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Collective LeadershipLearn about the Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net) . Ospina, S. & E.G Foldy. Enacting Collective Leadership in a Shared-power world. In James Perry and Robert K. Christensen (Eds) Handbook of Public Administration, 3d Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2015. …
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Evaluation of the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (Asist) ProgramGracie Square Hospital (GSH), a psychiatric inpatient facility located in Manhattan, provides advanced, patient-centered behavioral health services. GSH implemented the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program in 2017 to provide staff …
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IMPACT OF SCHOOL REOPENINGS ON WORKING MOTHERS’ FINANCIAL DISTRESSSchool closures during the Covid-19 pandemic worsened employment outcomes for working mothers. Many working mothers decreased their total working hours in order to accommodate needed care, and childcare costs also increased. The Capstone team sought to …
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Using national and local extant data to characterize environmental exposures in the national children's study: Queens County, New YorkOBJECTIVE: The National Children's Study is a long-term epidemiologic study of 100,000 children from 105 locations across the United States. It will require information on a large number of environmental variables to address its core hypotheses. The …
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The Validity of Hospital Administrative Data in Monitoring Variations in Breast Cancer SurgeryTo assess the validity of using hospital administrative data to measure variations in surgery for early-stage breast cancer, ICD-9-CM coded information was compared with corresponding tumor registry data for 1293 breast cancer patients undergoing …
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A Retail Market Analysis for NYCHAs Prospect Park HOPE VI ProjectOcean Hill/Brownsville is home to the New York City Housing Authoritys (NYCHAs) Prospect Plaza HOPE VI Project. Prospect Plaza, which is located at Saratoga Avenue and Sterling Place, is a multi-acre site that is bound by Fulton and Sutter Avenues to …
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A Retail Market Analysis for NYCHAs Prospect Park HOPE VI ProjectOcean Hill/Brownsville is home to the New York City Housing Authoritys (NYCHAs) Prospect Plaza HOPE VI Project. Prospect Plaza, which is located at Saratoga Avenue and Sterling Place, is a multi-acre site that is bound by Fulton and Sutter Avenues to …
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Palladia Supportive Housing: A Family Reunification StorySeveral recent federal, state and city policy changes have added to existing challenges facing recovering substance abusers who are trying to reunify with their children. Those changes include new family reunification laws, conflicting housing and social …
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Palladia Supportive Housing: A Family Reunification StorySeveral recent federal, state and city policy changes have added to existing challenges facing recovering substance abusers who are trying to reunify with their children. Those changes include new family reunification laws, conflicting housing and social …
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Evaluating and Expanding Primary Education Opportunities in NicaraguaProject Alianza (Alianza) is a development project that forms community alliances to build schools and provide educational opportunities for children on private coffee plantations. In Nicaragua, almost a half million school-aged children are not enrolled …
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PLANNING FOR A PERMANENT OPEN RESTAURANTS PROGRAMThe COVID-19 pandemic devastated the restaurant industry in NYC when establishments were forced to close their doors to limit the spread of the virus. In June 2020, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) launched the Open Restaurants program allowing …
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EQUIPPING EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO LEAD COMMUNICATION-SAVVY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONSState-level progressive advocacy organizations are vehicles for driving social change in the US, especially in the context of congressional gridlock. However, many of these organizations struggle to reach key audiences through their communication …
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The Decline in Community Banks and its Impact on Small Business LendingThe Decline in Community Banks and its Impact on Small Business Lending This study investigated whether the recent wave of acquisitions of community banks by large banks has impacted access to credit for small businesses. This study looked at the total …
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The Decline in Community Banks and its Impact on Small Business LendingThe Decline in Community Banks and its Impact on Small Business Lending This study investigated whether the recent wave of acquisitions of community banks by large banks has impacted access to credit for small businesses. This study looked at the total …
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An Organizational Plan: From Start-up to MaturityMusicians Wellness is a start-up non-profit dedicated to meeting the mental and behavioral health needs of musicians through therapy, research, and prevention. Its approach is an innovative mind-body method that helps musicians use their own music and …
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Local Economic Development in NicaraguaThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in collaboration with the government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development (INIFOM), established the Fondo de Inversi?n para el Desarollo Econ?mico Local (FIDEL) in 2008. …
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Innovations in School Leadership: An Analysis of Alternative Models of the PrincipalshipThe NYC Leadership Academy is an independent, nonprofit organization that recruits, prepares, and supports visionary school leaders for the complex work of transforming high need schools into rigorous learning environments. The role of school leaders has …
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Improving Patient, Family, Caregiver Communication and Facilitating Care TransitionsSince its designation as a Children's Hospital by the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Maimonides Infants & Children's Hospital (MICH) has continually worked to provide the highest levels of quality care in all …
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Community Interim Site Use Plan for the Hunts Point Riverside Campus for Arts and the EnvironmentTHE POINT Community Development Corporation is focused on youth development and community revitalization in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. THE POINT asked the Capstone team to develop an interim site plan for an undeveloped land parcel that it …
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Neighborhood Economics InitiativesSeedco (the Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation), a national community development operating intermediary, creates opportunities for low-wage workers and their families by engaging with community partners and anchor institutions to …
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Neighborhood Economics InitiativesSeedco (the Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation), a national community development operating intermediary, creates opportunities for low-wage workers and their families by engaging with community partners and anchor institutions to …
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Jeremy Travis, NYU Wagner Alumnus, Named 2024 National Academy of Public Administration FellowJeremy Travis, a 1977 graduate of NYU Wagner and a prominent figure in justice reform, has been selected as a Fellow in the 2024 Class of the National Academy of Public Administration . Travis, currently a senior fellow at Columbia University’s Justice …
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Do benefits restrictions limit Medicaid acceptance in addiction treatment? Results from a national studyObjective To assess the relationship of restrictions on Medicaid benefits for addiction treatment to Medicaid acceptance among addiction treatment programs. Data sources We collected primary data from the 2013–2014 wave of the National Drug Abuse …
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Improving the Effectiveness of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives at UDSMThe mandate of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Gender Centre and its affiliated student organization, the Gender Club, is to mainstream gender policies and programs across the University. The Centre’s work includes student and faculty engagement …