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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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The Beacon Community Centers Middle School Initiative: Report on Implementation and Youth Experience in the Initiative’s Second Year
This report evaluates the Beacon Community Centers Middle School initiative in New York City that was established in fall 2007 to offer...
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Foster Care Population Drops Again
New federal data indicate that child welfare reforms are drastically reducing the nation’s foster care population, which fell by 8 percent from...
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Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast
Despite economic and infrastructure growth in the Gulf region after Hurricane Katrina, one item remains unrepaired five years later: children’s mental health....
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Victories Start to Show in Obesity Fight
Amid all the talk and new initiatives aimed at combating youth obesity, there’s been a trickle of evidence that obesity is declining...
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Smoking in Top-Grossing Movies – United States, 1991-2009
There’s less smoking in the movies but youth still see an awful lot, according to the latest issue of the CDC’s Morbidity...
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Heat Illness Among High School Athletes – United States, 2005-2009
With football practices at high schools and youth recreation leagues well underway this month, a new federal government report warns coaches, parents...
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‘Get in the Game’ Campaign Targets Uninsured Student Athletes
A pilot public service campaign aimed at signing up more children and youths in seven states for federal health insurance is being...
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Nazario Leaves ACF to Care for Husband
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Carmen Nazario resigned on July 19 from the top job at the Administration for Children and...
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Florida Bans Foster Children from Clinical Drug Trials
Sixteen months after 7-year-old Gabriel Myers committed suicide while taking psychotropic drugs, the state of Florida has banned allowing any children in...
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Child Nutrition Bill Passes Senate
The U.S. Senate passed a new $4.5 billion Child Nutrition bill Thursday, approving it by unanimous consent, a procedure that does not...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Child Nutrition Bills Stalled in Congress
Michelle Obama has pleaded with the U.S. Congress (in a Washington Post opinion piece). Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has pleaded with her...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
… Feed youths out of school
Although nearly 19 million children from low-income families eat a free or reduced-priced lunch at school during the school year, according...
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Fixing a Broken System: Transforming Maine’s Child Welfare SystemThe Annie E. Casey Foundation
Maine’s child welfare system, long hailed as one of the worst in the country, has made significant progress over the past...
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The Academy: A Program for Older Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Vera Institute of Justice This report explores the implementation of the Academy, a collaborative program created in New York in 2007...
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Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Youths who go through both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
State Health Facts
www.statehealthfacts.org A comprehensive online source of national health policy topics and data, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s StateHealthFacts.org has been enhanced...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Girls Health
www.twitter.com/girlshealth The U.S. Office on Women’s Health (under the Health and Human Services Department) has started a Girls Health twitter account, which...
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What Works for Home Visiting Programs: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
Following rigorous evaluations of 66 home visitation programs, researchers found that less than half positively affected their communities, this fact sheet says....
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Child Welfare Experts Urge Congress to Expand Title IV-E Waivers
The federal government should expand a flexible funding program that helps states and counties reform their child welfare systems and keep more...
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Health Insurance Guideline Leaves Kids Out
A new federal guideline that lets health insurers deny new coverage to children except those who sign up during “open enrollment” has...
