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New Youth Services Improvement Grants, Spring 2014

We’re pleased to announce the recipients of our spring 2014 Youth Service Improvement Grants, which are awarded to community-based organizations in New York City. Each grantee will receive...

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Forging Common Ground: Fostering the Conditions for Evidence Use

Excerpt from the Introduction “This essay draws on those three initiatives to ofer lessons my colleagues and I have learned about ways to connect research, policy, and practice—and...

Vivian Tseng

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Addressing the Needs of Children Exposed to Violence by Integrating Practice, Policy and Research

The primary goal this work is to better understand how community organizations use research to inform decisions about programs and practices designed to reduce children’s exposure to violence.

Megan Bair-Merritt

Boston Medical Center

2014 – 2017
$169,025.00

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The Big Why: A Learning Agenda for the Scale-Up Movement

Excerpt from the Introduction Policymakers and practitioners who believe that research evidence should inform policy and practice face several challenges. These include debates about the standards of...

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Joanna Williams is an associate professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education.

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Peter Cicchino Youth Project

The Peter Cicchino Youth Project (PCYP) provides legal representation and advocacy for 200 homeless and street-involved young people ages 25 and under.

Doug Lasdon

Urban Justice Center

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

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Survivors to Leaders

Day One New York works to end dating abuse and domestic violence by providing education, counseling, legal, and social services to New York City youth ages 24 and under.

Stephanie Nilva

Day One New York, Inc.

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

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Helping Children Heal from Trauma: Creative Interventions in Play Therapy

New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) wants to improve its Trauma Recovery Program, which provides mental health services to help NYC children recover from experiences...

Mary Pulido

New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

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Ensemble Program Curriculum Improvement

Education Through Music (ETM) partners with New York City schools to provide music education to inner-city New York students.

Katherine Damkohler

Education Through Music, Inc.

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

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Training and Professional Development of Teaching and Performing Artists for Music Education Programs

Midori & Friends provides a variety of music education to New York City children and teens in 35 public schools and community agencies.

Suzanne Wilson

Midori & Friends

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

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Science Curriculum Improvement Project

Operation Exodus Inner City promotes personal growth, high educational achievement, and leadership skills to underserved youth, with an emphasis on the Latino communities of Washington Heights,...

Mark Gonzalez

Operation Exodus - Inner City

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

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Do Physical School Settings Influence Student Success?

How capital investments improve school building conditions? Do school facility conditions and investments affect student performance? Do facility conditions and investments influence other aspects of...

Kevin Stange, Francisco (Paco) Martorell and Isaac McFarlin

RAND Corporation

2014 – 2016

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New Youth Services Improvement Grants, Spring 2014

Forging Common Ground: Fostering the Conditions for Evidence Use

Addressing the Needs of Children Exposed to Violence by Integrating Practice, Policy and Research

The Big Why: A Learning Agenda for the Scale-Up Movement

Robert Granger

Peter Cicchino Youth Project

Survivors to Leaders

Helping Children Heal from Trauma: Creative Interventions in Play Therapy

Ensemble Program Curriculum Improvement

Training and Professional Development of Teaching and Performing Artists for Music Education Programs

Science Curriculum Improvement Project

Do Physical School Settings Influence Student Success?

Mark Gonzalez

Mary Pulido

Doug Lasdon

Stephanie Nilva

Katherine Damkohler

Suzanne Wilson

Kevin Stange

Isaac McFarlin

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