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Effects of a Citizens Review Panel in Preventing Child Maltreatment Fatalities

Michigan Public Health Institute The rate of child maltreatment fatalities – deaths resulting from parental abuse or neglect – has remained relatively...

Differential is Essential

By Caren Kaplan Mark Redmond’s description of Differential Response is not accurate. His September column (“Is Differential too Deferential?”) mischaracterizes the DR...

Doctors Call for End to Tobacco Ads in Child-Accessible Media

The American Academy of Pediatrics wants the federal government to go further than ever in limiting tobacco ads, by banning them not...

Uninsured Children: Who Are They and Where Do They Live

Though the number of uninsured children has been declining since the late 1990s, as many as 9.3 million children nationwide continued to...

HHS Releases Updated Child Abuse and Neglect User Manuals

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the final two volumes in its Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Foster Parents Entitled to Higher Payments

Foster parents routinely complain that are entitled to more money to cover their costs, and a federal court in California recently agreed....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

DVD: Culturally Competent Parenting

Culturally Competent ParentingFoster Parent College: Training for Adoptive, Kinship, and Foster ParentsNorthwest Media Inc.30 minutes. Interactive DVD plus CD-ROM with Viewer Guide,...

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Boys Town Programs Accused of Using Improper Restraints

Allegations that physical and chemical restraints were being used at two Boys Town facilities near the Omaha headquarters campus resulted in the...

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Nebraska Lifts Referral Hold on 1 Boys Town Program

The state of Nebraska lifted its hold on referrals to Boys Town’s Specialized Treatment Group Homes (TGH) Wednesday, but a referral halt...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Strong Child Nutrition Today Equals a Healthy, Productive Tomorrow

By Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba and John Cook It is simply common sense that food is a basic necessity...

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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that the child poverty rate increased last year, as the number of Americans living...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Pregnancy Prevention Grants Awarded

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $188 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants Thursday. Most of the grants...

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California Extends Foster Care Services to 21

The state with the nation’s most foster youths will no longer just cut them loose when they turn 18. California Gov. Arnold...

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More Children Insured as Poverty Rose

Unemployment soared between 2008 and 2009, and the majority of states saw more of their citizens living in poverty, but the number...

Preventing Permanent Harm to the Recession Generation

By Deborah Weinstein We would all like to think of the current recession as a temporary downturn with no lasting consequences. But...

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Will Calif. Extend Foster Care Services?

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is days away from signing or vetoing legislation that would extend foster care services in California to age 21...

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School District Wellness Policies

School District Wellness Policies: Evaluating Progress and Potential for Improving Children’s Health Three Years After the Federal Mandate Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...

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Child Poverty Rises

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau The child poverty rate rose last year to...

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Building Capacity for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiatives (MAYOI): Building Capacity for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Providing...