The City Fix

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

First, the river rises, flooding into streets and houses. Along the Ngong River in Mukuru, one of Nairobi’s slum neighborhoods and home to more than 100,000 people, residents face a dual threat when the rains come. Then the water reaches. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 16, 2023

Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Unrestricted (i.e.,

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 21, 2022

” The article explores how homelessness continues to be a serious social and public health issue in the U.S., and how park and recreation agencies are increasingly helping to support their community members who are experiencing homelessness and housing instability.

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GovLoop

JUNE 11, 2024

As agencies become more adept at collecting, managing and analyzing data, they are able to answer critical questions that previously proved elusive. Environmental Where do environmental hazards put public health at risk? Transportation Does public transit support parents seeking assistance?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

NSDC uses AWS to run applications for their Skill India Portal learning management system (LMS), Skill Management and Accreditation of Training Centers ( SMART ), Takshashila Portal for Training of Trainers/Assessors , as well as its enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. million student records and 7.6 AWS Summit Singapore.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 5, 2024

Josh Dozor is General Manager, Medical and Security Assistance Services servicing the Americas at International SOS where he is responsible for the oversight and delivery of assistance services. Prior to his service at FEMA, he served as the Director of Preparedness Policy for the White House Homeland Security Council.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

For more than a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. A major part of that is re-certifying the 91 million members currently receiving Medicaid benefits.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

As the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) begins to wind down, starting April 1, 2023, state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) will have one year to “unwind” temporary COVID-era changes and return to pre-pandemic ways of working.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 22, 2023

The goal is to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of innovative public health interventions targeting these populations. The NOFO consists of two components: Component A: Comparative effectiveness trials of community-based interventions in high-risk populations.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 7, 2022

According to Joshua Pine, City Innovation and Data Program manager for the National League of Cities, “The current data on our Tracker is for plans submitted August 31st, 2021. Housing – 12.5%. Public Health – 12.3%. Public Safety – 2.3%. Government Operations - 37.6%. Infrastructure – 12.5%. Community Aid 12.3%.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Our Council member, Kenyatta Johnson, is now also Council president, and he has enormous power to protect affordable housing in his district and beyond.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 25, 2025

However, as demand explodes, so does the requirement to manage complex data flows. In public health, advanced epidemiological models rely on HPC to predict the spread of diseases and optimise healthcare responses, as demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sheer volume of data being generated today is unprecedented.

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

” “These cars are iconic to the Bay Area and to the people that not only live in the Bay Area now, but grew up riding these BART cars,” said BART Manager of Special Projects Brian Tsukamoto. The owners hope to see the house last upwards of 100 years. We’d like to see them given a new life. Bike Repair and Customization Center.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 9, 2023

In order to deliver this high-stakes customer experience to the nation, our government service providers need good leadership to support frontline staff in managing these challenges. Local field offices experienced a sharp rise in people seeking help with housing problems.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Andrea Fletcher How do you translate policy into management goals? Her team works with human-centered design specialists and project managers to find ways of linking digital experts across the agency’s three centers. “We We’re like an in-house consulting firm of technologists,” Fletcher said. So we’re building that community.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

It will likely be more efficient for communities to pursue these activities under that Rule’s “public health and negative economic impacts” eligible use category, rather than trying to pursue them under the CDBG-eligible projects category.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue "). But I haven't seen a good transportation demand management study of hospital workers trip to work. (In

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Other cities are managing parks to reduce the risk of wildfire, restoring shorelines to absorb storm surges, and opting for renewable sources of energy. Planning at the landscape scale for Sugar House Park: the cultural landscape. The Creek Management Plan provides a number of recommendations for the Creek within the Park.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I have to understand how our sheriff’s office operates and what their unique constraints and requirements are vs. that of the court vs. that of animal care and control vs. that of public health,” he said. We had a packed house, and the feedback we got was really positive,” he said.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

DC isn't very big on public restrooms, although some federal parks have them (" Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go? ," Bloomberg). This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Homelessness concentrates in cities because there are more people, housing is more expensive, and people migrate to cities because they are more likely to offer social services. Readers have called our attention to the book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem , which I haven't yet tracked down ("S," Seattle Times ).

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Illegal dumping has public health, economic, and environmental consequences. Once, on a public street, someone dumped a 55-gallon drum of an extremely hazardous chemical right at the curb near a park within the city,” said Keith L. No one wants to look at a dump site when they leave the house.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy. So here are the top 6 agenda items to help you focus time and energy on what matters in 2022.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 12, 2023

In addition, a good grant writing class should provide guidance on various types of grants available including corporate, foundation, public health,, and other government grants and awards. The boot camp covers key topics such as project management and planning, proposal development, budgeting guidelines, and other tips for success.

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zencity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Local government officials have just encountered one of the biggest public health emergencies of their careers. After a three-year conference hiatus, it is sure to be a full house. Florida City/County Management Association Annual Conference When: May 31-June 3 Where: Orlando, FL Why? We can’t wait to meet you!

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 8, 2022

Last week, the White House declared monkeypox a public health emergency and President Biden appointed Robert Fenton from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as monkeypox coordinator and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as deputy coordinator.

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GCN

JUNE 10, 2024

Calling gun violence a “public health crisis,” the Biden administration is asking state and local health departments, health systems and hospitals to boost their data collection on emergency room visits for firearm-related injuries.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

The third is preserving housing. For years I've argued that DC should manage itself as a heritage area with or without designation. Elizabeths I suggested this as part of a three part series on an innovative strategy for public health and wellness programming as part of building a new hospital. And my park is 110.5

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