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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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Most States Improved CHIP, Medicaid in 2010
Despite the ongoing economic downturn and the resulting decline in state budgets, almost all states maintained or made improvements to their Medicaid...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Measuring Outcomes Is Important. But in Recession, at What Price?
Recently, Charity Navigator asked members of its Advisory Panel to provide commentary on an important question: “What can donors do to gauge...
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Family Structure and Children’s Health in the United States
National Center for Health Statistics The fact that children today are more likely to grow up in a non-traditional family in...
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ER Visits Increase for Prescription Drug Use
If hospital emergency room visits are any indication, prescription drugs are replacing illicit drugs as America’s preferred vice. A new government report...
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Supreme Court Judge to Lead Michigan Child Welfare Reform
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) today named Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan to lead his embattled Department of Human Services. Corrigan...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Diarist
Happy New Year, Everyone! During the holidays, I came up with a small list of resolutions our government should make in 2011...
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Researchers Find ‘Discrepancies’ in Youths’ Self-reported Sexual Behavior
Association between Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Young Adults’ Self-reported Abstinence Pediatrics Self-reported sexual behavior – the lodestar of much research on teens’...
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Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 2005-2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This latest national study, conducted from 2005 to 2008, shows that the prevalence of childhood obesity...
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Hidden In Plain Sight
It’s flu season, and cases of asthma, diabetes and whooping cough are on the rise. At some point this winter, most children...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Kitchen Centralizes Meals and Snacks
The children don’t show up until after 2 p.m. but Lance Smith, after-school coordinator for residents at the Hubbard Place Apartments in...
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Opportunities Just Beyond His Grasp
The case of Erwin Celes, a 19-year old Hawaiian youth who committed suicide six months after aging out of foster care, where...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Teen Guide to Sex Without Regrets
The Teen Guide to Sex Without RegretsTeen writers at Youth Communication and Andrea Estepa, Keith Hefner, Laura Longhine, Rachel Blustain and Nora...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Sex: A Book for Teens: An Uncensored Guide to Your Body, Sex, and Safety
Sex: A Book for Teens: An Uncensored Guide to Your Body, Sex, and SafetyNikol HaslerZest Books/Orange Avenue Publishing192 pages. Aimed at ages...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Are You Living an Upside-Down Life? Book 5 in the Arise-Sprouts Teen Pregnancy Awareness Series
Are You Living an Upside-Down Life? Book 5 in the Arise-Sprouts Teen Pregnancy Awareness SeriesArise Foundation116 pages. This fifth and final book...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Gloucester 18: The Realities of Teen Pregnancy
The Gloucester 18: The Realities of Teen PregnancyDirected by John Michael Williams; produced by Kristen GriecoMedia Education Foundation67 minutes. DVD: $195 college...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Primer on New Child Nutrition Act
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, signed by President Barack Obama in mid-December, will boost the availability and health content of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
…Develop Runaway Prevention Programs
Providing free and confidential counseling, 24-hour hotlines, and group sessions where families facing similar challenges can come together are key to helping...
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Task Force on LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention Announced
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are the target of a new task force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention,...
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HHS Hands Out Bonuses for States That Stepped Up Medicaid, SCHIP Enrollment for Kids
More states were able to secure federal bonus awards this year for their efforts to encourage and increase enrollment of uninsured children...
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States Starting to Move on Federal Guardianship, Foster Care-to-21 Programs
More than a year after passage of a law intended to give more support to youths aging out of foster care, the...
