Capstone Projects
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In recent years, the Government of Egypt worked closely with various international development institutions, including USAID through the Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI), to promote experimentation with decentralization and local governance …
Egypt Decentralization Initiative/United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations Development Programme
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is a nonprofit organization that offers visual, performing and literary arts, arts education and artists? programs to encourage participation in the arts and to contribute to the cultural enrichment of the …
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
Times Square Ink (TSI) is a job-readiness program for ex-offenders which operates within the Midtown Community Court (MCC). MCC, the first initiative of its kind, provides innovative sentencing alternatives to low-level offenders guilty of crimes such as …
Midtown Community Court, Times Square Ink
The VA New York Harbor Healthcare (VA NYHHS) system encompasses the veterans' healthcare system for the boroughs of Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The organization consists of campuses throughout the boroughs and provides care to over …
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
HIV Care Services, Public Health HIV Care Services (HIVCS) is a program of Solutions Public Health Solutions, whose mission is Assisting HIVCS in Developing a to manage federal and city funding for HIV Continuous Quality Care Improvement preventive, …
HIV Care Services, Public Health Solutions
"Helen Keller International (HKI) is a nonprofit organization devoted to fighting and treating preventable blindness and malnutrition, with programs in 22 countries. HKI sought the assistance of the Capstone team to develop a business continuity plan for …
Helen Keller International
Recognizing the importance of addressing barriers to employment in helping hard-to-serve public assistance recipients obtain self-sufficiency, the City of New York Human Resource Administration sought an evaluation of the WeCARE (Wellness, Comprehensive …
New York City Human Resources Administration
How does an organization decide to adopt a new technology in its field programs? Global Relief Technology, a producer of handheld data collection devices, asked the Capstone team to research the barriers for PDA adoption by emergency relief organizations. …
Global Relief Technologies
The Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI) is an AECOM/USAID project designed to support Egypt's emergent vision of a more decentralized government. USAID works at local and central levels of government to support Egypt's efforts towards …
Egyptian Decentralization Initiative – AECOM/USAID
Despite Brooklyn’s renaissance over the past decade, parts of central Brooklyn still suffer from chronic poverty, high unemployment, and lower educational attainment. The Brooklyn Borough President’s Office (BBPO) is currently conceptualizing a new …
Brooklyn Borough President’s Office
"Mayor Bloomberg's introduction of PlaNYC 2030 represented a pivotal moment for the future strategy of New York City. Developed out of the recognition that the City's infrastructure, particularly its transit system, is too old to accommodate an expected …
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
"PlaNYC is a comprehensive effort carried out by the City of New York to address the new pressure on the city's infrastructure from the additional one million residents that are expected to reside in NYC by the year 2030. The Mayor’s Office asked the …
New York City Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability
The Capstone team worked with the Institute for Urban Family Health (the Institute) to analyze the impact that best practice alerts (BPAs), a function of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), had on healthcare costs. In order to do this, the Capstone team …
Institute for Urban Family Health
The Capstone team worked with the Institute for Urban Family Health (the Institute) to analyze the impact that best practice alerts (BPAs), a function of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), had on healthcare costs. In order to do this, the Capstone team …
Institute for Urban Family Health
In 2001, the Indian government mandated that all government schools in the country serve a hot lunch to primary school students. As a result, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other local groups have stepped in to provide service delivery. Global …
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Free Arts NYC is an organization that delivers creative arts programs directly to low-income, homeless, abused, and neglected children. Volunteers act as mentors and create an environment for the children to express themselves through art projects. The …
Free Arts NYC
As a state-funded institution with an outstanding track record for graduating students who work in Public Interest Law, the growing success and planned expansion of CUNY School of Law will impact future staffing needs. The Law School asked the Capstone …
CUNY School of Law
In September 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their ?Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings.? These revised recommendations encourage routine HIV …
Barriers to HIV Testing
The main objective of the Capstone team was to facilitate the working relationships between partner organizations involved in the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (BL) Health Home Program. As an approved Health Home, BL sought the help of the Capstone team …
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
The Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), a long-standing presence in the Brooklyn arts community, has recently experienced significant growth. Due to this development, BAC sought an impartial understanding of its role within the Brooklyn arts community, …
Brooklyn Arts Council
The Elmezzi Foundation, a family foundation dedicated to providing assistance to individuals who, due to either environment or circumstance, have not had the ability to live independent and productive lives, is in a period of focused reflection. In trying …
Elmezzi Foundation
"Launched in 1996 by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ReliefWeb is a website that assists the international humanitarian community by delivering timely, reliable, and relevant information concerning global emergencies and …
Relief Web
The Capstone team studied the historical context and implementation of the Impact Schools Initiative (led by the NYPD and Department of Education) in New York City and how effective it has/has not been in dealing with the issue of school safety. The team …
Prison Moratorium Project
The Capstone team studied the historical context and implementation of the Impact Schools Initiative (led by the NYPD and Department of Education) in New York City and how effective it has/has not been in dealing with the issue of school safety. The team …
Prison Moratorium Project