April 25, 2013
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Program Result
The Social Impact Exchange aims to fundamentally transform the way funds flow to high-quality nonprofit programs, using private sector investment models to identify effective strategies for addressing social problems and to harness support for them.
April 19, 2013
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Program Result
Formerly incarcerated men, most of them Black, are drawing on the package of housing, employment and support services provided by Better Futures Minnesota in the Twin Cities to help turn their lives around. Some of the men tell their stories here.
April 19, 2013
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Program Result
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
April 16, 2013
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Feature
RWJF is a proud supporter of TEDMED's 20 Great Challenges of Health and Medicine and several of the innovative thinkers who have shared their ideas on the TEDMED stage.
April 3, 2013
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Feature
Highlights from the Foundation's many stories and articles, enterprise-wide.
March 26, 2013
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Issue Brief
Early treatment and intervention for mental illness can improve lives and lower related health care costs.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result
From 2007 to 2011, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) established itself as a national resource center for addiction treatment providers, sustaining the work of two previous RWJF national programs.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result
Researchers at McKinsey & Co. explored the potential of social impact bonds as a pay-for-performance means to finance the expansion of proven social service programs. Their study focused on two areas: homelessness and prisoner recidivism.
March 12, 2013
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Issue Brief/Infographic
A steady job in safe working conditions can provide numerous benefits critical to maintaining proper health. On the flip side, job loss and unemployment is associated with a variety of negative health effects.