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SHOWCASING THE SUCCESS OF A GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMLIFE Camp is a gun violence intervention and prevention organization in Southeast Queens that emphasizes customized wraparound services to prevent violence in at-risk communities and address the specific needs of each community. The organization enlisted …
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Leveling the Playing Field: The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and Tax-Exempt Borrowing by Nonprofit Colleges and UniversitiesAs part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, non-hospital nonprofit organizations were subject to a $150 million cap on tax-exempt debt outstanding. This federally-imposed constraint was lifted by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. This paper examines how this …
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Student Spotlight: Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025)Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025), chair, Wagner Black Student Association (BSA) Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of public service? I am from Piscataway, New Jersey, and I am a proud first-generation college student. …
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President Biden to Nominate Professor Lily Batchelder for Tax Policy PositionPresident Biden has nominated Lily Batchhelder, Affiliated Professor at NYU Wagner and Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Taxation at NYU School of Law, for the position of Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy in the U.S. Treasury Department. The White …
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Financial Management and Public FinanceExplore economic principles and how they influence financial decisions. You'll analyze market trends, evaluate economic policies, and apply economic theories to real-world …
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A pedagogical model for increasing race-related multicultural counseling competencyResearch suggests advances in students’ multicultural competence following multicultural counseling training. Increasingly, however, multicultural counseling courses have emphasized self awareness, which has increased the affective demands of these …
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Causal effects in non-experimental studies: Re-evaluation of training programsThe need to use randomized experiments in the context of manpower training programs, and in analyzing causal effects more generally, has been a subject of much debate. Lalonde (1986)considers experimental data from the National Supported Work (NSW) …
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Optimal Resource Allocation for Defense of Targets Based on Differing Measures of AttractivenessThis article describes the results of applying a rigorous computational model to the problem of the optimal defensive resource allocation among potential terrorist targets. In particular, our study explores how the optimal budget allocation depends on the …
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Testing Equivalence of Mediating Models of Income, Parenting, and School Readiness for White, Black, and Hispanic Children in a National SampleThis paper examines complex models of the associations between family income, material hardship, parenting, and school readiness among White, Black, and Hispanic 6-year-olds, using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K). It is …
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Microfinance and Social InvestmentThis paper puts a corporate finance lens on microfinance. Microfinance aims to democratize global financial markets through new contracts, organizations, and technology. We explain the roles that government agencies and socially-minded investors play in …
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Efforts to Improve Public Policy and Programs Through Improved "Data Practice": Experiences in Fifteen Distressed American Cities"Philanthropies and government agencies interested in children's issues are encouraging localities to improve the process of collecting, linking, and sharing microdata and aggregated summary statistics. An implicit assumption of these efforts is that …
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Academic Achievement Among Formerly Homeless Adolescents and Their Continuously Housed PeersThis study examined the school experiences and academic achievement of 46 adolescents in families who experienced homelessness and 87 permanently housed adolescents whose families received public assistance. Measures taken after the homeless students were …
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Twenty-Something: Down and Out in the Other America?In recent years the factors influencing young people's transition to adulthood have become much more problematic. This edited collection of papers from Pennsylvania State University's fifth annual Family Symposium explores the main issues involved in this …
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The Impact of Poverty on the Mental Health and Development of Very Young ChildrenThe basic facts are increasingly well-known. Young children (under 6 years of age) have the highest poverty rates of any age group in the United States (Shirk, Bennett, & Aber, 1999) and in most other major Western industrialized democracies (Rainwater & …
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Housing Production Subsidies and Neighborhood Revitalization: New York City’s Ten Year Capital Plan for HousingA perennial question in housing policy concerns the form that housing assistance should take. Although some argue that housing assistance should be thought of as a form of income support and advocate direct cash grants to needy households, others favor …
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Ellen Schall Experience Fund (ESEF)Action Against Hunger Akilah Institute Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Asian Development Bank Beijing Forever Henghuaï Technology Co., Ltd. Cause Strategy Partners, LLC Center for an Urban Future China Center for Urban Development China General Chamber …
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Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment (SI3) SpecializationLearn how to deploy entrepreneurial approaches, whether within existing organizations or by launching and scaling ventures that prioritize social good alongside financial returns, developing solutions to address pressing global and local …
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Assessment of Gaps and Needs of Access to Basic Infrastructure Services for the Poor in ChileThe Inter-American Development Banks (IADB) Building Opportunity for the Majority initiative, launched in June 2006, identified that inadequate access to basic infrastructure services (water, sanitation, electricity, urban transport and rural roads) …
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A Fresh Look for Governors IslandIn the past, various plans have been proposed to develop Governors Island, however all have relied heavily on government support. This study intends to present a plan that will create a public space devoid of any outside financial support so that …
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Notes from the Underground: The Mass Transit Response to TerrorismPublic transportation security became a main focal point after the September 11 attacks. How public transportation agencies responded to the attacks provides unique case studies for transportation planners and managers. With transit systems open and …
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"Our World" Global Youth QuestionnaireThe 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 …
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"Our World" Global Youth QuestionnaireThe 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 …
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Recycling in NYU Abu DhabiNew York University is developing a full scale campus in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that will admit its first class of students in the fall of 2010. The development and operation of New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) will embody the values of New York …
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Community Interim Site Use Plan for the Hunts Point Riverside Campus for Arts and the EnvironmentTHE POINT Community Development Corporation is focused on youth development and community revitalization in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. THE POINT asked the Capstone team to develop an interim site plan for an undeveloped land parcel that it …