This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With more than 100,000 children in the U.S. foster care system waiting to be adopted (many of whom will age out of the system before finding a home), adoption agencies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ZERO TO THREE’s HealthySteps program announced both its large expansion and growth plan supported by Blue Meridian Partners, as well as its new national director, Dr. Rahil Briggs. ZERO TO…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, we highlighted the journey of one Holocaust survivor to the big screen. Sonia Warshawski is a force of nature. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging (CFA), we know that it takes innovation, hard work, and dedicated partners to make progress on this goal. With the valued support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How is thalidomide—the drug that resulted in over 10,000 children with birth defects—related to Alzheimer’s? Once a scandal that rocked the health care world, thalidomide can now be viewed as a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bob Kincaid, co-founder of the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Get Veterans Involved (GVI), has found that it’s possible to kill two birds with one stone. His nonprofit helps two groups — veterans who struggle when they return…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the weekend of MLK Day, we’re activating our veterans and civilian allies to bring Dr. King’s core values to life. The aim of these #LegacyofService projects is to get…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even at the mid-1970s peak of defined-benefit plans, fewer than 40 percent of private-sector workers had them. Today, decades after the shift to 401(k)s began, 61 percent of private-sector workers are participating in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After you transition out of the military and into civilian life, you might be coming back to a family that’s been living without you for a while. It’s not just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past several years, our nation’s progress on veteran homelessness has been one of the most important success stories in the effort to end homelessness. But earlier this month,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The percentage of American philanthropy funding that goes toward aging programs is less than two percent. Grantmakers In Aging wants to remedy that. The organization — which began 35 years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Writing in The Hill, Robert Stammers of the CFA Institute warned that “a real retirement crisis is still impending” that could create “a generation of retired poor.” In support of his view, Stammer…