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January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Carolyn Newbergh tells the story of a promising program that emerged from a conversation between an activist trying to raise money for a children's art museum and an Oakland elementary school principal who, concerned about making recess less unruly, asked why nobody was doing anything about bringing play back onto the playground.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the author, Will Bunch, describes RWJF's Caring Across Communities program and the different approaches adopted by its grantees in 15 communities Bunch examines lessons that have emerged from the program.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the United Teen Equality Center in Lowell, Massachusetts offers an approach to stemming gang violence. Their program uses streetworkers, some of whom were former gang members, to stop outbreaks of gang violence and help gang members get an education, locate employment training opportunities, and find jobs.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, award-winning journalist Sara Solovitch chronicles the history of dental therapists and dental aides in Alaska.
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, leaders of the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program look back at the program, which ended in 2009, and reflect on how the program operated and on what its policy research on tobacco, alcohol, and drugs accomplished.
January 1, 2010 | Book
James Bornemeier, a New York City-based writing and editing consultant and former journalist for the Los Angeles Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, presents the broad history of the Foundation's efforts to address addiction to drugs (as distinct from addiction to alcohol) in this chapter of the Anthology.
January 1, 2010 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Sara Solovitch, a California-based freelance writer and former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, examines the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reclaiming Futures program.
January 1, 2010 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Lee Green, a California-based freelance writer and journalist, tells the story of the College Alcohol Study and of Henry Wechsler, the Harvard researcher who developed and conducted the series of surveys that make up the College Alcohol Study.
January 1, 2010 | Book
MicheLee Puppets travel throughout Florida, providing an entertaining—even rollicking—show for the state's schoolchildren. The puppets highlight ways that elementary schoolchildren can eat more nutritious food and be healthier.
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Digby Diehl, a freelance writer and frequent Anthology contributor, chronicles the work of Catholic Social Services to bring mental health and substance abuse counseling to the Lakota Sioux living on or near reservations in rural South Dakota. Like many of the up-close-and-personal stories featured in the Anthology, this project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Local Initiative Funding Partners program.