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Nov 17, 2009	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans Foundation issues new report which finds poor, minority and middle-class Americans with less education live sicker and die younger; new opinion poll finds strong public support for action.
Nov 12, 2009	Alcohol Industry's Marketing Overexposes Hispanic Teens Hispanic youth ages 12 to 20 often saw and heard more alcohol advertising per capita during 2003 and 2004 than young people in their age group in general, according to a new report released today from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at Georgetown...
Oct 29, 2009	National Summit on Workable Solutions to Long Term Care Challenges Webcast: Ed Howard moderates a discussion about the issues facing older adults and how community partnerships are working to identify, prioritize, and implement workable solutions to long term care problems.
Oct 26, 2009	Friends of the Children Founder Wins Purpose Prize Duncan Campbell, founder of Friends of the Children and RWJF grantee, was awarded a 2009 Purpose Prize, which honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges.
Oct 26, 2009	Nearly $3.7 Million in Federal Funds Awarded to Expand Reclaiming Futures to Help Turn Teen Lives Around New funds use Reclaiming Futures model to strengthen juvenile drug courts.
Oct 22, 2009	New National Community of Philanthropic Funders, Practitioners to Promote Expansion of Effective Social Programs RWJF, Growth Philanthropy Network and Duke University announced the creation of a first-of-its kind collaboration of philanthropic funders, practitioners, researchers and others designed to make it easier for top-performing social programs to expand widely to...
Sep 24, 2009	Clinton Global Initiative Eyes Big Returns From School Recess By the end of 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Playworks expect to reclaim 100,000 hours of teaching time annually that would otherwise be lost to conflicts in the classroom.
Sep 17, 2009	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Statement on Announcement of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Prevention and Wellness Fund A statement by RWJF's president on the federal government's new prevention fund and initiative.
Jul 30, 2009	Online Competition to Radically Rethink Mental Health Ashoka's Changemakers and RWJF launch a global competition, Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing.
Jul 30, 2009	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Largest National Public Health Initiative Ever Funded to Stop the Spread of Teen Dating Violence Start Strong is creating a unique learning community of health centers, community and domestic violence organizations, youth programs, middle schools and high schools to prevent teen dating violence and abuse.
Jul 13, 2009	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Trustee, Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., Nominated for Surgeon General of the United States Nominee praised for her expertise, credentials, judgment and passionate commitment to health care equity and social justice.
May 14, 2009	$2.3-Million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Expands Reclaiming Futures The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced a new $2.3-million grant to support the addition of three more project sites to Reclaiming Futures.
May 6, 2009	New State-by-State Report Shows Gaps in Health Strongly Linked to Education Levels Across the country, adults in every state fall far short of the level of good health that should be achievable for all Americans, according to a report from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America.
Apr 6, 2009	New Center Helps States, Others Implement, Expand and Improve Participant-Directed Long-Term Care Programs The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work launched a new technical assistance center that offers states and others the tools they need.
Apr 2, 2009	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission Says Health Care Reform Won't Solve Nation's Health Problems - Reforms to Support Healthier Choices Urgently Needed The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America issued 10 cross-cutting recommendations for improving the nation's health.
Mar 31, 2009	Housing for Homeless Alcoholics Can Reduce Costs to Taxpayers Providing housing and support services for homeless alcoholics costs taxpayers less, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Nov 17, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans
Foundation issues new report which finds poor, minority and middle-class Americans with less education live sicker and die younger; new opinion poll finds strong public support for action.

Nov 12, 2009

Alcohol Industry's Marketing Overexposes Hispanic Teens
Hispanic youth ages 12 to 20 often saw and heard more alcohol advertising per capita during 2003 and 2004 than young people in their age group in general, according to a new report released today from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at Georgetown...

Oct 29, 2009

National Summit on Workable Solutions to Long Term Care Challenges
Webcast: Ed Howard moderates a discussion about the issues facing older adults and how community partnerships are working to identify, prioritize, and implement workable solutions to long term care problems.

Oct 26, 2009

Friends of the Children Founder Wins Purpose Prize
Duncan Campbell, founder of Friends of the Children and RWJF grantee, was awarded a 2009 Purpose Prize, which honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges.

Oct 26, 2009

Nearly $3.7 Million in Federal Funds Awarded to Expand Reclaiming Futures to Help Turn Teen Lives Around
New funds use Reclaiming Futures model to strengthen juvenile drug courts.

Oct 22, 2009

New National Community of Philanthropic Funders, Practitioners to Promote Expansion of Effective Social Programs
RWJF, Growth Philanthropy Network and Duke University announced the creation of a first-of-its kind collaboration of philanthropic funders, practitioners, researchers and others designed to make it easier for top-performing social programs to expand widely to...

Sep 24, 2009

Clinton Global Initiative Eyes Big Returns From School Recess
By the end of 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Playworks expect to reclaim 100,000 hours of teaching time annually that would otherwise be lost to conflicts in the classroom.

Sep 17, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Statement on Announcement of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Prevention and Wellness Fund
A statement by RWJF's president on the federal government's new prevention fund and initiative.

Jul 30, 2009

Online Competition to Radically Rethink Mental Health
Ashoka's Changemakers and RWJF launch a global competition, Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing.

Jul 30, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Largest National Public Health Initiative Ever Funded to Stop the Spread of Teen Dating Violence
Start Strong is creating a unique learning community of health centers, community and domestic violence organizations, youth programs, middle schools and high schools to prevent teen dating violence and abuse.

Jul 13, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Trustee, Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., Nominated for Surgeon General of the United States
Nominee praised for her expertise, credentials, judgment and passionate commitment to health care equity and social justice.

May 14, 2009

$2.3-Million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Expands Reclaiming Futures
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced a new $2.3-million grant to support the addition of three more project sites to Reclaiming Futures.

May 6, 2009

New State-by-State Report Shows Gaps in Health Strongly Linked to Education Levels
Across the country, adults in every state fall far short of the level of good health that should be achievable for all Americans, according to a report from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America.

Apr 6, 2009

New Center Helps States, Others Implement, Expand and Improve Participant-Directed Long-Term Care Programs
The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work launched a new technical assistance center that offers states and others the tools they need.

Apr 2, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission Says Health Care Reform Won't Solve Nation's Health Problems - Reforms to Support Healthier Choices Urgently Needed
The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America issued 10 cross-cutting recommendations for improving the nation's health.

Mar 31, 2009

Housing for Homeless Alcoholics Can Reduce Costs to Taxpayers
Providing housing and support services for homeless alcoholics costs taxpayers less, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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