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Giving New Life to Churches
By the time Calvary United Methodist Church made the difficult decision to close its doors for worship in 2018, the congregation had dwindled to about 20 people. Most members of the Asheboro, North Carolina, church were more than 70 years old, and maintaining the building and its property was a struggle.
The Art of Argument: Things to Know About Davidson’s Deliberative Citizenship Initiative
Davidson College’s Deliberative Citizenship Initiative aims to encourage constructive engagement around difficult issues through “deliberation” as opposed to “cross talk.” At a time when public discourse is often fractious and unproductive, the college wants to focus on “researching, teaching and enacting deliberative practices that support constructive disagreements” on campus and beyond.
Connecting Families to Needed Support
When Jeff Quinn speaks to communities about Family Connects International, he takes pride in the fact that the program has its roots in his hometown of Durham, N.C. From its early days as a Durham County pilot in 2008, Family Connects has provided home visits to more than 61,000 families, and it’s now working with 40 sites in 17 states.
AccessHealth — Networks of Care for the Low-Income, Uninsured
The AccessHealth initiative launched in 2008 to reduce health disparities, improve clinical outcomes, decrease avoidable hospital use and expand access to care among low-income, uninsured adults.
Zero to Eight
We believe that a good beginning for children bodes well for their lives as adults and for their communities. The Duke Endowment is committed to making that a reality.
Zero to Eight: Program-Based
In our four program areas, we are exploring ways to increase our emphasis on early childhood.
Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At The Duke Endowment, we work toward one over-arching goal: To improve life for the people of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Aging in Place in the Carolinas
This white paper develops a demographic profile of the elderly population in the Carolinas and presents the results of a literature search which identified both promising initiatives and programmatic gaps where new and innovative efforts are needed to foster and facilitate successful aging in place for seniors.
Evaluation of The Duke Endowment Campus Sustainability Initiative
This evaluation was commissioned as a way for the Endowment to catalog the achievements of the Campus Sustainability Initiative, including measurable outcomes and qualitative results and impacts.
Implementing a Post-Care Service System in Child Welfare: The Catawba County Child Wellbeing Project
This brief sets the stage for a three-part series on the Catawba County Child Wellbeing Project by describing the Project’s origins and historical context.
Using Implementation Science to Support and Align Practice and System Change: A Case Study of the Catawba County Child Wellbeing Project
This brief describes how implementation science principles informed technical assistance strategies used in Catawba County to support the full and effective use of evidence-based and evidence-informed practices (EBPs/EIPs).
