Votes, a nonprofit organization, partners with community-based social service organizations to conduct nonpartisan voter …
Common Cause NY & Community Votes
Founded in 1971, the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is one of New York’s leading housing and homeless services providers. With its $68 million budget, BRC operates 27 programs designed to help clients achieve self-sufficiency. Last July, BRC contracted …
Bowery Residents’ Committee
Break a Difference (B.A.D.) is a fiscally-sponsored nonprofit organization whose mission is to make positive impact in communities by engaging individuals through service. Working with the United Way, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and other local …
Break A Difference