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| Dec 10, 2008 |
RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America Holds Third Public Hearing Focused on How Work and the Workplace Impact Health
At its third and final field hearing, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America heard testimony from more than a dozen experts about how workplace wellness initiatives, working conditions and benefits provided through the workplace... |
| Dec 10, 2008 |
Americans Want Schools to Take Recess Seriously
Americans overwhelmingly believe that schools have a major role to play in advancing the health of our nation's kids, and they are specifically concerned about the lack of recess and physical activity in schools. |
| Nov 24, 2008 |
First Blog Launched Dedicated to Juvenile Justice Teens Struggling with Substance Abuse
The blog is dedicated to serving the community with useful information about juvenile justice reform and teen drug treatment. |
| Nov 19, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Grant Recipients for $18-Million Initiative to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence
RWJF announced 11 grant recipients of an unprecedented four-year initiative. |
| Oct 15, 2008 |
Convenience is Key to Adult Flu Vaccinations
More than 250 flu shot clinics will be taking place at or near polling sites as part of an innovative nonpartisan national public health strategy called Vote & Vax, sponsored by RWJF and SPARC. |
| Oct 8, 2008 |
New State-by-State Report Finds Shortfalls in Children's Health Tied to Parents' Income and Education
Across the country and within every state, there are substantial shortfalls in the health of children based on their family's income and education, says a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America. The report is the... |
| Oct 8, 2008 |
Task Force Recommends Model Policies to Reclaim Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
A national task force released recommendations on how local, state and federal levels of government can reinvent the way they help young people in trouble with drugs, alcohol and crime. |
| Oct 2, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America Holds Second Public Hearing Focused on How Physical and Social Conditions Impact Health
The Commission heard testimony from experts about how community, homes and neighborhoods shape health. |
| Sep 29, 2008 |
Texas Health Resources Receives Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Support Prevention of Family Violence
The grant was awarded to Harris Methodist Health Foundation, a part of the Texas Health Resources system that encourages philanthropic support to improve the health of the community. |
| Sep 17, 2008 |
Tag, You're Healthy!
RWJF makes $18-million investment in recess to improve children's health, learning at 650 low-income schools. |
| Jun 26, 2008 |
New Report Details Innovative Ways to Help Teens Struggling With Drugs, Alcohol and Crime
The Reclaiming Futures project directors have authored the report, How to Implement a Model to Get Youth Off Drugs and Out of Crime, based on six years of creating and testing new ways to help teens that enter the juvenile justice system and... |
| Jun 12, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America Holds First Public Hearing
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America heard testimony from more than a dozen experts in early life experiences and interventions at its first public hearing June 12, 2008. |
| Mar 14, 2008 |
Anuncian a los Ganadores del Concurso Mundial para los que Laboran Transformarle la Vida a una Generación de Jóvenes
Concurso por Internet atrajo a cientos de participantes innovadores e impulsó un diálogo mundial. |
| Mar 14, 2008 |
Announcing Global Competition Winners Working to Transform the Lives of a Generation of Young Men
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Ashoka's Changemakers named three winners in an online collaborative competition co-hosted to uncover the most innovative, high-impact approaches to supporting young men at risk. |
| Mar 6, 2008 |
Sports4Kids Named Top "Changemaker" by Nike, Ashoka
The program was recognized for bringing play back to school playgrounds in low-income communities in the U.S. |
| Feb 29, 2008 |
Groundbreaking Programs Changing the Future for Young Men Among the Finalists Named in Global Competition
Fourteen finalists have been announced in the Young Men at Risk competition, which brings together organizations working with 15- to 25-year-old males to discuss unique approaches to help young men overcome societal challenges. Online voting to determine winners... |
| Feb 21, 2008 |
New Multimillion Dollar Grant Initiative for Building Healthy Teen Relationships
RWJF is partnering with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, one of the nation's experts on domestic violence, to announce a four-year initiative designed to decrease relationship violence and increase positive, protective relationship skills among young adolescents. |
| Feb 4, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $2.2 Million in Advancing Recovery Grants to Six States to Improve Addiction Treatment
Sites receive up to $360,000 each to increase success rates through evidence-based practices. |
| Jan 11, 2008 |
Regina Benjamin, Juliet Garcia and Eugene Washington Join Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees
The three new members were praised for their expertise, credentials, judgment and their understanding of the role of philanthropy in American life. |