St. Vincent de Paul
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St. Vincent de Paul is also one of Lane County’s largest employers, with more than 400 workers, a significant number of whom are ex-offenders, chronically homeless, and people with special needs.
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A Foundation's Innovative Grant Program Supports Unconventional Health-Care Solutions
October 28, 2012 | Journal Article
The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s innovation arm, committed to harnessing a pipeline of ideas to serve the social good.
Innovative Program that is Changing a Community's Health
October 2, 2012 | Video
The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Ore., is changing the economics of community health. Through various programs, they are raising capital and providing stable employment for the community.
Place and Health
April 26, 2011 | Audio/Presentation Material
This webinar was the third in a three-part series exploring how conditions where we live, learn, work and play affect our health, built on the work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America.
New Ideas
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Diffusion of Innovations theory is the study of the social process of how new ideas, practices and objects become known and are spread through a social system.