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DOCUMENTING THE ROLE OF PEACEBUILDING IN POST-CONFLICT COMMUNITIESMercy Corps is a leading humanitarian and development organization with offices in more than 40 countries. Operating in some of the world's most complex and fragile environments, Mercy Corps works globally to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression …
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Green Roofs: A Cost Effective Policy for New York City?Green roofs serve as an innovative strategy to help cities develop sustainable practices that contribute to the restoration of their natural habitat. Dense urban development and neglect have jeopardized New York Citys environment and created a situation …
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Achieving the Mission: Best Practices in Performance MeasurementSave the Children USA is an international NGO dedicated to increasing the quality of life for children around the world. Save the Children USA requested a Capstone team to assist in developing performance measurement indicators, both programmatic and …
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Performance Improvement InitiativeNew York City Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal hospital system in the United States, is comprised of eleven acute care hospitals, five long term care facilities, six diagnostic and treatment centers, and more than fifty …
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NYU Votes: Wagner Alumni and Students Lead the Way in Voter Engagement EffortsAn NYU Wagner education prepares students and graduates to be at the forefront of promoting democracy and voter engagement across the country. During the 2024 Presidential Election cycle, Wagner students and alumni alike were engaged in nonpartisan …
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Developing Strategic Marketing and Fundraising Tools for the General Board of Global Ministries International Development (Advance) ProjectsThe General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) Capstone project created and designed a fundraising package that can be used by the United Methodist Church in appealing to UMC congregants for donations on behalf of the Chicuque Rural Hospital (CRH) in …
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Buprenorphine Treatment Services in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Lessons for New York CityIn October 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drugs approval created a path to dramatically change the way opiate addicts are able to manage their addiction. …
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Buprenorphine Treatment Services in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Lessons for New York CityIn October 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drugs approval created a path to dramatically change the way opiate addicts are able to manage their addiction. …
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Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Maguire (MPA 2018)For the past year, Andrew Maguire (MPA 2018) has been working on his upcoming book Teaching Between the Lines , which focuses on the role of youth development organizations in revealing the “hidden curriculum.” Teaching Between the Lines explores …
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Limited Equity Housing Programs in NYC: The Development of a Resource Guide for Community Board 10In the late 1970s and early 1980s, New York City created an affordable program through which organized tenant associations could acquire their buildings through a cooperative ownership structure. There are over 1,100 of these limited equity cooperatives …
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Two year Organizational Development PlanUri L'Tzedek is a social justice organization that seeks to engage, empower and inspire the Orthodox Jewish community to create a more just world. Dedicated to combating suffering and oppression, Uri L'Tzedek creates discourse through community based …
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Youth and Runaway Services TIL Program AssessmentThe Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) funds programs designed to protect runaway and homeless youth and whenever possible, reunite them with their families. DYCD's Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Programs provide homeless youth …
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Organ Donation Beliefs and AttitudesMore than 11,000 people need life-saving organ transplants in the United States. On average, 18 people die every day because of the shortage of organ donors. In New York, organ donors both deceased and living are on a decline while the number of patients …
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Gram Vikas: An Alternative to Community-Led Total SanitationGram Vikas is a nonprofit organization located in rural east India with a mission to promote processes which are sustainable, socially inclusive and gender equitable to enable critical masses of poor and marginalized rural people or communities to achieve …
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Bus Ridership Strategies for Westchester County"Westchester County, NY, seeks to increase ""choice ridership"" on its BeeLine bus system. Unlike ""captive riders"" or transit dependents who lack mobility alternatives, choice riders retain access to automobiles. Westchester County has solicited the …
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Satisfaction and Care-Seeking: Children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramThis study, utilizing a nationally representative sample of children who receive healthcare services from Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), seeks to determine whether parents of children covered by Medicaid managed care …
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Satisfaction and Care-Seeking: Children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramThis study, utilizing a nationally representative sample of children who receive healthcare services from Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), seeks to determine whether parents of children covered by Medicaid managed care …
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New Branch Expansion, New Market OpportunitiesThe Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU) is a member-owned, nonprofit financial institution that provides a full range of personal, affordable financial services and reinvests members' money. In essence, it is a bank of, for and by the …
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New Branch Expansion, New Market OpportunitiesThe Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU) is a member-owned, nonprofit financial institution that provides a full range of personal, affordable financial services and reinvests members' money. In essence, it is a bank of, for and by the …
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Study Finds New York City's Small High School Reform "Lifted All Boats" A new study by NYU Wagner professors Leanna Stiefel and Amy Ellen Schwartz finds that small urban high schools produced better results than their larger counterparts, and “lifted all boats” across all types of schools, whether large or small, old or …
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An Intergovernmental Perspective on Managing Public Finance for Service Delivery: Assessing Neglected Issues in the Health Sector and BeyondImproving service delivery outcomes has long been at the top of the agenda in international development. The urgency for action has intensified in the face of a global pandemic, climate change, and worsening inequality. Despite a shared agenda, approaches …
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Alumni ALUMNI IN ACTION More stories NYC Transportation Accessibility Quemuel “Q” Arroyo (MPA 2020) joined the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 2021 as the organization's first agency-wide Chief Accessibility Officer. In this capacity, Arroyo leads …
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Rent Payments in Affordable Housing During the PandemicIn this brief, the NYU Furman Center and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley join together as members of the Housing Crisis Research Collaborative to conduct updated and additional analysis of renters and rental payments in primarily …