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November 30, 2004HIV/AIDS in Georgia
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: New reports released at a Morehouse School of Medicine briefing on November 30, 2004, show the disproportionate impact HIV is having on minorities in Georgia and important differences in how minorities view HIV/AIDS compared to...
Prescription Drug Spending Under the MMA: Modeling the Impact on Out-of-Pocket Costs
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This report projects the impact of the new Medicare drug benefit on out-of-pocket spending for people who enroll in 2006. Read more from this post....
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Timeline of Key Milestones
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: An interactive web-based timeline designed to serve as an ongoing reference tool for many of the political, scientific, cultural, and community events that have occurred from 1981 - 2004. Read more from this post....
Crime in Schools Fell Sharply Over Decade, Survey Shows
From NYT > National: School crime dropped to an annual rate of 24 violent incidents per 100,000 students from 48 violent incidents, a report found. Read more from this post....
HIV Vaccine Trial Participants Ask 'Why Not You?'; Call to Action in Preparation for Large HIV Preventive Vaccine Trial
From U.S. Newswire Releases: In honor of World AIDS Day, the New York City HIV Vaccine Trials Unit (a Columbia University Medical Center and Project Achieve partnership) honors its vaccine trial volunteers in a photo exhibit, highlighting some of the...
California's Underserved Populations to Benefit From Community Technology Foundation's Social Justice Grants
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American Latinos Gain Footing in Managing the Nation's Wealth; Fourth New America Alliance Wall Street Summit Marks Progress
From U.S. Newswire Releases: American Latinos are gaining a foothold on Wall Street and in managing the nation's wealth. That was the consensus at the 4th Annual Wall Street Summit of the New America Alliance (NAA), held Oct. 27-29, in...
Housing Wealth Has Greater Effect Than Stocks, New Study Shows
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Housing wealth has a more immediate impact on consumer spending than stock wealth and has sustained the U.S. economy since the beginning of this decade, shows a new study produced by the Joint Center for Housing...
November 29, 2004
Community Schools: The Time is Now!
The 2005 National Forum of the Coalition for Community Schools Join us for three days of learning and networking with people working to create community schools across the country. Visit successful Chicago community schools to see how they work, participate...
Budget Outlook 2005: A Challenge for Advocates
National Women's Law Center In 2005, the federal budget process will demand advocates' attention. The process begins early in the next session of Congress. It could be the first step toward drastic changes and cutbacks to critical programs such as...
Online Hip-Hop Literacy Program Gets $800,000 Grant
The National Urban League's Online Hip-Hop Reader Program, which was launched here this year as a pilot program designed to enhance the reading habits, Internet usage and civic engagement of high school students, will expand its agenda and reach out...
Community Development Financial Institutions Program
The Treasury Department invites applications for the FY 2005 Financial Assistance Component of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI). This program provides assistance to CDFIs that have comprehensive business plans for creating demonstrable community development impact through the deployment...
A Study of African American and Latino/Latina Parents in the United States and Resources These Parents Need to Succeed
The Building Strong Families 2004 Study is the second study in an ongoing collaboration between YMCA of the USA and Search Institute around strong families and parenting. Following its 2002 counterpart which examined the resources that families have or need...
November 28, 2004
Federal Plan to Keep Data on Students Worries Some
From NYT > National: A government proposal to create a database of enrollment records on college students is raising concerns that the move will erode the privacy rights of students. Read more from this post....
Alabama Vote Opens Old Racial Wounds
From washingtonpost.com - Nation: School segregation saga has dragged the state into a confrontation with its segregationist past that illuminates the uneasy race relations of its present. Read more from this post....
Parents failing to recognise obesity in their children
From Eureka Newsfeed: Many parents are failing to recognise obesity and overweight problems in their children, according to a study on bmj.com today. Read more from this post....
November 26, 2004
California's New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns
From NYT > National: Medical ethicists are concerned that the $3 billion that California approved for embryonic stem cell research could become a bonanza for private profiteers. Read more from this post....
Payoffs on the Prairie
From washingtonpost.com - Nation: Fueled by the growth of a local retailer and a general wave of prosperity, Nebraska town finds itself with more jobs than people. Read more from this post....
November 25, 2004
Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on the FY 2005 Omnibus Bill and the Ongoing Erosion of Federal Student Aid
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The following is a statement by the Student Aid Alliance on the FY 2005 Omnibus Bill and the Ongoing Erosion of Federal Student Aid, by David Ward, President, American Council on Education and David L. Warren,...
Severe Shortages of Health Workers Threaten Health Initiatives
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November 24, 2004
Study finds mental health needs of older adults substantially underserved
From Eureka Newsfeed: Individuals aged 65 and older are unlikely to receive needed mental health treatment in the United States, according to a recent national study by researchers at Texas A&M University. Read more from this post....
Female condoms overlooked in fight against spread of HIV/AIDS
From Eureka Newsfeed: Condoms are traditionally seen by reproductive health care workers as second-rate methods of barrier control against pregnancy, and so are not as strongly promoted as they should be for protection against HIV/AIDS Social Sciences and Humanities Research...
Depression treatment boosts employee productivity
From Eureka Newsfeed: High-quality care for depression can improve productivity at work and lower rates of workplace absenteeism, according to a new report. MacArthur Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Mental Health Read more from this post....
New Poll Gauges San Antonio's Local Economy And Jobs Situation; Citizens Say Education is Key
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Citizens of San Antonio think their city is a great place to live and work, but they are worried about the city's employment situation and look to government to play a role, especially in improving public...
New Report Finds Pay Inequity Still Great; YWCA Leads the Fight to Close the Pay Gap
From U.S. Newswire Releases: "The Status of Women in the States," a recently issued report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, found that women in the District of Columbia have made great gains closing the gender-based income gap. According...
The Children Left Behind: AIDS Orphans; Dec. 1 Is World AIDS Day
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November 23, 2004
Covering New Americans: A Review of Federal and State Policies Related to Immigrants' Eligibility and Access to Publicly Funded Health Insurance
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Shawn Fremstad and Laura Cox Read more from this post....
Did the Appropriations Bill Provide a Sufficient Increase in Low-Income Energy Assistance to Cover Spiraling Home Heating Costs?
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Four Research Grants Awarded to Increase Technology Access, Literacy of Underserved Communities in California
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Study Finds Savings in Medicare Drug Benefit
From NYT > National: A new study confirms that the drug benefit being added to Medicare will provide help to elderly people with low incomes or high drug costs. Read more from this post....
Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Study Finds Farm Children Have Lower Asthma Rates
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November 22, 2004
A Decade in Development, Juvenile Drug Courts are Growing in Popularity, But Do They Work?
From The Urban Institute: Since 1994, federal and state governments have invested more than a billion dollars in drug courts, specialized programs that supervise substance-abuse treatment for certain nonviolent offenders. The courts give offenders an opportunity to change their behavior...
Social Security and income
From Economic Policy Institute: The Snapshot for November 18 examines the importance of Social Security benefits and finds that these benefits account for the majority of income for many elderly households. Read more from this post....
Tax Bracket and Tax Liabilities for Families With Children
From The Urban Institute: This tax fact shows that almost half of all children (and 80 percent of kids living with single parents) live in households that currently do not pay any federal income tax (net of credits). Thus, unless...
CLASP Audio Conference Transcript: Interview with Author Jason DeParle (September 10, 2004).
From Center for Law and Social Policy: Jason DeParle, an award-winning New York Times reporter, discusses his book, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare. University of Pennsylvania sociologist Kathy Edin and CLASP Policy...
Will the Appropriations Bill Provide a Sufficient Increase in Low-income Energy Assistance to Cover Spiraling Home Heating Costs?
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Parts of Special-Ed Bill Would Shift More Power to States and School Districts
From NYT > National: Congress has given state and school officials more power to shape the terms for providing services to the nation's 6.5 million disabled students. Read more from this post....
Where minorities give: Education is a top choice
From Christian Science Monitor | Work/Money: Donations by minorities, long overlooked, are starting to gain clout. Read more from this post....
Health Care and Social Assistance Revenues Reach $1.3 Trillion, Census Bureau Reports
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Revenues for the nation's health care and social assistance industries rose 7 percent to $1.3 trillion in 2003 from $1.2 trillion in 2002, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Read more from this post....
Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Can Expect Substantial Help From Prescription Drug Law, But Others Will Get Less Assistance; Nearly 7 Million People Projected to Reach 'Doughnut Hole'; 3 Million to Receive Catastrophic Benefits
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Family history predicts young women's risk of stroke
From Eureka Newsfeed: Young women with a family history of stroke in their parents or siblings may be at increased risk for stroke themselves, according to a new report. NIH/National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, NIH/National Heart, Lung,...
'American Girl' Dolls on shopgoodwill.com: Holiday Gift Can Bring Hope to Those in Need
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Annual Survey Finds High-Quality State Preschool Programs Are the Exception, Not the Rule; Preschool Enrollment Increased Nationally, Spending Per Child Dropped
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The second annual survey of state preschool programs found a huge disparity in availability from state to state and even within state boundaries. The report concludes that "across our nation, high- quality and readily available state-funded...
November 20, 2004
NSBA Statement on the Pending Passage of Reauthorization of Individuals With Disabilities In Education Act by Congress
From U.S. Newswire Releases: National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Anne L. Bryant praised the pending passage of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act by both houses of Congress as a "tremendously collaborative process that will result in...
Governors Commend Passage of Special Education Law; Nation's Governors Praise Congress for Bipartisan IDEA Reauthorization
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The National Governors Association (NGA) praised Congress today for its overwhelming bipartisan passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization, one of the top legislative priorities for governors across the country. Read more from...
Bill Clears Way for Government to Cut Back College Loans
From NYT > National: The federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill before Congress. Read more from this post....
Once a Model, a Health Plan Is Endangered
From NYT > Health: Tennessee's health care plan for the state's most vulnerable residents, once hailed as an example for the nation, is on the ropes. Read more from this post....
CBPP: Will the Appropriations Bill Provide a Sufficient Increase in Low-Income Energy Assistance to Cover Spiraling Home Heating Costs?
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Adolescent Oral Health Project Receives AETNA Grant; Award Highlights Partnership Between Children's Dental Health Project, Children's Hospital National Medical Center
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New Report Shows More Than 36 Million Americans Unable To Purchase Adequate Food; Number of Hungry and Food Insecure Americans Increases for Fourth Year
From U.S. Newswire Releases: As many families rush to long grocery store lines this weekend in preparation for Thanksgiving, a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report released today shows 36 million Americans -- including 13.3 million children -- are...
Thousands of Foster Children Find Permanent Homes on National Adoption Day; New Study Released in Recognition of National Adoption Day Provides an Unprecedented Analysis of Adoption from Foster Care in All 50 States
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Each year on National Adoption Day, a special Saturday in November, hundreds of courts open their doors to finalize thousands of adoptions for children in foster care and to celebrate all families that adopt. This year,...
40 years later, Mich. preschool makes a documented difference (USATODAY.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: USATODAY.com - An intensive preschool program for low-income children in the early 1960s has made a huge difference in their lives, its benefits felt nearly 40 years later, a study shows. Read more from this...
November 19, 2004
Congress Heeds Local School Leaders' Call for Changes to Special Education Law; AASA Members Support Reauthorization Despite Congress' Failure to Fully Fund IDEA
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Public school administrators nationwide today urged Congress to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act because the bill focuses more resources and attention toward improved educational opportunities for children with disabilities while ... Read more...
November 18, 2004
Jobs for the Future Appoints New CEO; Seltzer to Guide Efforts to Improve Nation's Education and Workforce Pipelines
From U.S. Newswire Releases: JFF has announced the appointment of Marlene B. Seltzer as its new CEO effective October 1. Boston- based JFF is a leading innovator in strategies to accelerate education and career advancement for both young people and...
Research explores why some internationally adopted children excel while others struggle
From Eureka Newsfeed: Over the past decade, U.S. citizens have adopted more foreign born children (150,000) than the citizens of any other country. Prominent among the developmental issues faced by these children is language delay, which can be compounded by...
Social supports lessen effects of maltreatment on children vulnerable to depression
From Eureka Newsfeed: Maltreated children who are genetically pre-disposed to depression can be spared lifelong emotional problems if the necessary social supports are made available to them. Read more from this post....
Long-Term Study of Adults Who Received High-Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Shows Economic and Social Gains, Less Crime
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Heroic Choices Launches National Initiative for Women to Help Children
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Heroic Choices, a national organization that provides resiliency training to traumatized children, has launched a national initiative, Heroic Women for Children, to support the currently heightened awareness and the desire for involvement by women across the...
Police Must Stop Using TASERs on Children, the Elderly, and Persons With Disabilities; Amnesty Report Documents Use of TASERs by US Law Enforcement that Could Constitute Ill-Treatment and Torture
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will release a report examining the use of TASER electroshock weapons by police in the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 30, which concludes that the rampant proliferation of TASER electroshock weapons among...
Agencies Press Effort to Speed Adoptions
From NYT > National: On Saturday, the fifth annual National Adoption Day, child welfare groups and family courts across the country hope to complete more than 3,000 adoptions. Read more from this post....
November 17, 2004
National Survey on Consumers' Experiences With Patient Safety and Quality Information
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This survey assesses Americans' perceptions about the quality of health care, their awareness and reported usage of information in making their health care choices, and their experiences with their health care providers five years after...
Foster Care Adoption in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis of Barriers & Promising Approaches
From The Urban Institute: This report provides a national analysis of adoption information collected from the congressionally mandated Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) conducted in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report offers a national compilation,...
Reducing Paperwork and Connecting Low-Income Children With School Meals: Opportunities under The New Child Nutrition Reauthorization Law
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As Education Secretary Will Spellings Work to End Federal Involvement in 'Public' Schools? SepCon2004 -- 'World's Boldest Education Conference' Nov. 20-22 in Washington, D.C.
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Margaret Spellings, Bush's domestic policy adviser, is on the short list to replace Paige as education secretary. And while the phrase "mandate" is being defined daily inside the beltway, the Alliance for the Separation of School...
Most Middle School Math Curricula Not Based on Evidence of Effectiveness, Study Finds
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Only a small number of the nation's middle school mathematics curricula have scientific evidence of effectiveness, according to a report released today by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a part of the U.S. Department of Education's...
Catholic Charities Agencies Report Increase in Need for Emergency Services, Catholic Charities USA Survey Shows More Families Seeking Help for Food and Housing
From U.S. Newswire Releases: As working poor individuals and families struggle to make ends meet, Catholic Charities agencies from New Hampshire to Hawaii continue to experience an increased demand for emergency services, especially from people needing food and help in...
New Proposition 63 Funds Should Be Used to Prevent Youth Crime, Say California Law Enforcement Leaders
From U.S. Newswire Releases: California's law enforcement leaders urge that new Proposition 63 mental health funds be used to fight juvenile crime, said FIGHT CRIME: INVEST IN KIDS California and the California Police Chiefs Association at a press conference today....
November 16, 2004
Medicaid and Breast and Cervical Cancer in California
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The report, "Hearing Their Voices: Lessons from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA)," reports on the impact of the BCCPTA on low-income women in California, using focus group analysis. Read more...
Job Prospects Bright for College Seniors (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: AP - The recovering economy and looming retirement of the baby boomers are making this a very good year to be a college senior looking for a job after graduation. Recruiters, career counselors and students...
Immigration, lack of partner support are postpartum
From Eureka Newsfeed: Recent immigration, lack of partner support and pregnancy-induced hypertension are significant factors in predicting whether women will experience depressive symptoms soon after giving birth, says a University of Toronto researcher. Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Hamber Foundation,...
AARP Study Finds Grandparents Face Multitude of Barriers Raising Grandchildren; Lack of Authority on Day-to-Day Decisions Cited
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A new statewide study released today by AARP New York and the New York State Kincare Coalition finds that grandparents raising grandchildren as well as other kin caregivers in New York State face a multitude of...
November 15, 2004
The Potential Impact of Eliminating TennCare and Reverting to Medicaid: A Preliminary Analysis
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Lower-Income Households Spend Largest Share of Income
From The Urban Institute: Recently, there has been a renewed interest in large-scale tax reform, namely a broad-based tax on consumption. Data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey give reason to worry about the likely regressivity of a consumption tax. The...
Bush Administration Tax Policy: Down Payment on Tax Reform?
From The Urban Institute: Bush Administration tax policy has sometimes been defended as a piecemeal approach to fundamental reform. Consistent with fundamental reform, the tax cuts reduced marginal capital income tax rates and flattened rates. But the similarities end there....
Study Abroad Surging Among American Students; After September 11, Interest in Study Abroad Continues to Grow Rapidly
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New WHO study asks, 'How happy are you with your lot in life?'
From Eureka Newsfeed: Researchers are asking people throughout Britain to describe how happy they are with their lot in life to help improve the effect of the healthcare they receive. World Health Organisation, European Comission Read more from this post....
Proposed addiction treatment successful, safe in second small trial
From Eureka Newsfeed: A second, small-scale clinical trial of a proposed addiction treatment originally investigated at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has produced favorable results in the treatment of long-term addiction to methamphetamine and/or cocaine, with no...
Mott Foundation Grant to Fund Genesee Health Plan Expansion
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NCQA Awarded Contracts to Monitor the Quality of Medicare Advantage Health Plans
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded it two contracts to continue important work NCQA has been performing for the Medicare program. This...
CBPP: Loss of Federal Funds from Eliminating Tenncare Would Offset Tenn. State Savings, Injure State Economy; Health Care Providers Likely to Be Hurt Significantly
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The possible elimination of Tennessee's TennCare program, suggested by Gov. Bredesen, would have far-reaching consequences for state residents that would reverberate far beyond the individuals who would be dropped from TennCare, a new report by the...
November 13, 2004
Education Secretary Paige Plans to Step Down (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Rod Paige has told the White House that he intends to resign, perhaps as early as next week, senior administration officials said Friday. Read more from this...
New Arizona Immigration Measure Limited, Atty. Gen. Says (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - PHOENIX — The provisions of a newly passed state initiative aimed at keeping illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits are limited, applying only to some welfare-related programs, Arizona Atty. Gen. Terry...
November 12, 2004
AMA Physicians Encourage Minority Students to Consider Medical Careers; Physicians' Participate In American Education Week at Baltimore City Middle School Monday, Nov. 15
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Helping kick-off American Education Week at Chinquapin Middle School in Baltimore City, two Baltimore physicians will encourage students to consider careers in medicine. African-American, Hispanic-American and American Indians make up nearly a quarter ... Read more...
Online Education is Entering the Mainstream; New Study Shows Growth Rate Is Accelerating; Confirms Quality Is As Good Or Better; U.S. Academic Leaders Say Online Education Is Critical to Long Term Strategy
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Voters show they want more say in growth issues (USATODAY.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: USATODAY.com - Voters are sending mixed signals about how they want their communities to grow, embracing strict controls in some places and rejecting them in others. Read more from this post....
Youth Activists to Protest 'Kinsey, Let's Talk About Sex' Movie Opening in Los Angeles
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Survivors, a youth organization who promotes pro-life and chastity messages to their peers at college and high school campuses, along with Generation Life, a nation-wide pro-life and chastity group, are planning a response to the movie...
America's Health: State Health Rankings - 2004 Edition
America's Health: State Health Rankings - 2004 Edition In our roles as leaders of the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention, we regularly assess the overall healthiness of our nation and the opportunities for...
November 11, 2004
Common Antidepressant May Affect Youth's Bone Development
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Wash. diocese to file for bankruptcy (USATODAY.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: USATODAY.com - The Roman Catholic diocese of Spokane, Wash., facing a wave of lawsuits by alleged victims of child sexual abuse involving clergy, will file for bankruptcy protection Nov. 29, its bishop said Wednesday. It...
Medicaid and Women: What's at Stake?
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Foundation held a briefing on November 10, 2004 to address how the Medicaid program works for women and discuss what women have at stake in federal and state efforts to restructure the program. Read...
October/November CLASP Update
From Center for Law and Social Policy: Article topics include: immigrant children; various child support issues; 2004 HHS bonuses; and the conditions of the working poor. Read more from this post....
Unemployment rate masks high share of long-term unemployed
From Economic Policy Institute: Despite the large number of the unemployed who have gone without work for 39 weeks or more, there has been no extension of federally funded unemployment insurance benefits to help those who are out of work...
Tennessee to Cut Health Program
From NYT > Health: Tennessee plans to dissolve TennCare, a program that expands Medicaid coverage, a decision that would cut as many as 430,000 people from state health care rolls. Read more from this post....
In Health Care, Gap Between Rich and Poor Persists, W.H.O. Says
From NYT > Health: Despite significant gains in medical science, disparities in public health persist between rich and poor countries. Read more from this post....
November 10, 2004
Tell Congress to Make Election Reform a Reality
Voters across the country learned on Election Day 2004 that many aspects of the election system still need improvement. Although the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) has spurred states to begin the important task of implementing election reforms, there...
People on food stamps can't afford heart-healthy meals
People on food stamps can't afford heart-healthy meals Most food stamp beneficiaries can't afford heart-healthy food options, according to a study of low-income, African-American-residents in a Boston neighborhood that was presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2004. In...
Impoverished youth have health risks-Part VII
Paris Beacon News Youth living in poverty are at increased risk for health-related problems, according to the 2004 Report on Illinois Poverty, “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Illinois Teens” released Oct. 20. *** Editor’s Note: Oct. 20, The Illinois...
First Community Development Note Offering
CRF USA Issues First Community Development Note Offering Rated by Standard & Poor's; AAA Rating Issued by Standard & Poor's on $26 Million of $46.1 Million Note Offering Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF), USA, a nonprofit organization that fulfills funding needs...
Sharing a Wealth of Community Development Experience
United in their hunt for capital, scores of Hispanic nonprofits are joining forces under the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, formed recently to improve information-sharing among community development corporations in an effort to boost access to funding. Hispanic...
Babson College Students Use Head and Heart to Assist Non-Profits, Small Business
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Foreign Enrollment Declines at Universities, Surveys Say
From NYT > National: Alarmed educators blamed delays in processing American visas as well as increased competition from universities overseas. Read more from this post....
The Taming of the Flu: You Can Minimize Risk, Even Without Shot; Simple Steps Can Help Ward Off Virus, Says Simmons College Center for Hygiene and Health
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Chicago Rehab Network Presents Awards for Community Leadership in Affordable Housing; Margo DeLey, Thom Clark, Kelly King Dibble to be Honored
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Replacing Income Tax Code With FairTax, the Progressive National Retail Sales Tax, Deserves a Thorough Look, Says Group
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Now that the election is over and the President has stated that his platform will include the ambitious and worthy goal of simplifying the tax code; the FairTax -- the national retail sales tax -- deserves...
November 09, 2004
Red and Blue States Can Unite Against Poverty
As the Dust Settles from Election Day, Americans Should Unite Against Poverty - The Community Action Partnership Calls on President Bush to Convene a White House Conference on American Poverty. The election is over. President Bush has been elected to...
How to Count Homeless People
The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty let's us know about a new HUD publication. A Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People has been published by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The guide provides...
Action Needed: Congress May Decide 2005 Voucher Funding as Soon as This Week
To prevent a repeat of the cuts and chaos that the voucher program experienced in 2004, it is important that you urge Congress to both: Provide adequate funding to support all authorized housing vouchers that can be used; and Require...
Improvements to Appropriations Bills Needed to Protect Housing Vouchers in 2005
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Study Finds Women's College Students Are More Focused, Collaborate Better and More Fully Achieve Objectives
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'Western' Diet Linked to Type 2 Diabetes in Women; Diets High in Red and Processed Meats Once Again Linked to Health Ailments
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Drug Could Become First for Specific Race (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: AP - A two-drug combination pill dramatically reduced deaths among blacks with heart failure, a landmark finding that is expected to lead to government approval of the first medication marketed for a specific race. Read...
Labor Department Hosts Two-Week Virtual Forum for Government, Business, Community and Faith-Based Leaders
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The U.S. Labor Department's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives will host a virtual forum from Nov. 8 to 19, to engage government, businesses and faith-based and community groups in a discussion about the 21st century...
November 08, 2004
Meet the Uninsured - Maine
Silently, imperceptibly, the high cost of health insurance in Maine has thrown up walls around low-income workers who earn too much to qualify for government assistance but too little to afford plans with proper coverage, or any at all. Nearly...
What Nonprofit Leaders Want
As President Bush was re-elected to his second term last week, The Chronicle of Philanthropy asked nonprofit leaders to recommend what steps he could take as he begins the new term to help charities and foundations better serve society. The...
State Officials Criticize Medicare Benefit Wording
From NYT > Health: The nation's insurance commissioners say the Bush administration has made misleading statements about the new Medicare drug benefit in an effort to persuade people to sign up. Read more from this post....
For Nation, a Mixed Review on Health
From washingtonpost.com - Nation: For the 15th time, a public health organization on Monday is releasing its assessment of the health of the nation, and of each state, as measured by a composite of 18 variables. Read more from this...
NAR: Communities Benefit with Financing of Commercial Infill Development
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Good planning and a willing community can make it easier to successfully redevelop commercial property in urban and central business "infill" areas, speakers told a real estate forum at the annual National Association of Realtors(r) Conference...
November 07, 2004
Colorado Voters Hike Tobacco Taxes
Colorado voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a stiff tobacco tax, which advocates say should stop some 1,400 teens a year from starting smoking, and bring health coverage to 60,000 Colorado kids. Rocky Mountain News: Election Voters hike tobacco taxes...
Poverty perpetuates high school dropout rate
Those who drop out of school are more likely to be poor, and the poor are more likely to drop out of school. This is the cycle that a high student dropout rate is likely to perpetuate, according to the...
Minimum wage passage drawing mixed reviews.
Poverty groups cheered the passage of a constitutional amendment to create a Florida minimum wage of $6.15 an hour, saying it would give low-income families a much needed boost. Businesses, led by the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the...
Where do the progressives go from here?
For the left, the big message of the 2004 election has to be one virtually unthinkable in the last century: that the best opportunities for progressive policy breakthroughs exist not at the federal but at the state and local level....
November 06, 2004
Texas Health Textbooks
From washingtonpost.com - Nation: Same-Sex Ban Spurs Change In Texas Health Textbooks AUSTIN -- The Texas Board of Education approved new health textbooks for the state's high school and middle school students Friday after publishers agreed to change the wording...
NAR Survey Confirms First-Time Buyers are Fueling the Housing Market
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A large pool of first-time homebuyers, who account for four out of 10 home purchases, provide liquidity to the housing market and make it easier for existing owners to trade up or trade down, according to...
'Beat the Odds(r)' Alumni Meet in Washington to Discuss How America Can Help Children Overcome Poverty and Family Setbacks
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November 05, 2004
Health Issues and the 2004 Elections
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued informational materials on some of the health policy issues of concern to the American public, including Medicare, the uninsured and the problem of rising health care costs. Read more from...
What Will the Election Mean for Urban America?
From The Urban Institute: [First Tuesday's Transcript] At this special Election Day First Tuesday forum, a panel of reporters addressed the question, "what will the elections mean for America's urban areas." Issues discussed included education, housing, homeland security, and healthcare...
State Profile of California : Data from the 2002 National Survey of America's Families
From The Urban Institute: The State Profile of California presents a detailed series of tables on economic security, child well-being, child care, and health care. The tables compare California with the nation as a whole on all of these measures....
The Effects of Copayments on the Use of Medical Services and Prescription Drugs in Utah's Medicaid Program
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Leighton Ku, Elaine Deschamps and Judi Hilman Read more from this post....
Bush Administration Tax Policy: Short-Term Stimulus
From The Urban Institute: This paper examines the effects of recent tax cuts as a short-term economic stimulus. The passage of the tax cuts was well-timed to offset economic downturns, but several elements of the structure of the tax cuts...
Landmark Long-Term Study of Effects of High-Quality Early Care and Education Shows Positive Economic and Educational Impacts and Crime Reduction
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Landmark Long-Term Study of Effects of High-Quality Early Care and Education Shows Positive Economic and Educational Impacts and Crime Reduction Read more from this post....
Medicare Covers New Treatments With a Catch
From NYT > Health: Medicare is paying for new and expensive treatments and tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups to pay for studies on whether they actually worked. Read more from this post....
New State Health Rankings, Nationwide Survey Results, Community Health Guidelines Among Reports Released at Public Health Meeting
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The influenza vaccine, bioterrorism preparedness and environmental threats to the public's health will take center stage in Washington at the American Public Health Association's 132nd Annual Meeting & Exposition, Nov. 6-10, at the Washington Convention ......
Professor: Military experience affects adolescents' self-esteem
From Eureka Newsfeed: Timothy J. Owens, a Purdue University associate professor of sociology who studies self-concept and identity, says it is too early to tell how the self-esteem of the young men and women serving in today's military will be...
Focus on Children at Mental Health Symposium, Nov. 9-10, The Carter Center
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First-Ever Study of Parental Role in Children's Cancer Treatment Initiated at Karmanos Cancer Institute; Researchers Using Video to Record, Analyze Interactions Between Parents, Child Patients
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A team of Detroit-based researchers, led by a behavioral scientist from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, has launched a unique study to learn how parents can best help their children deal with painful procedures required...
November 04, 2004
California Health Interview Survey Data
The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty highlights the release of a new Website from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. This online database permits users to obtain statewide, county-specific or Los Angeles County Service Planning Area...
More Participation Not Necessarily a Trend
From washingtonpost.com - Nation: Record numbers of voters cast ballots this year, attracted by a clash of opposites won by President Bush because his Republican campaign made enough smart moves in critical states to offset Democratic challenger John F. Kerry's...
November 03, 2004
Consumer Expenditure Data Online for All U.S. ZIP Codes and Census Tracts
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is making new data available through its Website to help promote economic development in lower-income and underserved urban neighborhoods. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute now provides free data on estimated annual consumer...
November 02, 2004
Kaiser Health Poll Report - September/October 2004
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The September/October featured topic uses data from the 2003 Kaiser Health Insurance survey to examine the public’s expectations and priorities for health insurance. The report also includes Health Security Watch, Health Care Priorities, and Health...
Wage growth continues to slow; falls behind inflation
From Economic Policy Institute: The average pay of working Americans grew at the slowest rate on record in the third quarter of this year, according to the Employment Cost Index (ECI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For a...
Lower level of education can impede reovery in elderly after hospitalization
From Eureka Newsfeed: Low education level can significantly impair functional recovery in older adults after a hospital stay, Yale researchers report in the November 1 issue of the American Journal of Medicine. Read more from this post....
November 01, 2004
Foundation Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Foundation has compiled resources to reflect the latest information on the Medicare Drug Law, as well as background materials on various parts of the law, including these recent releases: Read more from this post....
Support Success In Community Colleges
From MDRC: Community colleges can pursue many strategies for enhancing student services, including offering "one-stop shopping," which provides students with multiple services at the same time and place. Read more from this post....
Is Kaiser the Future of American Health Care?
From NYT > Health: Many experts and politicians believe Kaiser, an H.M.O., is doing some of the things needed to improve health care. Read more from this post....
In American Health Care, Drug Shortages Are Chronic
From NYT > Health: Some economists say a shortage of certain drugs in the United States stems from a central feature of the nation's public health system: no one is in charge. Read more from this post....
Pediatricians Often Underestimate Substance Abuse Problems in Adolescents; Regular Use of Screening Tool Can Help Pediatricians Identify Adolescents at Risk
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Report: Puffing Even One Cigarette in Childhood Dramatically Increases Odds of Future Smoking
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Childhood experimentation with tobacco is far more likely to lead to a daily smoking habit than most people believe. Read more from this post....
Suits to Target No Child Left Behind Act (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: AP - The federal No Child Left Behind Act threatens costly penalties for schools deemed failing to meet academic standards. In response, many educators have a threat of their own: A flood of lawsuits aimed...