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IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE AT INTAKELegal Services NYC (LSNYC) is the largest civil legal services provider in the country and helps more than 80,000 low-income New Yorkers annually. LSNYC's potential clients connect to legal counsel by calling the organization's hotline (Access Line), …
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GUIDING THE TRANSITION TO SHARED SERVICES: A TOOLBOX FOR FEDERAL AGENCIESZ Street Consulting is a firm specializing in human resource consulting for federal government agencies. The private sector has spearheaded efforts to centralize human resources, finance, and information technology functions using shared services centers. …
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Comprehensive cost studyThe NYC Office of Vital Records (OVR), within the New York City Department of Health, is responsible for issuing all NYC birth and death certificates, processing approximately 650,000 paid certificates each year. OVR strives to be the most efficient of …
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Measuring impact through a new evaluation toolStudents who are chronically absent have a significantly lower chance of graduating from high school. Kinvolved is increasing graduation rates for at-risk students by improving attendance and facilitating communication between schools, families, and …
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The Socio-economic Empowerment Assessment: Addressing poverty and economic distress in clientsIn this paper, we introduce the Socio-Economic Empowerment Assessment (SEEA), a qualitative assessment that uses an ecological framework to better understand the psychological impact of poverty and financial insecurity. The assessment is designed as a …
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Sheepshead Bay Economic Vision PlanThe Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Project aims to assist merchants in accessing resources to help grow their business, providing organizational capacity development to support the upstart and upkeep of local merchant groups. …
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Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record System at Rural Health Units in the PhilippinesWireless Access for Health (WAH) is a nonprofit e-health organization in the Philippines designed to improve local health governance and increase access to better quality health data, management, and provision. The task of the Capstone team was to …
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Systemic Barriers to Medicaid Patients Accessing Specialty Care in New YorkNew York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) has been active in a long-running campaign addressing the unequal delivery of outpatient specialty care at Academic Medical Centers (AMC) across New York City. NYLPI provided the Capstone team with …
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Developing an Engagement Plan for a Disaster Recovery GroupThe Westchester County Long-Term Recovery Coalition (WCLRC) is a group of community organizations that came together in 2011 to facilitate coordination around the provision of long-term practical aid. The coalition had established bylaws and coordinated …
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Creating a Performance Measurement System for the Nation's Largest Public Arts ProgramTime Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square Alliance, presents leading contemporary art and performances to Times Square’s 400,000 daily visitors; cultivating the creativity, energy, and edge that has made Times Square a national icon. …
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Real Estate Economics Journal Recognizes Professors Sewin Chan and Ingrid Gould Ellen for "Best Paper" of 2016A study by NYU Wagner professors Sewin Chan and Ingrid Gould Ellen, and NYU Furman Center post-doctorate research fellow Samuel Dastrop, has been named Best Paper of 2016 by the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association , publisher of the …
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Promoting Sustainable Urban Land Use, Governance, and Service Provision in Ho Chi Minh CityThe Capstone team was engaged to identify best practice examples in East and South Asia, and develop in-depth case studies to address metropolitan and regional strategic planning in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The team reviewed academic and …
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Using Performance Measurement to Improve SustainabilityThe Capstone team worked with Mercy Home for Children, a Brooklyn nonprofit serving the developmentally disabled, to enhance their ability to sustain current and obtain new program funding sources. The team first conducted individual interviews with …
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Identifying Quality Assurance Best Practices in New York City Foster Care Provider AgenciesIn an effort to strengthen the infrastructure of the nonprofit community serving foster children in New York City, the Capstone team worked with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to compare the strategic planning, quality improvement, and …
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Measuring the Impact of Streetscape Changes on Bus ServiceMTA New York City Transit (NYCT) is a public agency in New York State that operates public transportation in New York City. The NYCT Department of Buses manages an extensive bus network serving the five boroughs. A unique challenge facing NYCT is that …
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Analysis of the Lifesci NYC Internship ProgramFounded in 2012, Upper West Strategies (UWS) is a consulting firm focused on driving economic opportunity. In 2017, the New York City Economic Development Corporation selected UWS to manage the LifeSci NYC Internship Program, a paid summer internship …
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Financial Sustainability Plan for the Community Computing ProgramFounded in 1877, Inglis is a private nonprofit organization that enables people with disabilities, and those who care for them, to achieve their goals and live life to the fullest. Inglis enlisted a Capstone team to provide a financial sustainability plan …
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Urban Policy - PhDThis field prepares students to undertake research related to urban areas. Fundamentally, cities are about proximity and heterogeneity, which bring both benefits and costs. Bringing large numbers of diverse people together in small spaces means …
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Bachelor's-Master's Track Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Students must join the Bachelor’s-Master’s track while they are still matriculated in their undergraduate program. They must then formally apply to NYU Wagner during their senior year by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on …
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Douglas StallworthHow did being in New York impact your professional journey? Being in New York, with transportation as my field of interest, allowed me to see how the extensive transportation network was able to successfully move all of those riders throughout the five …
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Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and HealthOver half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and …
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Welcome to the Neighborhood: What can Regional Science Contribute to the Study of Neighborhoods?We argue in this paper that neighborhoods are highly relevant for the types of issues at the heart of regional science. First, residential and economic activity takes place in particular locations, and particular neighborhoods. Many attributes of those …
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Welcome to the Neighborhood: What Can Regional Science Contribute to the Study of Neighborhoods?We argue in this paper that neighborhoods are highly relevant for the types of issues at the heart of regional science. First, residential and economic activity takes place in particular locations, and particular neighborhoods. Many attributes of those …
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To Leave An Area After Disaster: How Evacuees from the WTC Buildings Left the WTC Area Following the Attacks.How people leave a devastated area after a disaster is critical to understanding their ability to cope with risks they face while evacuating. Knowledge of their needs for communications about these risks is particularly crucial in planning for emergency …