AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER FINAL ASSESSMENT & RECOMMENDATIONS RELEASED
9 February 2007

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Media Release

FIVE YEARS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH GRANTMAKING WITH THE GSK COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD
7 December 2006

Ten small community-based health organizations in the Philadelphia area were notified today that they are the 2006 winners of the GlaxoSmithKline Community Impact Awards. This completes Policy Development's fifth year administering this program. We congratulate the winners, and thank them for their critical work. And we commend GSK's determination to seek out underserved communities.

THE SURVIVAL CENTER SELECTS POLICY DEVELOPMENT TO HELP REBUILD
3 November 2006

The Amherst Survival Center announced today that it has begun a process to rebuild itself from the ground up, and that Policy Development will be guiding this process. The process will involve a comprehensive organizational assessment (programs, administration, and finances), recommendations, and implementation. Meaningful participation and transparency will be prioritized.

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PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE panel features PD model
21 October 2006

"Ask not what your member organizations can do for you (e.g., advance your legislative agenda), but what you can do for them (e.g., improve their real world effectiveness)." Adapting the words of America's thirty-fifth president, PD Executive Director Aron Goldman presented the PD model at the Independent Sector Annual Conference in Minneapolis. Drawing directly on the PD model, Goldman explained what national policy organizations can do to integrate public policy into the normal business of community-based organizations, thus contributing to mutually beneficial and durable relationships.

INDEPENDENT SECTOR'S ETHICS & ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE INVITES PD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO JOIN
26 January 2006

Policy Development is honored to be represented among the most important nonprofit institutions of our day, and to have the opportunity to work together on sector reform in the context of Independent Sector's national Ethics & Accountability Committee. As its newest member, PD Executive Director will continue to pursue substantive accountability and innovation, with the goal of establishing a more direct relationship between tax-exempt status and real social impact.

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ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION FUNDS SPRINGFIELD "BRIDGE PROJECT"
1 December 2005

An estimated 15% of residents in the North End of Springfield pass in and out of jail every year. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selected the North End Outreach Network (NEON) to help create a continuity of care for inmates and their families during incarceration and re-entry. Policy Development helped develop the project, and now PD is funded through this grant to monitor and evaluate the project, and to continue its overall capacity-building efforts.