Capstone Projects
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The Capstone team conducted an evaluation of Youth Houses in Bosnia, Georgia, and Tajikistan, with specific interest in the programmatic and financial sustainability of the houses independent of United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) support. The …
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
The overcrowded conditions and lack of interior spaces in urban areas can limit infant and toddler learning opportunities and promote family isolation. In order to adequately address this growing concern in the East Harlem community, Project Return …
Project Return Foundation
Leake & Watts, a private, nonprofit agency based in Yonkers, provides social services to vulnerable children and families in New York with the goal of preserving familial relationships and connectedness to the community. Leake & Watts is experiencing …
Leake & Watts Services, Inc.
Musicians Wellness is a start-up non-profit dedicated to meeting the mental and behavioral health needs of musicians through therapy, research, and prevention. Its approach is an innovative mind-body method that helps musicians use their own music and …
Musicians Wellness, Inc.
Blue Ridge Foundation New York operates a venture philanthropy fund that provides intensive support to new, innovative organizations that seek to address important social issues. The Capstone team worked exclusively with two of the Foundations grantees: …
Blue Ridge Foundation New York
The Capstone team researched ways of improving WildCat Service Corporations method of placing clients into various jobs in New York City. WildCat is a nonprofit organization that receives funding from the City and State based on performance-based …
WildCat Service Corporation
The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) is the largest nonprofit alternative-to-incarceration agency in New York State. CASES is interested in demonstrating its cost-effectiveness as a strategy for securing adequate public …
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services
The Capstone team was asked to develop components of an operating plan to establish the PlaySpace Children's Center in East Harlem, an early childhood development facility designed for use by infants and toddlers with their caregivers. In consultation …
Palladia, Inc.
The mission of the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce is to create the business environment necessary to sustain a vibrant economy in the five boroughs of New York City. In the aftermath of September 11th, the Partnership charged the …
New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce
The New York City Mission Society, founded in 1812, is one of New York Citys oldest private human service organizations, providing 25 programs and services in the communities of the Bronx and Harlem. The Capstone team conducted a needs assessment of four …
New York City Mission Society
The Capstone team conducted an exploratory project on survey methods, design, and administration for New York Citys Depart-ment of Youth and Community Development (DYCD). Together with DYCD, the team designed a customer satisfaction survey to be sent to …
Department of Youth and Community Development
Community Board 1 asked the Capstone team to create a livability plan for the neighborhoods surrounding the World Trade Center site. Even before the tragic events of 9/11, the Community Board has worked to develop, grow and improve Lower Manhattan. The …
Manhattan Community Board 1
"Hurricane Katrina devastated whole communities along the Gulf Coast. The storm was particularly damaging to traditionally marginalized neighborhoods in Gulfport, MS, that have long struggled to capitalize upon their assets. The Mississippi Center for …
Mississippi Center for Justice
The purpose of the Our World capstone project is to assist Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and its partners in obtaining global youth perspectives on citizenship, identity, and world peace by coordinating the administration of a global …
Education Development Center
The purpose of the Our World capstone project is to assist Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and its partners in obtaining global youth perspectives on citizenship, identity, and world peace by coordinating the administration of a global …
Education Development Center
"Biloxi, MS, suffered extensive damage during hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Biloxi Housing Authority (BHA) has been spearheading revitalization and rebuilding efforts to restore the vitality and diversity that made Biloxi a great community. While many …
Biloxi Housing Authority and Local Initiatives Support Corporation
"Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC (MARP) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore Myrtle Avenue in the neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, to a bustling, economically vital neighborhood commercial corridor. MARP …
Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project Local Development Corporation
It is generally assumed that the only way for the US to address the threat of terror-ism is to defeat it by military means, and that the US should not and cannot negotiate-ate with terrorists (either because there are no issues to negotiate or terrorists …
Le Laboratoire Reserche Interdisciplinaires Ville Espace Societe
Setting industrial and product standards can have important implications for firms, consumers, industries, and national economies. Automobile standards are a case in point. For nearly a half-century, the Working Party 29 (WP) of the United Nations …
Le Laboratoire Reserche Interdisciplinaires Ville Espace Societe
The Education for Employment Foundation (EFE) works in the Middle East and North Africa to provide disadvantaged youth with the skills needed to improve their economic future and that of their countries. EFE accomplishes this objective by providing …
Education For Employment Foundation
The mission of the Environmental Advocates of New York is to protect the air, land, water and wildlife, and the health of all New Yorkers. Their work includes monitoring the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), New York State’s primary source of funding …
Environmental Advocates of New York
Traditional court-mandated Batterer Intervention Programs (BIPs) bring groups of batterers together to hold them accountable for their actions. However, new research raises questions about the effectiveness of BIPs in addressing domestic violence. The …
New York University Center on Violence and Recovery
Over the past few years, various studies have alternately demonstrated and refuted the ability of foreign aid to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, following the conventional wisdom that identifies growth as the major factor of poverty …
Research on Estimating the Impact of Foreign Aid on Education in Developing Countries
Over the past few years, various studies have alternately demonstrated and refuted the ability of foreign aid to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, following the conventional wisdom that identifies growth as the major factor of poverty …
Research on Estimating the Impact of Foreign Aid on Education in Developing Countries