Capstone Projects
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The residents first two months were spent working with the Associate Director of Quality Management preparing and planning for the 2002 JCAHO Survey, followed by the NYSDOH Article 28/CMS Title 18 Survey. The residents duties entailed updating manuals, …
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
In a funding climate where nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly accountable for quantifying the successes of their programs, the Capstone team developed both qualitative and quantitative criteria that the New York Junior League (NYJL) can use …
The New York Junior League
"The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy conducts research, policy evaluations, education, and training on policy issues relating to land around the world. The Institute has international studies programs that focus specifically on Latin America, the …
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The International Center of New York (ICNY) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching English as a second language and New York culture to immigrants, refugees, and other newcomers. The Capstone team was brought in to achieve four objectives: 1) …
International Center of New York
Girls Quest is a nonprofit organization in New York City that works with girls from low income families, offering programs that are designed to build academic and social competence. The organization works to achieve its mission by offering outdoor …
Girls Quest
Effective interactions between attending physicians and house officers in a teaching hospital are of great importance to patient care quality and successful medical education. The Capstone team worked with the Chief of Medicine at the New York University …
New York University Hospitals Center
United Jewish Organizations of Brooklyn (UJO) has been addressing the human service needs of Brooklyns Jewish community since 1967. Since scarce data is available which describes the health care needs of the Chassidic community in South Williamsburg, UJO …
United Jewish Organizations of Brooklyn
The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a nonprofit organization providing financing and technical assistance for nonprofit organizations. NFF, in its mission to help realize a strong and well capitalized nonprofit sector, requested a Capstone team to develop …
Nonprofit Finance Fund
Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), a $900 million certified home healthcare agency, serves more than 100,000 patients annually in New York City and is the largest nonprofit agency of its kind in the nation. Currently, VNSNY is focusing on …
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
The Diabetes Management Project at Gouverneur Health Services helps mostly low-income patients with diabetes to man-age their illness. This project works to control diabetics glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol and ensures that patients haveannual …
Diabetes Project at Gouverneur Hospital
The mission of Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is to encourage and increase the publics awareness and participation in the arts, and to nurture the development of artists and arts and cultural organizations. The BCA is working to establish a creative …
Bronx Council on the Arts
Sharsheret is a national nonprofit organization of Jewish breast cancer survivors that pairs young women facing breast cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s with volunteers who can share their experiences and provide a strong support network. Sharsheret …
Sharsheret
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the not-for-profit humanitarian aid organization of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR works in over 80 countries worldwide to alleviate human suffering resulting from war, conflict or natural disaster. …
United Methodist Committee on Relief: Indonesia Evaluation
CDS International is committed to the advancement of international career training opportunities to provide individuals with in-depth practical knowledge of other nations business practices, cultures, and political traditions. CDS believes these …
CDS International
Based in Kansas City, American Humanics (AH) is a national alliance of colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations. Its mission is to educate professionals to strengthen and lead nonprofit organizations. American Humanics Initiative for Nonprofit …
American Humanics
The World Bank recently completed a survey of living conditions in over 3,700 slum households in Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicated that living conditions (e.g. piped water, sanitation, electricity) in the slums of Nairobi were far …
World Bank
The Brooklyn Family Justice Center (FJC) is part of The New York City Mayors Office to Combat Domestic Violence. The FJC provides coordinated and efficient services to victims of domestic violence with the assistance of community based organizations and …
New York City Mayors Office to Combat Domestic Violence, Family Justice Center
The Jewish Home and Hospital Lifecare Systems (JHHLS) currently provides a wide spectrum of health care and health related services to the elderly population in New York City and Westchester County. With the growth rate of the elderly population currently …
Jewish Home and Hospital Lifecare System
The Capstone team assisted The New York Times (NYT) in developing an international section for its Web site, The Knowledge Network (www.nytimes.com/democracy), which in collaboration with the American Democracy Project, promotes informed civic engagement …
The New York Times Knowledge Network
Microfinance has been used for more than thirty years as a way to provide financial services to the poorest of the poor. Microfinance offers informal banking options and encourages entrepreneurship to help bring its clients out of poverty. This report is …
Fonkoze USA
MOUSE is a nonprofit organization pioneering innovative school programs in support of its mission to be a catalyst for the effective integration of technology in teaching and learning in urban public schools, empowering students and schools to succeed …
MOUSE
Friends of the Birth Center (FBC) is a nonprofit organization striving to create a state-of-the-art green design out-of-hospital birth and womens health center in Manhattan promoting access to midwifery care for all women in New York City. The Capstone …
Friends of the Birth Center
Foreign Defense Procurement and Its Implications for National Security and the Domestic Labor Market
The Congressional Research Service engaged the Capstone team to gain a better understanding of foreign defense procurement and its potential implications for national security and the domestic labor market. Using data acquired from the DD350, the …
Congressional Research Service
The Nativity Mission Center is an all-boys Jesuit middle school on the Lower East Side whose mission is to provide quality education to underserved children. The Capstone team was asked to research how demographic changes may affect enrollment in the …
Nativity Mission Center