Capstone Projects
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The Office of Children and Family Services serves New York by promoting the safety and wellbeing of children, families, and communities within the State. The purpose of this Capstone project was to look comprehensively at parent education programs …
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
In most public school systems, teacher pay is based solely on level of education and years of teaching experience. Unlike professionals in other fields where performance is a factor in determining compensation, teachers have little economic incentive to …
(Research)
Maisha Film Lab empowers East African filmmakers to articulate their visions by providing them with access to world-class film training. Over the past five years, more than 250 East African filmmakers have participated in Maisha's intensive film labs, …
Maisha Film Lab
New York City’s government employees receive centralized training from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and decentralized training from their respective agencies. DCAS has taken minor steps toward determining the feasibility of a …
New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
New York City’s government employees receive centralized training from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and decentralized training from their respective agencies. DCAS has taken minor steps toward determining the feasibility of a …
New York City Department of CitywideAdministrative Services
4th Avenue is a key through road connecting Downtown Brooklyn to the Verrazzano Bridge, beginning at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. Schools, churches, and auto repair shops shape the character of the 6.2 mile long avenue. Recognizing …
Office of Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz
The Capstone team was asked by Gouverneur Treatment and Diagnostic Center to conduct a prevalence study and needs assessment for the conditions of obesity or being overweight in the patient population. The team first took a random sample of demographic …
Gouverneur/Bellevue WeightManagement Initiative
The Capstone team was asked by Gouverneur Treatment and Diagnostic Center to conduct a prevalence study and needs assessment for the conditions of obesity or being overweight in the patient population. The team first took a random sample of demographic …
Gouverneur/Bellevue WeightManagement Initiative
Uri L'Tzedek is a social justice organization that seeks to engage, empower and inspire the Orthodox Jewish community to create a more just world. Dedicated to combating suffering and oppression, Uri L'Tzedek creates discourse through community based …
Uri L'Tzedek
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has taken the lead on developing a Global Forum on Local Development, which is expected to be held in Africa in October 2010. This international event is intended to trigger a series of concrete …
United Nations Capital Development Fund
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) engaged a Capstone group to assess interim strategic planning outcomes of PADETOM, a UNCDF program in Nicaragua. The program's objective is to build the capacity of municipalities in the Rio San Juan …
United Nations Capital Development Fund
This study examines the influence of state policies and political ideology on Medicaid enrollment among low-income legal immigrants. The welfare reform legislation of 1996 changed welfare policy in the U.S. and had a profound impact on legal immigrants …
Research on Immigrants
Malaria No More (MNM) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to ending malaria deaths through communications and prevention campaigns throughout malaria-endemic Africa. MNM is working on an initiative to introduce Rapid Diagnostic …
Malaria No More
CIVITAS is a memberbased nonprofit organization serving the Upper East Side and East Harlem communities for the last 30 years on a variety of initiatives in the areas of zoning, transportation, streetscape, and environmental quality. With the assistance …
CIVITAS
"In America's urban centers, high concentrations of poverty, large immigrant populations, and overtaxed public health systems converge to make reproductive health policy an issue of critical need. To begin a dialogue on best practices in urban …
"New York City Council, Policy and Investigations Division"
Rich in history, diversity, economic activity, cultural institutions, and local support, the Astoria and Long Island City, Queens, waterfront is ripe for rediscovery. From the East River, the preponderance of industry along this waterfront is apparent. At …
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance: Long Island City/Astoria
Rich in history, diversity, economic activity, cultural institutions, and local support, the Astoria and Long Island City, Queens, waterfront is ripe for rediscovery. From the East River, the preponderance of industry along this waterfront is apparent. At …
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance: Long Island City/Astoria
The federal government collects user charges in order to link the costs of providing certain goods and services to those who most directly benefit from them. Because of the nations renewed interest in creating new revenue streams, the United States …
United States Government Accountability Office
Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) is the international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United States. The global food crisis has highlighted the need for the international community to address food insecurity in …
Episcopal Relief and Development
Sustainable Long Island (SLI) is a nonprofit organization that works with Long Island communities to revitalize their economic centers. SLI engages community members, elected officials, and civic leaders through a comprehensive Visioning Process to create …
Sustainable Long Island
Sustainable Long Island (SLI) is a nonprofit organization that works with Long Island communities to revitalize their economic centers. SLI engages community members, elected officials, and civic leaders through a comprehensive Visioning Process to create …
Sustainable Long Island
New York City’s most recent mayoral election yielded the lowest voter turnout since 1969 with only 26 percent of the 4.1 million registered voters casting a ballot. The Voter Assistance Commission is responsible for identifying under-registered segments …
New York City Campaign Finance Board
The purpose of this Capstone project was to create a case study on water and sanitation development in Cuenca Ecuador, based on loans from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the Cuencan water utility company called ETAPA. To evaluate these …
Inter-American Development Bank
Amidst the substantial changes in the international development arena in recent years are calls for greater coherence and effectiveness of global assistance to developing countries. The Millennium Development Goals, with specific targets and indicators, …
World Health Organization