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Children and Adolescent Participation in Local Government… offices with insight into serving children in the context of decentralization. It supports governments in identifying … to achieve sustainable progress in the fulfillment of children’s rights. To inform technical guidance documents … In the final deliverable, the team assessed existing cases of child and adolescent participation in local government, …
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Expanding Outreach and Impact at a New York City Nonprofit Organization… at Columbia University and Barnard College with the goal of helping them become wellinformed adults who choose to … CBH engaged a Capstone team to determine the interests of Jewish graduate students for programming and community … an online survey, and conducted focus groups. CBH will use the team's findings to develop program recommendations …
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Designing and Aligning Program Models and Organizational Outcomes: A Stakeholder Evaluation… and preliminary survey results. The first step of the project required the collaboration of Rush executives and the Capstone team to identify desired … applications. Finally, in order to promote the continued use and ultimate mastery of the survey tools, the Capstone …
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Research Subject Recruitment Registry Creation and Development… "Despite being named one of only two independent Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the country and the … materials for the online registry to ensure that its use is sustainable. " …
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Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care-Phase I Analysis, Impact, and Projections… (GDTC) Medicaid population base. A 1000 patient cohort of GDTC Medicaid recipients residing within a mandated zip … Following the database analysis, the financial impact of these changes was examined. The Capstone team provided …
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Comprehensive cost study… The NYC Office of Vital Records (OVR), within the New York City Department of Health, is responsible for issuing all NYC birth and death … each year. OVR strives to be the most efficient of the 57 vital records jurisdictions in the United States … NYC Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics …
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A Comparative Analysis: Clinical Outcomes and Cost… whether the program saved money while improving health of individuals with diabetes and hypertension. …
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ReEvaluating Program and Organizational Focus and its Coherence with Current Trends in the Nonprofit Environment… in a similar market. NEF's programs consist mainly of agriculture, education, health care and income generation … gathered information to gain a comprehensive understanding of NEF's current role in the nonprofit community and possible …
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Ten-year Sustainability Master Plan… cooperative located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, is seeking to become a more environmentally … objective was prompted by New York City’s Local Law 33 of 2018, which requires property owners to display building … plan that outlines measures for the reduction of energy use-related carbon gas emissions. …
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Impact Assessment Design… Jordan River Foundation (JRF) aims to improve the quality of life of all Jordanians, particularly women and children, through … impact assessment methodology to measure the effectiveness of its two core programs. The Capstone team developed a …
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INCREASING DONOR ENGAGEMENT… (AWGC) is a unique community-based grassroots collective of philanthropists who raise and distribute individual grants … to New York City-based Asian American women artists who use their creativity to advance social justice. The number of grantee applications grows each year, yet AWGC's annual …
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Impact measurement and evaluation… Impact Hub is the largest global community of entrepreneurs and innovators, with over 7,000 members and … workshops, and networking opportunities, with the aim of multiplying the impact of members’ projects individually … satisfaction, as well as a set of indicators the Hub can use to measure both member satisfaction and impact on …
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EXAMINING THE US NURSING SHORTAGE: CAUSES, IMPLICATIONS, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS… current nursing shortage and reviewing the repercussions of the shortage. The team found that burnout, low pay, a lack of educational programs, an aging nursing population, and a … provider workforce all contribute to the low supply of nurses, and that an aging population, more chronic …
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Development of Training Recommendations for Partner Organizations in Peru… GGP requested a Capstone team to assess the overall needs of three artisan partners. The team conducted a needs … employed by GGP and other entities and aggregated a pool of training options in use by other women’s artisan communities. The final report … Development of Training Recommendations for Partner Organizations in Peru …
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Commercially-Zoned Vacant Lot Temporary Activation… and commercial development efforts to rebuild the City of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, NORA acquired nearly 5,000 vacant lots from the State of Louisiana, 2,000 of which have been sold for residential or green space …
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A Communication Strategy to Decrease Fraud, Abuse, and Waste in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program … Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP loses millions of dollars annually to trafficking, fraud, and overpayments. … costly and the amount recovered rarely covers the expense of the investigation. The Capstone team was asked to work …
Faculty Profile
Kara Gropler… and a commitment to service and values. My 18+ years of experience includes leading teams through large scale … about, and focused on, the development and advancement of those on my team and within my organization. Outside of the office, I am a student and advocate for social justice …
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Mentoring Immigrant Youth… "Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City (BBBS) Center for Training and Professional … team to conduct research on the needs and challenges of the immigrant youth population in the New York City … BBBS Center for Training and Professional Development will use these findings and recommendations in developing a …
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Development of Issue-Specific and Culturally Sensitive Patient Satisfaction Survey… MIC is a service division of Medical & Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA) and provides womens health … asked to develop a patient satisfaction survey tool for use by all eight centers that comprise MIC-Womens Health … Medical and Health Research of NYC: MIC- Womens Health Services …
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Improving Access to Healthy, Fresh Foods in East and Central Harlem… NYC Food and Fitness Partnership is a taskforce comprised of members from several local organizations and city agencies … was particularly interested in identifying ways the City of New York can help current and potential supermarket … that affect store quality and often limit the availability of healthy, fresh foods in their stores. To identify these …
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Implementation of an Electronic Health Record… communities throughout New York City. In anticipation of the implementation of eClinicalWorks, an Electronic Health Record, CHN asked the … existing workflows and policies prior to the date on which use of the Electronic Health Record would begin. The team … Implementation of an Electronic Health Record …
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Sustainable Business Forum Market Research… and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. … its Sustainable Business Forum, which seeks the membership of big companies to educate and engage them in sustainable … Business Forum would entitle companies to a variety of services including environmental policy consultation, …
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Sustainable Business Forum Market Research… and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. … its Sustainable Business Forum, which seeks the membership of big companies to educate and engage them in sustainable … Business Forum would entitle companies to a variety of services including environmental policy consultation, …
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Assessment of Veterans Administration New York Harbor Healthcare System Missed Opportunities… the veterans' healthcare system for the boroughs of Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The organization consists of campuses throughout the boroughs and provides care to over … clinics. The system is struggling with a large number of appointments that are not kept or cancelled. The Capstone …