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November 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Mixteca Organization, Inc., in Brooklyn, N.Y., provides a broad scope of health and education programs, including literacy and computer classes, English-language courses, and afterschool programs, to thousands of Hispanic New Yorkers each year.
October 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Ten individuals who have overcome significant challenges to help improve health and health care in their communities will be named 2012 RWJF Community Health Leaders at an awards ceremony in San Antonio.
October 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Chrysanne Grund reflects on her experience in the year since she was named an RWJF Community Health Leader.
October 15, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Community Leaders are creating healthier, better places to live.
September 4, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This year, the National Diaper Bank Network is recognizing the week of September 10-17 as National Diaper Need Awareness Week, and local diaper banks across the country have asked their state and local officials to do the same.
August 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
An elderly woman calls to me. I’ve know her for years. She has a Section 8 apartment. She has many medical conditions, and last year was treated for breast cancer. She has fought depression since her oldest son was put in jail. She needs me t ...
April 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
"I told him never to underestimate the power of nurses. Just think of what we can do when we come together for the greater good." So I revised my goal to $1,500 and let everyone know that…and I passed that new goal within one hour. Then I revised my ...
May 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Times of Trenton is reporting on the extraordinary work of Susan Hassmiller, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s senior adviser for nursing, who is in Alabama helping victims of the recent tornadoes. An American Red Cross ...
February 23, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Barbara A. Garcia, M.P.A., a RWJF Community Health Leader (1993), began her duties as director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health in January. Garcia had been the Department’s deputy since 1999. “Becoming the director is a really exciti ...
February 4, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Congratulations to RWJF Community Health Leader Judi Hilman (2008) for being named Families USA’s Consumer Health Advocate of the Year. Hilman is executive director of the Utah Health Policy Project, which assures quality, affordable, comprehensive ...