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June 18, 2009 - Press release
Maximizing Housing as Health Care Intervention
The National AIDS Housing Coalition has been awarded a $200,000 grant from MacArthur to support a national project which seeks to maximize the policy impact and cost-effectiveness of housing as a health care intervention for ... Read More
May 29, 2009 - Speech
Asia Security Initiative Launch, Remarks by Jonathan Fanton
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton announces the Foundation's deepening of its commitment to Asia through the seven-year, $68 million Asia Security Initiative. Read More
May 29, 2009 - Press release
Supporting Regional Cooperation for Peace and Security in Asia
MacArthur is committing $68 million over seven years to a new Asia Security Initiative that will increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Read More
May 25, 2009 - Publication
Migrants Count: Five Steps Toward Better Migration Data
Better data could be gathered easily and at low cost by adding a few questions to each national census, according to a new report by a blue-ribbon commission supported by the MacArthur Foundation. Read More
May 19, 2009 - Press release
Helping Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods Hit Hard by Foreclosures
The National Community Stabilization Trust, a new collaborative venture of nonprofit housing organizations, private philanthropies, and financial institutions announced the launch of its national effort. Read More
April 21, 2009 - From the field
Obama Announces Nonproliferation Agenda
President Obama has announced new commitments to reducing the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons and preventing their spread, goals which have been advanced by MacArthur grantees since the mid-1980s. Read More
April 8, 2009 - Press release
$1 Million Will Bolster Illinois’ Local 2010 Census Participation
Ten of Illinois’ leading foundations, including MacArthur, announced they are jointly investing $1 million to improve participation in hard-to-count, poor, minority, rural, and high-rise communities in the 2010 Census. Read More
April 7, 2009 - From the field
New Task Force Coordinates Federal Transportation and Housing Investments
Citing research and work supported by the Foundation, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new partnership to help American families gain better access to affordable housing, more transportation ... Read More
March 24, 2009 - From the field
Grantee’s Work Leads to New Evidence-Based Program
MacArthur grantee the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy played a key role in advising the Office of Management and Budget about the rigorous standard of evidence used in an effectiveness evaluation that led to the scaling up ... Read More
March 17, 2009 - Speech
Opening Remarks by Jonathan Fanton at “Partners in Innovation: A Dialogue on Federal, State, and Local Rental Preservation Solutions”
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton stresses the need to build a consensus framework for national housing policy that reflects how housing matters deeply for families, communities, education, and health. Read More
March 9, 2009 - Publication
Facts & Fictions about an Aging America
This article published in Contexts magazine debunks common myths about aging in America.
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March 9, 2009 - From the field
Fiscal Summit Addresses Deficit Reduction
Several MacArthur grantees and members of the Foundation-supported Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States participated in the recent Fiscal Responsibility Summit convened by the Obama Administration. Those selected to participate included the Brookings ... Read More
February 26, 2009 - Press release
How Housing Matters to Families & Communities 2008 Grant Recipients
Boston Medical Center/Children's HealthWatch (2008)
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2008)
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City/Department of Housing Preservation and Development (2008)
Northwestern University (2008)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008 ... Read More
February 26, 2009 - Speech
State and Local Housing Preservation Leaders Media Briefing, Remarks by Jonathan Fanton
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton discusses the Window of Opportunity, in which MacArthur is investing $32.5 million in 12 states, cities, and counties that are innovators in preserving affordable rental housing. Read More
February 24, 2009 - From the field
Cambodian Ministry Approves New Legal Protection for Conservation Area
Based on efforts by MacArthur grantee the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries recently approved new legal protection for the Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area. In 2003, after WCS surveys identified ... Read More
