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When grief doesn’t end
On a January evening in 1992, I was sitting in our kitchen, reading a comic book. My older sister Claudia…
Full Report Available: Survey by Columbia University and Committee of 100 Reveals Groundbreaking Data on Chinese American Communities
After releasing its executive summary in April, Columbia University’s School of Social Work, one of the world’s leading research universities,…
Read This: Here’s Why Millions Are Losing Health Care.
The safety net that emerged in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was a game-changer for lower-income Americans. Millions of…
National CARES and Columbia University Announce Historic Partnership
The National CARES Mentoring Movement, an organization committed to healing and transforming the lives of Black children growing up in communities impacted by poverty, by recruiting Black men and women to mentor them; Columbia University School of Social Work, one of the world’s leading research universities; and Columbia University’s Black Alumni Council (BAC), the association for current and future Black alumni from all schools, affiliates and generations of Columbia, announced their partnership at a garden party on Sunday, August 6th at the home of Dr. Michael and Hasoni Pratts in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard.
Most Alzheimer’s caregivers with grief disorder don’t seek effective treatments
Grief is a response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has passed away,…
Low-income families will benefit the most from DFLers tax changes. Here’s how.
The state expects more than 265,000 tax filers to claim the credit at a total cost of nearly $900 million…
Columbia Joins Mayor Eric Adams’ Higher Education Consortium to Support Asylum Seekers in New York City
As an extension of his mission to deliver resources and relief for asylum seekers in New York City, Mayor Eric…
Mayor Adams Announces Asylum Application Help Center has Helped Submit Over 1,300 Asylum Applications in Matter of Weeks, Announces Higher Education Partnerships for Fall Semester
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that the city’s Asylum Application Help Center has helped migrants mail more…
When Grief Lingers and Robs Life of Meaning, It’s Time to Get Help
When we lose someone dear, it’s normal to feel twinges and waves of grief, even years after the death, says…
How the Child Tax Credit Empowered Low-Income Parents
Two recent studies by University of Michigan researchers finds that low-income US families who received the short-lived 2021 expanded child…
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