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Surveying the State of Volunteerism in the American Jewish CommunityRepair the World’s mission is to inspire and build a movement that makes service a defining element of American Jewish life, learning, and leadership. Repair connects Jewish Americans to meaningful volunteer opportunities, and builds the capacity of …
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Assessing Medicaid Managed Care in Eastern StateThis case examines the expanding role of managed care programs in improving health care for the poor while controlling runaway health care costs. The case asks what the commissioner of health in a large eastern state should do to effectively monitor …
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A Philanthropy Tackles Growth In Health Costs At The State LevelSlowing the rate of growth of health spending is as critical a goal at the state level as it is at the national level. Philanthropy can hardly address this issue alone, yet it has an obligation to take on big and seemingly intractable problems. The …
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Health Care Delivery in the United States… and access to care? Health Care Delivery in the United States, 8 th Edition discusses these and other core issues in … Health Care Delivery in the United States …
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Budgeting for Climate Change: Obstacles and Opportunities at the US State Level… State governments in the United States are well placed to identify opportunities for … activities represent less than 1% of spending in most states. However, state governments are not clearly …
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New York City and State Tax/Revenue RelationshipCitizens Union Foundation is a nonpartisan organization for good government which ensures New York local and state governments operate in a fair, open, and fiscally sound manner while informing and engaging its citizens. Citizens Union Foundation …
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Quantifying the Benefits of Primary Care Physician Supply in the United States… care physicians improve health outcomes in the United States? A search of the PubMed database for articles … Benefits of Primary Care Physician Supply in the United States …
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City & State Tabs Three NYU Wagner Community Members for 2024 Hudson Valley Power 100The Hudson Valley is a dynamic region with influential leaders shaping its future, and City & State has acknowledged three NYU Wagner alumni among the movers and shakers in its 2024 Hudson Valley Power 100 list. 16. Steven Otis (MPA 1982), New York State …
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Equity and Accountability: The Impact of State Accountability Systems on School Finance… and demographics for every school district in the United States, we examine the effects of state-adopted school … in school finance equity, though we do find evidence that states in which courts overturned the school finance system … se does not appear linked to changes in resource adequacy, states that implemented strong accountability systems did …
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Enrolling Children in Public Insurance: SCHIP, Medicaid, and State Implementation… Budget Act of 1997 established federal grants to the states to create the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). This presented the states with a number of implementation choices concerning … and cost sharing requirements. At the same time, the states were also implementing welfare reform. We describe the …
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POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR A LIVABLE MINIMUM WAGE … third analyzing the behavior of US Senators from select states. The team’s final report also includes a state case …
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The State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods 2004The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods 2004 provides an overview of housing and neighborhood conditions in the City and summarizes recent developments in policy, law, and research related to …
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Evaluating the New York State Brownfield Opportunity Areas ProgramBrownfield 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 …
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Primary care, social inequalities, and birth outcomes in U.S. states… infant mortality and low birth weight throughout the 50 states of the USA. Design: Pooled cross sectional, time … Setting: Eleven years (1985-95) of data from 50 US states (final n = 549 because of one missing data point). … of sociodemographic covariates. Conclusions: In US states, an increased supply of primary care …
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NYU Wagner Alumni Named to City & State's 2025 Above & Beyond: Women ListCity & State ’s 2025 Above & Beyond: Women list honors trailblazing leaders whose work has significantly impacted New York communities. Among this year’s honorees are two NYU Wagner alumni, Elisabeth Wynn and Lourdes Zapata, who have made remarkable …
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THE STATE OF ORAL HEALTH AND PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF RINSINGJohnson & Johnson is one of the world's oldest and most trusted providers of oral care products. Over the last decade, Johnson & Johnson has faced significant challenges in increasing public awareness of the oral health benefits of mouthwash. As a result, …
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The Impact of the Strength of State Renewable Portfolio Standards on Wind Energy Development… Public concerns are growing in the United States about the impacts of fossil fuel-based energy. In … capacity, the renewable source with the most growth. But states differ greatly in the strength of their RPS and in the … mandate. As awareness of global warming increases, and as states compete for the economic development benefits of …
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Flying under the radar? The state and the enforcement of labor laws in Brazil… obvious solutions. To understand how developing country states can ensure reasonable levels of labor standards …
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Recent improvement and projected worsening of weather in the United States… As climate change unfolds, weather systems in the United States have been shifting in patterns that vary across … considered together. Here we show that in the United States from 1974 to 2013, the weather conditions experienced … and projected worsening of weather in the United States …
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Fiscal Stimulus or Debt Relief: The Effect of Federal Pandemic Aid on State and Local PensionsBetween 2020-2021, the U.S. federal government passed four major pieces of legislation that included nearly $1 trillion in aid to state and local governments. One concern with distributing federal stimulus in the form of intergovernmental transfers is …
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The Impact of State Variations in Vehicle Mix: The Impact on Traffic Fatalities… of variations in the vehicle population across the United States. In 1975, Congress passed the Energy Policy and … (CAFE) standards on passenger cars sold in the United States, which effectively set the goal of doubling the … almost 50 percent of the registered vehicles in the United States. Researchers have concluded that passenger cars have …