Programs and Grants
September 17, 2012
Learn about the programs and grants funded by the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio.
Community Violence
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How Residential Mobility and School Choice Challenge Assumptions of Neighborhood Place-Based Interventions
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Health interventions that are long-term and place-based are embraced as providing low-income families with comprehensive services. To better understand the benefits from these services, this study assesses the role of residential mobility and the us ...
Human Capital News Roundup: The adolescent brain, gang audits, cancer treatment resistance, and more.
July 12, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Nurse.com reports on www.WeTeachNursingNJ.com, ...
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.
Three Organizations Win Changemakers' Competition for Innovative Solutions to the Challenges Facing Young Men
July 8, 2009 | Program Result
Ashoka Innovators for the Public sponsored a worldwide online open-source collaborative competition through its Changemakers initiative to find innovative solutions to the societal challenges facing young men at risk.
Human Capital News Roundup: Electronic medical records, reducing gang-related violence, cancer-causing DNA mutations, and more.
May 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar David G. Bundy, MD, MPH, ...
Two Reports Describe Promising Programs and Approaches to Preventing Youth and Intimate Partner Violence
April 20, 2009 | Program Result
Project staff at Prevention Institute produced two reports highlighting promising programs and approaches to preventing youth and intimate partner violence.
The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
January 1, 2005 | Book
This chapter examines The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the Local Initiative Funding Partners Program.
A Safe Place for Kids to Meet After School, on Saturdays, and Even in Summer
March 18, 2002 | Program Result
The Children and Youth Investment Partnership, Washington, increased the scale, scope, and effectiveness of non-school-hour services for youth and children living in Washington.
Program Raises Pediatricians' Consciousness about Kids and Guns
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill., developed and oversaw the Firearm Injury Prevention Training Project to provide pediatricians with the skills and the resources necessary to reduce firearm injuries and deaths among children.