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Poverty Concentration and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program: Effects of Siting and Tenant CompositionNew evidence on the effects of growing up in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty has heightened policy interest in understanding the role housing programs may play in shaping the distribution of poverty. In particular, as the nation’s largest source of …
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What Are the Financial Implications of Public Quality Disclosure? Evidence from New York City's Restaurant Food Safety Grading PolicyGrading schemes are an increasingly common method of quality disclosure for public services. Restaurant grading makes information about food safety practices more readily available and may reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. However, it may also …
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Greening Initiatives for Harlem Hospital Center"Harlem Hospital Center (HHC) is two years along in its five­year Modernization Capital Campaign to upgrade its campus and build a new patient pavilion. HHC has a long and distinguished tradition of providing innovative, high­quality health care programs …
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Queens Community Assessments: An Analysis of the Strengths and Needs of Youth and Families in Far Rockaway and JamaicaSafe Space is a nonprofit organization serving over 20,000 children and families in New York City who are dealing with a range of complex issues, including child abuse and neglect, substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health concerns. Safe Space …
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How to Successfully Increase and Upgrade Fee-for-Service Programming to Attract a More Economically Diverse ClienteleIn order to implement its completed strategic plan in the areas of program and revenue development, The Educational Alliance asked the Capstone team to conduct a competitive analysis of their fee-for-service offerings in order to determine how to …
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The Feasibility of Developing Affordable Housing on New York City Public Library Sites"The perpetual demand for affordable housing in New York City, coupled with the lack of development sites throughout the five boroughs, have required developers to become creative in their site selection techniques. Consequently, Enterprise Community …
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Planning for an Electronic Medical Record: Research Based Guidelines"New Milford Hospital (NMH) is an 85­bed community hospital in Connecticut facing the challenge of keeping pace with the rapidly evolving healthcare information technology environment. NMH asked the Capstone team to help its Health Information Technology …
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Fostering and Maximizing a Volunteer Relationship with New York University"University Settlement (US), a settlement house located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, provides a broad range of services, including child care, senior services, after­school programs, and other community support services to its primarily immigrant …
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Long-Term Impact AssessmentOpening Act (OA) provides free after-school and extracurricular programs to high-need New York City public high schools without theater and arts programs. Founded in 2000, the organization strives to help students develop leadership, commitment, …
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Uganda Market Entry Strategy and Stakeholder AnalysisEnergy access is a keystone of development, and affordable techniques for rural electricity delivery are in high demand to serve the African continent. STG International (STG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing sustainable energy technologies …
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Understanding Variation in Medicaid Enrollment Among Eligible ImmigrantsThis study examines the influence of state policies and political ideology on Medicaid enrollment among low-income legal immigrants. The welfare reform legislation of 1996 changed welfare policy in the U.S. and had a profound impact on legal immigrants’ …
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Local Government Fiscal Discretion in UgandaThe Government of Uganda began a rapid decentralization process in the early 1990s, devolving service delivery responsibility to Local Governments in an attempt to reduce poverty under the national development framework. The devolution of responsibility …
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Evaluation of United Methodist Church Consumption Levels for a Pension Program in AngolaThe United Methodist Church (UMC) has collected over $10 million dollars to support the expansion of pension programs for United Methodist Church Conferences in the 37 countries in which it functions around the world. The Central Conference Pension …
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Improving Program Quality by Fostering a Data Driven CultureEpiscopal Social Services (ESS), founded in 1831, is a nonprofit organization that provides nonsectarian services to high need communities in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens in order to strengthen families and promote healthy development of …
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Evaluation and Certification of Middle­Skilled Mexican Workers in the USIn 2005 the Mexican Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IME) worked in conjunction with public and pri­vate partners in the United States to develop four pilot programs to evaluate and certify middle­skilled migrant workers. The …
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Identification of Ancillary Department Bottlenecks Increasing Length of StayThe Capstone team was asked by Cabrini Medical Center to identify issues that affect hospital length of stay (LOS). While various factors may contribute to the increased LOS, one of the most critical issues at CMC is the work processes within key …
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Identification of Ancillary Department Bottlenecks Increasing Length of StayThe Capstone team was asked by Cabrini Medical Center to identify issues that affect hospital length of stay (LOS). While various factors may contribute to the increased LOS, one of the most critical issues at CMC is the work processes within key …
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A comparison of the Family Health Strategy to other sources of healthcare: utilization and quality of health services in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, BrazilIndicators of healthcare utilization and quality were compared in a probabilistic sample of adults (N = 7,534) covered by private health plans, the Family Health Strategy (FHS), and "traditional" primary care clinics (UBS) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais …
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Commercially-Zoned Vacant Lot Temporary ActivationThe New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) is a neighborhood revitalization organization focused on housing and commercial development efforts to rebuild the City of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, NORA acquired nearly 5,000 vacant lots from the …
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Global Message TestingThe UN Free and Equal Campaign is the first global education initiative on LGBT equality, sponsored by the United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) and the Purpose Foundation. The campaign was launched in South Africa in …
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The Foreclosure Crisis and Community Development: Exploring the Foreclosed Stock in Hard-Hit NeighborhoodsSince the onset of the foreclosure crisis, many communities have faced a glut of properties that have completed the foreclosure process and are now owned by banks or other mortgage lenders. Policy-makers worry that large concentrations of these …
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Effectively Targeting Public Health Intervention The Local Government Unit of Libon (LGU) recently incorporated an electronic medical records system to better serve its constituents. The Capstone team was requested to provide recommendations for using this system to guide public health policy at the …
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Assessing Fund Use and Tutoring in the SPELL Program: A Case Study of Three ProvincesEast Meets West (EMW) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the health, education, and communities of disadvantaged people in Asia by building partnerships, developing opportunities, and creating sustainable solutions. In central Vietnam, …
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Improving Data Collection Methods at FEGS to Optimize EfficiencyFounded in 1934, FEGS is one of the largest and most diverse nonprofit health and human services organizations in the US. FEGS Behavioral Health Division, responsible for tracking and submitting financial and statistical information to outside funding …
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