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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.

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