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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Grantmaking and Collaboration in the State
November 1, 2012 | Report
A report describes recent programs RWJF supports, and how RWJF’s grantmaking in the state has become more strategic and collaborative.
Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates
June 20, 2012 | Program Result
From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.
Expanding "Hot Spotting" to New Communities
January 1, 2012 | Video/Presentation Material
What We're Learning about Coordinating Health Care for High-Utilizers.
Safe Dates Teaches Teenagers the Difference Between Healthy and Abusive Relationships
November 22, 2011 | Program Result
The Princeton Center for Leadership Training partnered with 13 New Jersey high schools to implement Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention curriculum, as part of the New Jersey Health Initiatives program.
Teaching Adolescents about Abusive Dating
November 22, 2011 | Program Result
The School-Based Youth Services Program incorporated Safe Dates - a dating abuse prevention course - into the ninth-grade health curriculum at four vocational high schools in Essex County, New Jersey.
Earlier Outpatient Treatment Could Lower Hospital Admissions
February 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, researchers at the Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, a nonprofit affiliate of the New Jersey Hospital Association, identified areas of New Jersey with barriers to primary care access.
New Jersey Nonprofit Community Health Centers Get Boost with Money and Meds
April 1, 2006 | Program Result
From October 2000 through March 2005, staff at the Community Healthcare Resource Center of New Jersey worked to improve the performance and viability of New Jersey's network of local nonprofit community health centers. The resource center is a nonprofit technical assistance service created and partly staffed by the Community Foundation of New Jersey.
Latina Health Project Offers Outreach, Educational, Clinical and Counseling Activities
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Three grants from RWJF partially funded the health outreach, educational, clinical, and counseling activities of the Latina Health Project of the Planned Parenthood Association of Mercer Area, in Mercer County, N.J.