All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Fifty Years Later, Revamped ‘Freedom Schools’ Still Help Struggling Students

McCOMB, Miss. — When Alana Johnson starts fifth grade at Higgins Middle School on Monday, she may have a leg-up on 10-year-olds...

CDC Vital Signs – Progress on Children Eating More Fruit, Not Vegetables

The CDC analyzes healthy childhood eating trends from 2003 to 2010.

The Taproot Foundation – Service Grants for Arts, Education, Environment, Health, and Social Services

Subject: Arts, Education, Environment, Health, and Social Services | Deadline: Sept. 1, 2014 and Dec. 1, 2014

School Wellness Policy Program

Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Food and Nutrition, Education, School | Deadline: Oct. 6, 2014

Perception of Weight Status in U.S. Children and Adolescents, Aged 8–15 Years

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which illustrates the way American youth misperceive their weight status.

Missing the Point: The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth

A research report by the Center for American Progress which analyzes and makes policy recommendations about the mental impact racially-derogatory Native American...

Healthy Homes and Lead Technical Studies Grant Program

Subject: Safety, Child Welfare, Health | Deadline: Aug. 25, 2014

The 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual comprehensive report assessing the well-being of children across the nation and ranking states based on an...

Interventions for Youth who Misuse/Abuse Prescription Stimulant Medications in High School and/or College-Attending Youth

Subject: Child Welfare, Substance Abuse, Prescription Drugs, Health | Deadline: Nov. 13, 2014

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Kids’ Health, Education Improve, but Economic Well-Being Doesn’t, Report Says

The report provides a glimpse over a 25-year span — this year marks the foundation’s 25th consecutive year of measuring the well-being...

Early Head Start (EHS) Expansion and Migrant and Seasonal EHS-Child Care Partnerships

Subject: Health, Child Welfare | Deadline: Oct. 6, 2014

The AMA Foundation – Healthy Living Grants

Subject: Health, Child Welfare, Youth Development, Education, Drug Use, Substance Abuse | Deadline: Sept. 12, 2014

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In New Orleans, School and Health Care Decentralization Affect Neediest Children

In recent years, New Orleans has become a case study in how children and families are affected by rapid decentralization of public...

Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers: Community Living and Participation for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions

Subject: Youth Development, Community Development, Youth Welfare, Mental Disabilities, Mental Health | Deadline: Aug. 29, 2014

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Building Bridges to Meet Kids’ Needs

The Bridge Teen Center offers after-school and summertime programs aimed at providing recreation and homework help for seventh- through 12th-graders. But many...

TV Watching and Computer Use in U.S. Youth Aged 12–15, 2012

A data brief by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics which reports national estimates on television watching and computer use among...

The Kresge Foundation – Education, Community Development, Health, Environment and Human Services Grants

Subject: Education, Community Development, Health, Environment, Human Services| Deadline: Ongoing

Ronald McDonald House Charities – Global Children’s Health and Well-Being Grant Program

Subject: Child Welfare, Health | Deadline: Aug. 29, 2014

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