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December 17, 2008 | Program Result
Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
The position of community coordinator is a demanding one that can take an emotional toll, says Michael B. Leonard, D.D.S., associate coordinator of Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
Stacy Davis is a resident of Shreveport's Cedar Grove neighborhood who had - past tense, he makes plain - a rough life on the streets.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
The sign reads 'Cedar Grove Garden of Love,' and on this bright spring day 79-year-old Margaret Myles is planting marigolds. "I want this place to be the prettiest place in the community," says Myles as she finishes her work.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government conducted the Urban Neighborhoods and Community Capacity Building Study, which focused on social capital: Sociocultural ties and civic infrastructure.
July 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Center for Family Studies and the School of Architecture at the University of Miami examined the connection between the built environment in which children live and their school conduct and academic grades.
January 25, 2007 | Story
This energetic, unconventional Harvard-trained physician has come up with a long list of ideas for reforming elderly care - all aimed at not just enriching the lives of seniors but also allowing seniors to enrich the lives of their juniors.
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.
June 18, 2012 | Story
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