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The Vulnerable Populations portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts -- in our homes, schools and jobs.

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RWJF Joins Major Initiative to Aid Boys and Men of Color

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Foundation Leaders Pledge Action on Issues Facing Boys and Young Men of Color

Forward Promise

September 17, 2012 | National Program

Forward Promise is a new initiative focused on improving the health and success of middle- and high-school-aged boys and young men of color.

Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools

March 25, 2013 | 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.

Forward Promise Overview

September 17, 2012 | Story

Forward Promise is an initiative to improve the health and success of middle- and high-school-aged young men of color

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches $9.5 Million Initiative to Improve Health and Success of Young Men of Color

August 20, 2012 | News Release

RWJF investment brings important leadership to issue gaining momentum among philanthropists and policymakers

Fine Tuning Economic Empowerment Tools for Battered South Asian Women

January 25, 2012 | Program Result

Manavi, a New Brunswick, N.J.-based organization serving South Asian women who have suffered domestic violence, launched an economic empowerment program to help survivors move toward economic independence.

Refugees in Metropolitan Atlanta Get Help with Family Violence

September 9, 2011 | Program Result

The Georgia Department of Human Services contracted with two agencies to expand services to refugees affected by domestic violence in the Greater Atlanta area.

Residents Take Back the Streets at Kahekili Terrace

October 5, 2009 | Program Result

Drug dealers selling crystal methamphetamine, known as ice, used to be a common site at Kahekili Terrace, a low-income housing project on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Philadelphia Study: Language, Transportation Difficulties Get in Way of Health Care for Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrant Children and Families

December 1, 2006 | Program Result

From January to December 2004, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth explored the barriers that Vietnamese and Chinese immigrant children face in obtaining health care.

"Friends for Life" are Friends Indeed for Homebound Elderly in Waco, Texas

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

Friends for Life, a home visiting program in Waco, Texas formed partnerships with 30 congregations, adding to the dozen faith communities already affiliated with it.

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