First Place for Youth
May 1, 2013 | Evaluation/Grantee
"A First Place for Youth," the program gives young adults in the Bay Area a safe, secure place to live, along with occupational and educational support services.
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Keeping Children Safe: Commissioner Bryan Samuels on Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Last year, more than 675,000 U.S. children were victims of maltreatment. Preventing abuse and neglect in the first place by giving families the support they need, when they need it, yields the best outcomes.
The Social Impact Exchange: Creating a Growth Capital Marketplace to Scale Effective Social Programs and Solutions
April 25, 2013 | 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.
Making the Commitment to Turn Their Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | 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.
Better Futures Minnesota Helps Turn Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | 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.
TEDMED 2013
April 16, 2013 | 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.
Cleveland Ladder to Leadership Fellow Embraces the Chance to Study Leadership - Not Just "Let It Happen"
April 10, 2013 | Story
A clinical supervisor at a center for troubled children near Cleveland, Habeebah Rasheed Grimes figured out her next career move after participating in Ladder to Leadership, designed to build the capacity of nonprofits serving vulnerable populations.
Portland Ladder to Leadership Fellow Moves From Medicine to Public Health Advocacy
April 10, 2013 | Story
As a physician in Hood River, Ore., Helen Bellanca was comfortable as a medical authority but not in spearheading health care change. She became a Ladder to Leadership fellow and in the process a public health advocate.
Features
April 3, 2013 | Feature
Highlights from the Foundation's many stories and articles, enterprise-wide.
How Can Early Treatment of Serious Mental Illness Improve Lives and Save Money?
March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief
Early treatment and intervention for mental illness can improve lives and lower related health care costs.