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February 28, 2005Poor prenatal nutrition permanently damages function of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered one reason why infants with low birth weight have a high potential of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Read more from this post....
Youth with HIV take more risks after new meds introduced
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Teens with HIV are having more risky sex with more partners than their counterparts did in the years before powerful new medications for HIV were introduced in 1996, according to a new report in the...
Cosmetic surgery epidemic among young adults a myth
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Many parents worry about the potential influence media may have on their children's self-esteem and body image. Stories about young women having excessive plastic surgery are enough to keep any parent up at night. However,...
Achieve Inc. Announces 13-State Coalition to Improve High Schools
From U.S. Newswire Releases: At the close of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve Inc. announced that a group of 13 states -- which together educate more than a third of all U.S. students -- have agreed...
Private Health Care in Jails Can Be a Death Sentence
From NYT > Health: A yearlong examination of a health care contractor in New York revealed frequent flaws that were sometimes lethal. Read more from this post....
Mount Sinai Study Shows Impacts of Mercury Pollution on the Health of our Children and the American Economy
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Reductions in IQ due to mercury pollution affect between 300,000 and 600,000 American children each year and will cost the United States an estimated $8.7 billion in lost earnings annually (range: $2.2-$43.8 billion), according to a...
February 25, 2005
Teen sex abstinence study sparks controversy
A study suggesting abstinence-only education courses do not curb teenage sexual activity has reignited the debate over such programmes in the US. Proponents of the abstinence approach argue the new study of teenagers at 29 high schools in President...
Hunger, Homelessness Still On the Rise in Major U.S. Cities
27-City Survey Finds Requests by Families for Food and Shelter Increasing Hunger and homelessness continued to rise in major American cities over the last year, according to the new U.S. Conference of Mayors-Sodexho USA Hunger and Homelessness Survey, released today...
NCCP Warns Against Ignoring Children in Social Security Debate
NCCP | Columbia Research Group Warns Against Ignoring Children in Social Security Debate Social Security is the single largest support program for children in the United States Although Social Security is the single largest program that provides support to American...
Americans Value the Health Benefits of Prescription Drugs, But Say Drug makers Put Profits First, New Survey Shows
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The most recent Kaiser Health Poll Report found that Americans believe prescription drugs are improving their lives, but most also say that the drug industry cares more about profits than people. The current report analyzes...
Low Birth Weight Babies Sets the Stage for Type 2 Diabetes Later in Life
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered one reason why infants with low birth weight have a high potential of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. In studies of mice, the researchers found that poor prenatal...
Government to Pay Nearly Half of Health Tab by 2014 (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The introduction of the Medicare prescription drug benefit means that soon the government will be picking up almost half of the nation's healthcare costs, a report released Wednesday shows....
Selling the Social Security Overhaul (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - BRIDGE CITY, Texas — Rep. Kevin Brady had come to the senior center in this rural community to talk about the need to make changes in Social Security. But first, he...
Columbia Research Group Warns Against Ignoring Children in Social Security Debate; Social Security Is the Single Largest Support Program for Children in the U.S.
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Code Red for Iowa's Children: A Teleconference Briefing for Iowa Journalists on Bush's Proposed Budget and its Impact on Children
From U.S. Newswire Releases: We are in a Code Red alert for children and the poor in Iowa. Our most vulnerable citizens are being asked to bear the brunt of budget cuts and program eliminations in the President Bush's 2006...
Code Red for Virginia's Children: Teleconference Briefing for VA Journalists on Bush's Proposed Budget and its Impact on Children
From U.S. Newswire Releases: We are in a Code Red alert for children and the poor in Virginia. Our most vulnerable citizens are being asked to bear the brunt of budget cuts and program eliminations in the President Bush's 2006...
Jackson Opening Statements Set to Begin (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: AP - Jury selection in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial wrapped up Thursday after eight alternate jurors were chosen, setting the stage for opening statements to begin next week. Read more from this post....
Report Faults Bush Initiative on Education
From NYT > Washington: A bipartisan panel of lawmakers called No Child Left Behind a convoluted and unconstitutional initiative that has usurped local control of public schools. Read more from this post....
February 24, 2005
State Legislators Offer Formula for Improving No Child Left Behind Act
Granting states flexibility to meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act will result in stronger democracy and strengthen the nation's economic future, according to a bipartisan review of the law. A special task force of the National...
FTCR: CA Voters Prefer the Ballot Box for Health Care Reform
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A new poll released today shows that California voters, concerned about the high cost of health care and the inability of the legislature and the governor to adopt meaningful solutions, prefer to make health care policy...
Health Costs Will Keep Rising, U.S. Says, Along With Government Share
From NYT > Health: The Bush administration predicted that government would account for nearly half of all the nation's health care spending by 2014. Read more from this post....
Model in Utah May Be Future for Medicaid
From NYT > Health: Michael O. Leavitt, who is now leading a drive to change how Medicaid works, often points to Utah as an illuminating example that other states might consider. Read more from this post....
Is There a Way for Low-Income Families to Break Cycle of Poverty? NM Project Featured in National Campaign Provides Hope for Many
From U.S. Newswire Releases: In 1997, five Mexican- American women in Columbus, New Mexico, formed Mujeres en Progreso (Women Moving Forward). They had a vision of providing safe childcare for farmworker families. With grit and determination, what started as in-home...
EPA Awards Grant to Cleveland Public Schools
From U.S. Newswire Releases: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $50,000 grant to Cleveland Public Schools to cut diesel emissions from school buses and protect children from breathing unhealthy air. The grant will be used to install pollution control...
Boys, Girls Are Faring Equally, Study Finds (washingtonpost.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: washingtonpost.com - Contradicting both sides in the long-running debate on whether boys or girls have it better in America, the most comprehensive examination of the overall well-being of male and female children has found that...
February 23, 2005
Negative Reactions to Budget Come from Both Sides of the Aisle
President Bush's release of his budget proposal on Feb. 7 confirmed widespread speculation that its contents would prove unfavorable for a number of important agencies and social programs. The president stated many times in the weeks leading up to the...
Where Would The Cuts Be Made Under The President's Budget?
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The Bush Administration's budget calls for substantial reductions in a wide range of �domestic discretionary programs. These are the programs funded by annual appropriations, except for programs related to the Department of Defense,...
Alternative Alternative Minimum Tax Reform
From The Urban Institute: Like a gathering storm, the full force of the AMT is scheduled to intensify with time. Almost every elected official pledges to do something about the AMT, but just not now since any reform would have...
The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement,
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The labor market showed some signs of improvement in 2004; most notable in this regard was the job growth that occurred in every month of the year. This was the first year of...
102 High School Seniors to Attend Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program
From U.S. Newswire Releases: One hundred two high school students from across the U.S. who are interested in pursuing a career in journalism and have qualities of "free spirit" have been selected to participate in the annual Al Neuharth Free...
More high school seniors working their way through school (USATODAY.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: USATODAY.com - A new study suggests more high school seniors have jobs and many are working more than 15 hours per week. The research didn't ask why the students worked, but one researcher said "consumption...
Governors Seek Rise in High School Standards
From NYT > National: Citing the paltry skills of many high school graduates, governors are calling for more rigorous standards and harder exams than states have already imposed. Read more from this post....
Study Finds Fewer, Smaller Differences in Quality of Life Between Boys and Girls
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Recent arrivals better educated (USATODAY.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: USATODAY.com - Immigrants who came to the USA this decade are more educated than those who arrived in the late 1990s, Census Bureau data released today show. The data also indicate that the adult children...
February 22, 2005
Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations
Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations The five summaries in the Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations series highlight key findings of the multi-volume Nutrition and Health Outcomes Study. The summaries examine the nutritional and health status of:...
ChevronTexaco Contributes $600,000 to Support Bakersfield, Calif., Early Childhood Literacy Project
From Ascribe Newsfeed: In an effort to improve literacy among children in Bakersfield, the Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) and California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) today announced that ChevronTexaco is contributing $600,000 to the "Preschool Literacy Project - Building Blocks...
Bush Budget Proposes Halt in Housing Aid for Disabled
From NYT > Washington: The proposal is part of a 50 percent cut in the Bush administration's housing budget for people with disabilities. Read more from this post....
Celebrities Speak Out Against National Plan to Test All 52 Million School Children for 'Disorders' Leading to Increased Child Drugging
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Priscilla Presley, Danny Masterson, Sofia Milos, Catherine Bell, Chris Masterson and Jenna Elfman speak out against psychiatry's new federal plan to massively increase psychiatric drugging of schoolchildren, despite international warnings of drugs causing ... Read more...
February 21, 2005
Investigation of Programs to Strengthen and Support Healthy Marriages
From The Urban Institute: This report highlights key components of current marriage education programs, identifies opportunities and challenges for expanding services into other service delivery systems, and provides recommendations for evaluations of healthy marriage programs. Researchers conducted a total of...
Panel to Advise Testing Babies for 29 Diseases
From NYT > Health: An advisory group plans to recommend all newborns be screened for a host of medical conditions, but critics say the history of such testing is filled with cautionary tales. Read more from this post....
State Consortium Emphasizes Accountability in State and Federal Workforce Programs with Blueprint for Simplified Reporting; Blueprint Provides Policy Leaders with Fewer, but More Meaningful Measures of Job Program Effectiveness
From U.S. Newswire Releases: On Feb. 24, a consortium of states led by the State of Washington and including Florida, Texas, Michigan, Montana and Oregon, will present its plan to make the key measures of taxpayer investment in workforce development...
CDC Launches 'Learn the Signs. Act Early.' Campaign; Campaign Promotes Greater Awareness of Early Child Development Milestones
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with a coalition of national partners, today launched a public awareness campaign to help parents learn more about the importance of measuring their child's social and...
Decatur, Ill. Attorneys Paid More Than $211,000 to Keep Mother's Children with Non-Parents; How Much Are Your Kids Worth?
From U.S. Newswire Releases: According to an affidavit filed with the Court on Friday, Feb. 18, two Decatur, Ill. law firms have been paid over $211,000.00 in a bitter guardianship dispute between a mother and her sister. Read more from...
February 18, 2005
The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market
From Economic Policy Institute: Despite some signs of improvement in last year's labor market, wages still fell, job growth lagged, and unemployment spells remained long. Read the full analysis in a new report co-released by EPI and the Center on...
Removing earnings cap could fix Social Security shortfall
From Economic Policy Institute: There are lots of ways to bridge the projected 75-year funding gap for Social Security that wouldn't require privatization. One would be to eliminate the cap on taxable income, which would almost completely close the funding...
Governors in Capital to Talk About Medicaid
From NYT > Health: Congress, governors and the secretary of health and human services began negotiations on the future of Medicaid, hoping to control the program's costs. Read more from this post....
Antidepressant Safety Debate May Include Adult Patients
From NYT > Health: English and Canadian scientists are reporting findings from three new analyses of suicide risk in people over age 18 who have taken the medications. Read more from this post....
Snowe Holds Hearing on Funding for Small Business Administration; Funding Level Must Sustain Small Business Growth, New Jobs; Assistance for Rural Small Businesses Must be Priority
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Reviewing the Administration's budget request for the Small Business Administration today, U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said she is deeply concerned about proposed cutbacks ......
War Helps Recruit Terrorists, Hill Told (washingtonpost.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: washingtonpost.com - The insurgency in Iraq continues to baffle the U.S. military and intelligence communities, and the U.S. occupation has become a potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, top U.S. national...
Man Arrested and Displayed Was Innocent, Didn't Owe Child Support, According to Report, Says KRightsRadio
From U.S. Newswire Releases: On 2/13/05, as part of a "deadbeat parent crackdown," Sheriff Joe Arpaio's officials arrested 44 mothers and fathers who were taken to the Phoenix Park Central Mall and "...paraded before the media before being processed and...
No Child Left Behind Reforms Subject of NCSL Press Conference
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 23 to release a series of recommendations for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act. Read more from this post....
Stop Child Labor at Wal-Mart Now Says the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and the Child Labor Coalition
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February 17, 2005
CA State and County Educational Data
The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty (http://www.weingart.org/institute/) highlights a new Website published by the California Department of Education. The Dataquest Website is a pathway to state, county, district and school level education data. Reports can be produced...
February 16, 2005
Summary of Final Regulations Implementing the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This document summarizing the final regulations to implement the new Medicare prescription drug benefit provides an overview that allows interested parties to obtain information about specific provisions of the law. Read more from this post....
Effects of Recent Tax Cuts on Marginal Tax Rates
From The Urban Institute: The tax fact shows how the 2001 and 2003 tax acts changed marginal tax rates for taxpayers in different income groups. Read more from this post....
Utah Bill Mounts Challenge to Federal Education Law
From NYT > National: The Utah House of Representatives approved a bill requiring state officials to give higher priority to local educational goals than to those of the federal law. Read more from this post....
Keeping Families Together Act Re-Introduced; Advocates Say Congress Must Act This Year to End Custody Relinquishment for Mental Health Services
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Lawmakers today will reintroduce legislation to address barriers that have led thousands of families to relinquish custody of children with mental or emotional disorders to access scarce mental health services. Read more from this post....
Senators Question Adequacy of Bush Budget for Veterans
From NYT > Washington: Senators of both parties said that President Bush's budget for veterans' health care would not provide enough money to maintain services at current levels. Read more from this post....
H.I.V. Strain Adds Urgency to Changes in City AIDS Program
From NYT > Health: New York's health department is reorganizing its AIDS program to encourage more aggressive collection of information about the disease. Read more from this post....
CBPP Briefing: Program Changes, Budget Pressures Point to Big Cuts in 'Section 8' Housing Voucher Program
From U.S. Newswire Releases: WHAT: Program Changes, Budget Pressures Point to Big Cuts in "Section 8" Housing Voucher Program. New Analysis of FY 2006-2010 Budget Includes Local Data Read more from this post....
After Rebuilding Iraq, American Indians Face Worse Conditions BackHome; Indian Housing Leader Testifies to Congress on Budget Cuts -- NAIHC's 11th Annual Legislative Conference Feb.16
From U.S. Newswire Releases: WHAT: More American Indians have proportionately served in the military than any other ethnic group, but does the government honor their commitment when they return? Two American Indian Veterans, who fought and helped rebuild Iraq, will...
February 15, 2005
League's Democracy Agenda is Top Priority; Organization Sets Course to Strengthen America through Public Education, Advocacy
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) today announced a Democracy Agenda to guide the organization's work. Launched on the 85th anniversary of the League's founding, it is an advocacy and public education...
Education saving options available, no matter what your age
From Christian Science Monitor | Work/Money: Our personal-finance expert tracks down the answers you need. Read more from this post....
A Public Health Quandary: When Should the Public Be Told?
From NYT > Health: Doctors and public health officials must weigh the benefits of knowledge against the risk of alarm. Read more from this post....
How to Get Those at Risk to Avoid Risky Sex?
From NYT > Health: The AIDS case that alarmed health officials in New York last week illustrates the enormous difficulty of promoting and sustaining changes in sexual behavior. Read more from this post....
Lifeline Therapeutics, Inc., Funds Its 15th Home for Orphans; Denver Anti-Aging Company Continues to Act on Its Pledge to Care for World's Neediest Children
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Kids' Groups Oppose Federal Budget Slashing Children's Health, Child Care, Foster Care, Children's Nutrition
From Ascribe Newsfeed: A broad network of national and state child advocacy and policy groups has formed to oppose cuts in vital kids' programs in the federal budget. Proposed budget cuts will mean millions of children will lose services in...
Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The following was released today by Harper Collins Publishers on Angela Bonavoglia's new book "Good Catholic Girls": Read more from this post....
UFCW: Wal-Mart Uses Children for Hazardous Jobs in U.S. Stores; Retail Giant Gets Sweetheart Deal on Child Labor Violations
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Following is a statement of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union: Read more from this post....
Learn English, Judge Tells Moms (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - LEBANON, Tenn. — A judge hearing child abuse and neglect cases in Tennessee has given an unusual instruction to some immigrant mothers who have come before him: Learn English, or else....
February 14, 2005
SCHIP Takes a Bite Out of the Dental Access Gap for Low-Income Children
The introduction of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997 created a new vehicle for extending dental coverage to low-income children.1 Historically, low-income children have had difficulty accessing dental services. Children in low-income families are less likely to...
President Bush's FY 06 Budget: An OMB Watch Overview
OMB Watch - President Bush’s FY 06 Budget: An Overview President Bush sent his proposed Fiscal Year 2006 (FY 06) budget to Congress on Monday, Feb. 7, in a package that is one of the most special-interest-driven budgets presented in...
February 11, 2005
A Portrait of Nonprofits Serving Children in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area: Fast Facts Series, No. 2
From The Urban Institute: The accessibility of nonprofit services is a key factor in promoting effective service delivery networks for children and youth. In the D.C. metro area, little was known about the location of nonprofit providers in relation to...
Individual Income Tax Refunds
From The Urban Institute: Income tax refunds have recently grown markedly. This Tax Fact documents the growth and current magnitude of income tax refunds. Read more from this post....
National League of Cities, NBC-LEO Protest Budget Cuts to Major Economic Development Programs
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Representatives from the National League of Cities (NLC) and National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO) today denounced proposed cuts to key federal programs that allow cities and towns to boost economic development in their...
ACORN Members Denounce Bush's Budget
From U.S. Newswire Releases: On Monday, February 7, when President Bush released his FY 2006 Budget Proposal low and moderate income people directly impacted by proposed cuts spoke out. ACORN Members from 75 cities across the United States expressed their...
February 10, 2005
Key Foundation Resources on the Health Related Proposals of the President's FY2006 Budget
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has some resources to help examine the health care priorities detailed in the President's FY2006 budget proposal. Read more from this post....
Experts Urge Routine HIV Tests for All (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: AP - Urging a major shift in U.S. policy, some health experts are recommending that virtually all Americans be tested routinely for the AIDS virus, much as they are for cancer and other diseases. Read...
New White House Estimate Lifts Drug Benefit Cost to $720 Billion
From NYT > Health: The figure, which provides the first glimpse of the true cost of the Medicare drug benefit, could touch off a political uproar. Read more from this post....
American Indian, Corporate, Federal Leaders Pledge Commitment to Native Enterprise Development; Annual Awards Delivered
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The second day of "Reservation Economic Summit (RES) 2005" was marked by an outpouring of support for Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses from top leaders in Indian Country -- including First Lady of...
Bleak Math of Killings Clouds Baltimore's Anti-Crime Effort (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - BALTIMORE — It has been a bleak winter in the housing projects and row houses where Baltimore's narcotics dealers dispense crack and heroin like fast-food orders. Warring factions are killing rivals...
Healthcare Costs Take Big Bite From Economy (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Increased spending for healthcare is gobbling up about one-quarter of the growth in the economy, and health-related items now amount to more than three times the defense budget and...
High Levels of Airborne Mouse Allergen in Inner-City Homes Could Trigger Asthma Attacks; Researchers Call for Routine Mouse Allergy Testing for Inner-City Children With Asthma
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Too Late for Katie, Town Tackles a Drug's Scourge
From NYT > National: The death of a girl and the arrest of an unemployed high school dropout have shaken a small Indiana town out of silence about the scourge of methamphetamine. Read more from this post....
February 09, 2005
The Health and Well-Being of Young Children of Immigrants
From The Urban Institute: There are 5.1 million young children of immigrants, representing 22 percent of all U.S. children under age 6. While 93 percent of these children are U.S.-born citizens, 29 percent have undocumented parents. Young children of immigrants...
Real wages fall in 2004, weakest jobs recovery on record continues
From Economic Policy Institute: For a full analysis of the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data, read EPI's Jobs Picture for a better understanding of what happened to the labor market in January or check out EPI's JobWatch.org...
February 08, 2005
Budget Continues Trend of Misplaced Priorities
National Women's Law Center President Bush released his fiscal year 2006 budget yesterday, proposing harsh cuts in domestic programs outside of homeland security. Consistent with the policy of the last four budgets offered by this Administration, the President proposes a...
State Legislators Group Commends Bush Administration for Focusing Education Resources on Students' Needs; Budget Plan Increases State Flexibility
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) commends the U.S. Department of Education's proposed 2006 budget, unveiled yesterday by President Bush. The plan will expand flexibility by allowing local school districts to utilize their federal funds in...
Is French Preschool Right for America? New Report Raises Questions about Government Plans for Preschool
From U.S. Newswire Releases: In a report released today on early education programs, Goldwater Institute president Darcy Olsen shows that U.S. elementary students outperform their international peers in reading, math, and science. The findings call into question the advisability of...
President Putting 'Big' Back in Government (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Even as President Bush proposes significant cuts in healthcare, farm subsidies and other domestic programs, his new budget makes one thing clear about the legacy of his first term...
Congress Unlikely to Embrace Bush Wish List (washingtonpost.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: washingtonpost.com - With his 2006 budget, President Bush delivered Congress a tall order, asking for at least six significant governmental reorganizations and an unprecedented five-year freeze in domestic spending to get control of the federal...
Communities Nationwide Come Together to Change the Face of Philanthropy; New Report Finds Women Are Leaders in New Form of Giving
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Housing Market to Post Near-Record Levels in 2005 -- NAR
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Home sales will be down from the high-water marks set in 2004 but are expected see the second-best year on record in 2005, according to the National Association of Realtors(r) (NAR). Read more from this post....
State Partners With National Foster Care Organization to Address Racial Disparities in Texas Child Welfare System; African-American Children Over-Represented in Foster Care Experts Say
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Book Aids Families of Children With HIV
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Young Children of Immigrants in Two-Parent Families Have Triple the Poverty Rate of Children With U.S.-Born Parents
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First Lady Laura Bush Visits Baltimore, Md., School Where American Institutes for Research is Conducting Program to Reduce Adolescent Violence
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New Report: Bush Shortchanges Children; Bush Budget Slashes Education Funding to Pay for More Tax Breaks for Millionaires, Says Campaign for America's Future
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The Institute for America's Future released a report today analyzing the cuts and funding freezes found in President Bush's new spending plan sent to Congress this week. The report shows that President Bush's 2006 budget fails...
Former Priest Found Guilty of Child Rape (Los Angeles Times)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: Los Angeles Times - CAMBRIDGE, Mass .— A jury Monday found defrocked priest Paul Shanley guilty of repeatedly raping a young boy at a Boston-area church during the 1980s. Read more from this post....
'Significant' Sentence Sought for Shanley (AP)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: AP - It took nearly four decades after Paul Shanley was first accused of molesting children for him to be brought to trial. Now, at the age of 74, the defrocked priest could spend what...
State Corrections Statistics
State Corrections Statistics From: The National Institute of Corrections. Detailed statistics covering crime, population, incarceration, and community corrections. See how your state compares to other states and the national average. Corrections Statistics by State An interactive map of state level...
February 07, 2005
Background Report on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations
From The Urban Institute: This report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, reviews existing data sources and prior research on six programs operated by the Department that provide food assistance to American Indians living on or...
Understanding Expenditure Patterns in Retirement
From The Urban Institute: Understanding the consumption needs of retirees is critical to assessing the adequacy of retirement income and the possible impact of Social Security reform on older Americans. This study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study,...
Credit Where It's Due - Urban Parks
From The Urban Institute: Urban parks have long played a vital role in community- based programs for young people. Their traditional role has been to provide venues for play--open spaces, playgrounds, sports fields, and recreational programs. But parks can go...
Future Medicaid Growth Is Not Due to Flaws in the Program's Design, But to Demographic Trends and General Increases in Health Care Costs
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Appropriations Shortfall Cuts Funding For 80,000 Housing Vouchers This Year: Congress Rejected Deeper Reduction Sought By Administration
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Two Tax Cuts That Benefit Only High-Income Households -Primarily Millionaires - Slated To Start Taking Effect In 2006: Will These Tax Cuts Be Implemented While Basic Programs For The Working Poor And Other Families Are Cut?
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The President’s budget contains reductions in an array of domestic programs, including programs in the education, health care, housing, veterans, and various other areas. The budget debate now moves to Capitol Hill. There...
February 04, 2005
Cuts to Low-Income Programs May Far Exceed the Contribution of These Programs to Deficit's Return
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: There is a distinct possibility that efforts to reduce the deficit this year will take a large and disproportionate bite out of programs that provide key supports and services to low-income Americans. This...
www.WithWomen.org Launches Wristband Campaign, Women's Health Advocacy Website; Midwives to Promote Women's Health Awareness
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Raising awareness about women's health concerns will be the focus of a public awareness campaign launched today by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), the nation's oldest women's health organization. Under the banner 'WithWomen(tm)' on its...
Bush Officials Spell Out Cuts in Money for Housing
From NYT > Washington: Facing the prospect of record deficits, Bush administration officials laid out proposals for deep cuts in spending on housing and community development. Read more from this post....
Leading Child Policy Organization Responds to State of the Union Address; Releases New Data on Reality of Child Poverty; Security Tops President's Priorities, But Not Economic Security for Vulnerable Children
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Teenagers Find Information About Sex on the Internet When They Look for It - And When They Don't, UCLA's Children's Digital Media Center Reports
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February 03, 2005
Nonprofit Child and Youth Service Providers Showed Signs of Fiscal Stress before 9/11
From The Urban Institute: Community-based nonprofits play important and tangible roles in the lives of children in the United States. But many of these groups currently face financial and administrative challenges that are rooted in the economic downturn, policy shifts,...
NJIT expert recommends 16 easy, affordable ways to make homes safer for people with disabilities
From Eureka Newsfeed: Environmental psychologist Richard Olsen, PhD, a research professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has developed 16 easy and affordable ways people can make their homes safer and more comfortable. Read more from this post....
Smoking Hurts Wealth as Well as Health, Study Suggests
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President Neglects Community Needs in State of the Union, NAHRO Says
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Following is a statement of Saul N. Ramirez Jr., executive director of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, on the State of the Union: Read more from this post....
February 02, 2005
Administration Expected To Propose New Budget Rule That Could Adversely Affect Social Security, Medicare, SSI, Veterans' Disability, And Other Programs
From Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The Administration’s forthcoming budget is likely to propose a new budget rule that would affect Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ disability compensation, the Supplemental Security Income program for the elderly and disabled poor, health...
Women Still Treated Less for Heart Disease (washingtonpost.com)
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: washingtonpost.com - Women remain far less likely than men to get basic medical care that could significantly reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes, leaving thousands unnecessarily vulnerable to the nation's leading cause of...
Health Secretary Calls for Medicaid Changes
From NYT > Health: Michael O. Leavitt, the secretary of health and human services, called Tuesday for sweeping changes in Medicaid. Read more from this post....
Stanford Business School Offers New Executive Program for Philanthropy Leaders
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Study says supportive relationships more protective against major depression for women
From Eureka Newsfeed: Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that women who feel more loved and supported by their friends, relatives and children are less at risk for major depression than men, suggesting important gender differences in the pathways leading...
Illness and medical bills cause half of all bankruptcies
From Eureka Newsfeed: Medical problems contributed to about half of all bankruptcies, involving 700,000 households in 2001, according to a story published as a Web exclusive by the journal Health Affairs. Families with children were especially hard hit-about 700,000 children...
February 01, 2005
Medicaid and SCHIP Protected Insurance Coverage for Millions of Low-Income Americans
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Texas A&M Study Shows Abstinence Education Works: Students More Likely to Abstain
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Opponents of truth and common sense are working hard to make abstinence education look bad. Unfortunately, it isn't working. Most recently, a study by Texas A & M University is drawing headlines across the state questioning...
Women, drinking to their health
From Eureka Newsfeed: Women see a slightly higher health benefit over men from alcohol consumption according to twelve separate studies reviewed in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Read more from this post....
More homeless mentally ill than expected according to ucsd study: Interventions urged
From Eureka Newsfeed: The prevalence of homelessness in persons with serious mental illness is 15 percent, a higher percentage than suggested in previous studies, according to new research by investigators at the UCSD School of Medicine. National Institutes of Health,...