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Helping Homeless Families Achieve Stability: A Process Evaluation of the Junius Street and Liberty Street Family ResidencesWomen in Need (WIN) is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that offers residential shelter in conjunction with support services to help homeless families achieve residential stability. Social support services include employment services, domestic …
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Exploring Informal Practices in Dakar?s Water and Sanitation SectorsDakar, Senegal has recently achieved significant gains in water provision, as well as more measured gains in sanitation, with The World Bank providing major funding to both sectors. While prior attempts to understand Dakar's water and sanitation sectors …
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Social Franchising: A New Pathway to Financial Independence for INGOsLong-term sustainability and financial security have become matters of grave concern for many nonprofit organizations as government support, private donations, and foundation grants decline. Community Wealth Ventures LLC (CWV) provides a solution to this …
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Local Economic Development Planning in Takeo, CambodiaUnited Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) supports development through microfinance, infrastructure investment, capacity building, and technical advisory skills. Recently, UNCDF and the Royal Government of Cambodia released a national “Local …
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Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Public Administration Training Program for Public Sector Employees in JordanThe Education for Employment Foundation aims to create job opportunities for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa by providing them with professional and technical training. The organization's affiliate in Jordan, the Jordan Career …
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Improving the Supply Chain for PostDisaster Shelter Response in India and PakistanPlanet Habitat, a global advisory and investment platform focusing on affordable housing, invests in locally sourced and sustainable shelter options. The postdisaster shelter sector is extremely fragmented and there is a wide gap between emergency …
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Youth in Transition: Ensuring a Future for Teens Leaving Foster CareTeens aging out of foster care often do not have the skills and support they need to become active, responsible citizens. Youth Advocacy Center has developed a curriculum for social-service agencies that seeks to ensure that every young person leaves …
Capstone Projects
Envisioning the Future of the South Bronx WaterfrontThe South Bronx waterfront Capstone team examined the neighborhoods of Hunts Point and Port Morris and created a South Bronx Waterfront Improvement Plan. This plan reflects the initiative and energy that is driving the revitalization of the South Bronx. …
Capstone Projects
Envisioning the Future of the South Bronx WaterfrontThe South Bronx waterfront Capstone team examined the neighborhoods of Hunts Point and Port Morris and created a South Bronx Waterfront Improvement Plan. This plan reflects the initiative and energy that is driving the revitalization of the South Bronx. …
Publication
Migration and development, global South / Mexico-MoroccoIn recent years, the relationship between migration and development has received renewed attention, and analysts, policy-makers, and development experts have returned to the question of how to use emigration to foster economic growth in countries and …
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Child Passenger Safety Laws in the United States, 1978–2010: Policy Diffusion in the Absence of Strong Federal InterventionThis article examines the diffusion of U.S. state child passenger safety laws, analyzing over-time changes and inter-state differences in all identifiable features of laws that plausibly influence crash-related morbidity and mortality. The observed trend …
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PADM-GP.2214
Constructing National Development StrategiesIn this course, students examine the challenges and opportunities of national development. Following Lant Pritchett, we define national development as the lockstep improvement in (i) economic productivity, (ii) political representation, (iii) public …Webpage
Stephen Charney Vladeck Junior Faculty Fellowship2025 Saba Rouhani - NYU School of Global Public Health Developing a measure of relative opioid settlement spending on law enforcement and health 2023 Lauren Taylor - NYU Grossman School of Medicine Urban Public Hospitals and the Creation of Healthcare …
Alumni In Action
Nolan LevensonPlease describe why you chose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I think the curriculum, the faculty, and being located in New York City were the most important draws for me. I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to do post grad school, which was get …
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Official Transcript RequirementsAdmitted students are required to hold a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the United States or an equivalent degree from a foreign …
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Course HighlightsCheck Albert for dates, times and prerequisites. HPAM-GP 2828 Innovation and HealthTech Consulting Instructor: Jacob Victory PADM-GP 2163 Labor Policy: The Future of Work Instructor: Laurence Wilse-Samson PADM-GP 2252 Climate Policy and Politics …
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Irfan HasanHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? It was helpful to be in a class with peers who also had practical experience prior to returning to graduate school. Faculty members with meaningful connections to public and nonprofit …
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QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR POLICY ANALYSISLeveraging NYU Wagner’s curriculum in quantitative analysis, this Advanced Certificate provides policy analysts and practitioners with expanded data and analytics expertise. You’ll learn the advanced tools you need to extend your skillset in quantitative …
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Health Policy for CliniciansThe Advanced Certificate in Health Policy for Clinicians offers physicians, postdoctoral students, other health practitioners and clinicians the opportunity to enhance their expertise by learning to manage various policy questions within any healthcare …
Publication
Medicare Beneficiaries Living In Housing With Supportive Services Experienced Lower Hospital Use Than OthersThere is strong evidence that housing conditions affect population health, but evidence is limited on the extent to which housing with supportive social services can maintain population health and reduce the use of expensive hospital services. We examined …
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Ideas from the Frontline: Improvement Opportunities in Federally Qualified Health CentersBackground Engaging frontline clinicians and staff in quality improvement is a promising bottom-up approach to transforming primary care practices. This may be especially true in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and similar safety-net settings …
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Public Policy AnalysisThis Public Policy Analysis concentration in the Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy Advanced Certificate draws from NYU Wagner’s policy program to deepen students’ understanding of the way in which public policy and political realities interact at …
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Financial Management & Public FinanceThis Financial Management & Public Finance concentration in the Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy Advanced Certificate is designed for students with, or aspiring toward, a career in finance in the nonprofit or public sectors. The curriculum …
Alumni In Action
James StratfordAs the Executive Director of the NYC Young Men’s Initiative, can you share insights into your role and your key responsibilities in day-to-day operations? I am a product of the Bronx, New York. I grew up in and out of poverty and received assistance …