News and information on the role that government, small business, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy play in creating healthy and vibrant communities.
An Urban Institute report documents a series of papers that early implementation of the Affordable Care Act in eight states.
These eight states include: Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan,...more
The Reinventors Network, a network of innovators, focuses on philanthropic trends done in the past decade. These include "crowdfunding, scan-to-give technology, social impact bonds, impact...more
Santa Barbara County residents will participate in the Homelessness Action Summit at UC Santa Barbara's Campbell Hall to tackle possible strategies for reducing the ever-growing homelessness...more
The Garden Pool, a solar-powered aquaponic greenhouse, was created by innovative couple Dennis and Danielle McClung in 2009 after purchasing a foreclosed home in Mesa, Arizona.
With the Garden...more
Tech entrepreneur Krishnan Ganesh announces plans to launch two new startups: one in the housing and construction sector and another that will provide higher education for working...more
With California currently experiencing a drought, startups are providing solutions such as drones, aerial imagery and data analytics to help deliver water to only the parts of farmers' fields that...more
The expansion of Medicaid benefits hospitals and patients alike as it provides for long-term care services while at a reduced hospital rate.
The many provisions found in the Affordable Care Act...more
Researchers at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University examined data from a sample of over 2% of the U.S. medical students enrolled at over a hundred accredited American medical...more
In her written contribution to Huffington Post, President of the Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Judith Rodin illustrates why risk is often associated with philanthropy.
Dr. Rodin specifies that...more
Sochi 2014 volunteers have reached a thousand hoping to assist at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
Sochi 2014 CEO and President Dmitry Chernyshenko states that a volunteer movement is...more
