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March 29, 2006A Poverty of the Mind
A Poverty of the Mind - New York Times SEVERAL recent studies have garnered wide attention for reconfirming the tragic disconnection of millions of black youths from the American mainstream. The main cause for this shortcoming is a deep-seated dogma...
Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry: Research Findings from the Urban Institute's Prisoner Reentry Portfolio The impact of prisoner reentry is further compounded by the returning jail population with its unique set of challenges and opportunities. Research in the last...
SCHIP Makes Strides Toward Providing a Usual Source of Care to Low-Income Children
SCHIP Makes Strides Toward Providing a Usual Source of Care to Low-Income Children A usual source of care has been considered an important goal for children's health care for many years and has been linked to many positive outcomes -...
March 28, 2006
Improving the Success of Low-Income Students in Community College
MDRC - Issue Focus: Improving the Success of Low-Income Students in Community College Community colleges enroll nearly half of all students in higher education --- over 11 million annually. For low-income people in particular, community colleges offer an important pathway...
2006 California Educational Opportunity Report
IDEA Publications: Educational Opportunity Reports 2006 The 2006 California Educational Opportunity Report provides new analyses of data about how well California's K-12 public schools are preparing students for college, and it compares California's schools with schools across the nation. For...
Study Warns of Accelerating Homelessness, Overcrowding in Chicago
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Chicago is gaining low-income households, including many large Latino households, much faster than it is gaining housing they can afford, a University of Illinois at Chicago report says. If current trends continue through 2010, the city will...
Voices of the Storm: Health Care After Katrina
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: As part of a continued commitment to help respond to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, a new video produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation focuses on individuals whose lives have been severely impacted by Katrina,...
Children more at risk of attempting suicide if father is in both unskilled and stressful job
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The children of men with stressful jobs, particularly jobs in which they have low control over their work and low psychological demand, are at higher risk of attempting suicide than others. A study published today...
America's Sleep-Deprived Teens Nodding Off at School
From U.S. Newswire Releases: Many of the nation's adolescents are falling asleep in class, arriving late to school, feeling down and driving drowsy because of a lack of sleep that gets worse as they get older, according to a new...
New protests overshadow Bush defense of immigration reform
From Yahoo! News: Top Stories: A key Senate panel endorsed a bill Monday that would allow illegal workers to obtain visas, sending the legislation to the full Senate for a likely heated debate in an election year. The House of...
Protests Over Immigration Bill Continue
From washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - US government, national security, science and national news and headlines.: Tens of thousands of students walked out of school in California and other states Monday, waving flags and chanting slogans in a second week of...
Snowe Bill Provides Incentives for Small Businesses to Offer Affordable Health Insurance
From U.S. Newswire Releases: U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today introduced the "Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act of 2006," (S. 2457) legislation that addresses the national health insurance...
March 27, 2006
No Easy Solution as Texas Must Revisit School Financing
From NYT > National: Try it in a contentious election year with statehouse leaders feuding, the governor and comptroller on opposite sides of just about everything, and a 30-day deadline, all while staring down the barrel of a gun. That...
Advocates Brief Community with Detailed Analysis of District's Soon-to-Be-Released Budget
From U.S. Newswire Releases: What's in the 2007 Budget for Children and Youth? Read more from this post....
March 23, 2006
Parent and Community Involvement Expert Judges National Awards Contest
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Arnold Fege, director of public engagement and national constituency building for the Public Education Network in Washington, D.C., served as a judge for the American School Board Journal's Magna Awards 2006 contest. Fege is a nationally recognized...
Immigration Debate Is Shaped by '08 Election
From washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - US government, national security, science and national news and headlines.: President Bush's effort to secure lawful employment opportunities for illegal immigrants is evolving into an early battle of the 2008 presidential campaign, as his would-be...
Simple checklists could improve child protection
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Simple checklists and structured forms could help healthcare professionals pick up child abuse more effectively, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. A spate of child deaths as a...
Caring emotions may overcome drug addictions in new parent therapy program
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: An article published in the latest issue of Family Relations describes a new therapy program for women with young children and substance abuse problems. The MTP aids mothers to recognize their own, and subsequently their...
Participation in TANF Work Activities in 2004
From Center for Law and Social Policy: The fiscal year 2006 federal budget requires states to meet revised federal work participation rate requirements for their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs-including a 50 percent work participation rate for all...
A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the States
2006_SOS_Report.pdf (application/pdf Object) Food stamps are a critical support for millions of low-income people but should be reaching millions more. Individuals and families -- both unemployed people and low-income working people and their families -- need a set of key...
March 22, 2006
March TV Show Spotlights Efforts to Help At-Risk Students Lead Safe, Productive Lives
From Education Newsfeed: Providing America's at-risk youth with the tools, resources, community support and role models necessary to grow into healthy, productive adults is the topic of Tuesday's monthly TV show, "Education News Parents Can Use," produced by the U.S....
$30 Million in Striving Readers Grants Awarded to Help Struggling Readers
From Education Newsfeed: A total of $30 million has been awarded for the 2006-07 school year to support the implementation of eight Striving Readers programs across the country. Over five years, these eight recipients will receive a combined total of...
New Jersey Organizes Community Shopping Day to Fight Underage Drinking
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of New Jersey (NCADD-NJ) and Macy's department store teamed up to organize the Community Shopping Day to be held on Tuesday, April 2. The all...
Department of Labor Announces Competition for $4 Million in Funding for Grassroots Organizations
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) today announced a $4 million grant competition for faith-based and community organizations to help hard-to-serve populations prepare for and succeed in employment opportunities. "Faith-based and community...
How are States Using Community-Based Child Care to Provide Pre-k? State-by-State Summaries
From Center for Law and Social Policy: In 2004, CLASP surveyed states with mixed-delivery pre-kindergarten programs to understand the policy choices, opportunities, and challenges of including community-based child care providers in their pre-k programs. For more information, please see All...
March 20, 2006
Inhalant Abuse More Common Among White Youth
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Kids from white, well-off families are more likely to abuse inhalants than poorer kids or those from other ethnic groups. Read more from this post....
Latino Elected Officials From Seven States to Gather in Phoenix for Three-Day Seminar on Creating Vibrant Communities
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, the leading organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, will convene over 45 municipal and county officials from across the...
As Tobacco Companies Shift Marketing, Prevention Groups Struggle
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Tobacco companies have become more low-key with their marketing, presenting a less-visible target for prevention groups, the New York Times reported March 10. Barred from many traditional advertising venues, tobacco firms have turned...
United Kingdom Looks to USA for Assistance in Helping Runaway, Homeless Youth in England; NRS Meets With Member of UK Parliament
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A delegation from the United Kingdom visited the Chicago-based National Runaway Switchboard (NRS) today to further learn about the United States' systematic approach to helping youth remain safe and off the streets. Paul Burstow, member of...
The Minority Wealth Gap
From Economic Policy Institute: Recently released data from the Federal Reserve provide a stark reminder of the extent of racial and ethnic economic gaps in our economy, particularly regarding wealth. The Fed's Survey of Consumer Finances allows us to compare...
How are States Using Community-Based Child Care to Provide Pre-k? State-by-State Summaries.
From Center for Law and Social Policy: In 2004, CLASP surveyed states with mixed-delivery pre-kindergarten programs to understand the policy choices, opportunities, and challenges of including community-based child care providers in their pre-k programs. As states continue to expand public...
March 19, 2006
Alcohol-branded merchandise associated with early teen drinking
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Young adolescents who own t-shirts, hats and other merchandise with an alcohol brand name on it are more likely to begin drinking than kids who do not own these items, according to a study by...
Teacher Preparation Initiative
From Ascribe Newsfeed: LOS ANGELES, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Education Department at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, was recently selected to team up with Microsoft Corp. and take on a leadership role in a new project designed...
Newark Public Schools to Receive $14 Million for Striving Readers Grant to Help Struggling Readers
From Education Newsfeed: Newark Public Schools will receive a $14 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today. Secretary Spellings joined First Lady Laura...
No-smoking rules not common enough for asthmatic children
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Urban children with persistent asthma living in homes with smokers are 10 times less likely to be protected by a smoking ban in the home and car than asthmatic children living with no smokers, according...
Grieving parents at increased suicide risk
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Parents who have cared for a dying child at home may be at higher risk of suicide after the child dies, by overdosing on the powerful painkillers used to ease the child's condition, say two...
Analysis of Fiscal Year 2004 TANF and MOE Spending by States
From Center for Law and Social Policy: by Mark Greenberg and Elisa Minoff. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published data concerning use of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and state maintenance of effort (MOE)...
From the Beginning: Early Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004
From Center for Law and Social Policy: This policy brief profiles the Early Head Start program-which serves low-income children under age 3, pregnant women, and their families with comprehensive early education and support services-using the latest data from the Program...
Killing in Texas Spotlights Attacks on Social Workers
From NYT > National: Threats are a daily part of the job for caseworkers who investigate accusations of child abuse and neglect and often remove children from their homes. A study released last week by the National Association of Social...
Where Did All the Children Go?
From washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - US government, national security, science and national news and headlines.: SAN FRANCISCO -- Monica Burton did not want to leave San Francisco. Born and raised in the city and a train driver for the Muni...
March 16, 2006
Problems Start Early in the Diets of Infants and Toddlers
Feeding Infants and Toddlers With childhood obesity reaching epidemic proportions, knowing more about infants' and toddlers' eating habits can help parents, health care professionals, and nutritionists address this issue more effectively. Mathematica's Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS), conducted in...
The Effects of a Universal Preschool Program in California
RAND_RB9164.1.pdf In a prior study, RAND researchers estimated that a high-quality, one-year, voluntary, universal preschool program in California could generate for California society $2.62 in benefits for every dollar of cost. For each annual cohort of four-year-olds (approximately 550,000 children),...
Early Lessons from the Ready4Work Prisoner Reentry Initiative
Public/Private Ventures | Community | Publications Just Out examines the early implementation of Public/Private Ventures' prisoner reentry demonstration, Ready4Work, and reports on emerging best practices in four key program areas. While P/PV provided the basic program design to the 17...
March 15, 2006
President's 2007 Budget Renews Same Number of Housing Vouchers Funded in 2006
President's 2007 Budget Renews Same Number of Housing Vouchers Funded in 2006, 3/13/06 The President's budget requests $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2007 for tenant-based rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program, the nation's largest low-income housing program. Yet...
March 14, 2006
Hunger in America 2006
Hunger in America 2006 America's Second Harvest---The Nation's Food Bank Network is a leading force in the fight against hunger and for twenty years has been a valued friend and partner, which is why we are proud to be the...
March 13, 2006
The Professional Development issue of The Evaluation Exchange
The Professional Development issue of The Evaluation Exchange - at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) This issue of The Evaluation Exchange focuses on evaluating professional development across a range of fields, including after school and youth development, education, child...
How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty In 2006
A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty In 2006, 3/8/06 An Earned Income Tax Credit is a tax reduction and a wage supplement for low- and moderate-income working families. States that enact EITCs...
Child-welfare study shows recovery coaches can help reunite families
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: On any given day, as many as 70 percent of the Illinois children in foster care are in that situation, at least in part, because their parents abuse drugs or alcohol. Only a small percentage...
A New Approach to Low-Wage Workers and Employers
From MDRC: MDRC's Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) demonstration will test an innovative approach designed to achieve both these goals by fostering employment retention and career advancement for a broad range of low-earners, including reemployed dislocated workers (those who,...
March 12, 2006
Dramatic changes in US aging highlighted in new census, NIH report
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The face of aging in the United States is changing dramatically -- and rapidly, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report, commissioned by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Today's older Americans are very...
Reinvigorating Computer Science Education in the U.S.
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Carnegie Mellon University has entered into a groundbreaking collaboration with Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) that has the potential to revolutionize and reinvigorate computer science education in the U.S., from middle school through senior high and beyond. EA...
Reducing oral health disparities: Achieving healthy people 2010 objectives
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: "Healthy People 2010 Oral Health and Health Communication Objectives" (HP 2010) are designed to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life for all Americans. In a joint symposium presented today at the combined meeting...
A role for dental professionals in detecting, reporting domestic violence
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The impact of domestic violence has been recognized as a health care crisis by organizations all over the world. With proper training, dental professionals have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in detecting and...
'John Henryism' key to understanding coping, health outcomes in African Americans
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: John Henry, the figure from American folklore who worked himself to death to beat a steam engine, is a key to understanding the medical reality of African Americans in the 21st century, according to researchers...
Census Report Foresees No Crisis Over Aging Generation's Health
From NYT > Health: The economic and social impact of an aging population may be gentler than feared since fewer older people will have disabilities. Read more from this post....
Drug War Success Claims Challenged
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The Bush administration continues to cite successes in cutting overseas drug production and intercepting shipments bound for the U.S., but experts say illicit drugs are as available as ever on American streets. Read...
National Drug Intelligence Center Releases National Drug Threat Assessment 2006
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The National Drug Intelligence Center, a component of the Department of Justice, released the National Drug Threat Assessment 2006 which details national drug trafficking and abuse trends within the United States. Read more...
AA Attendance and Abstinence
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Even those who connect with Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for a short while appear to benefit years later, though higher attendance was associated with a greater likelihood of long-term abstinence. Read more from this...
Coalition Makes Prevention an Intergenerational Effort
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: In addition to a parental communication network and a survey on parental attitudes toward underage drinking, the Northshire Community Coalition in Vermont held a forum uniting youth, parents and grandparents to help strengthen...
Air Force Underage Drinking Prevention Grant
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: States participating in the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Block Grant Program are eligible to apply for the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention's new Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Discretionary Program: Initiative To...
Preparation needed as children enter schools already overweight
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Researchers find a substantial amount of young children are entering school overweight. Read more from this post....
Insulin levels in African American children worsen through puberty
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Insulin levels in African American children worsen as they progress through puberty while those same levels don't change in their Caucasian counterparts, says new University of Alberta research that shows puberty is a key developmental...
'Full House' Expected at Children's Hunger Fund Benefit
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A mini-reunion of the cast of 90's comedy, "Full House" is expected to attend the first Children's Champion Awards Banquet presented by Children's Hunger Fund (CHF). The benefit honors world and business leaders for their help...
March 09, 2006
HUD publishes Fiscal Year 2006 funding notice making $2.2 billion available through 39 individual programs
HUD News Release 06-027 WASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today unveiled HUD's Fiscal Year 2006 "SuperNOFA," a notice that officially makes available approximately $2.2 billion in grants through 39 individual programs (see below). In January, HUD...
Strategies for Preventing Homelessness
Strategies for Preventing Homelessness Homelessness prevention is an essential element of any effort to end homelessness either locally or nationwide. To close the front door of entry into homelessness, the central challenge of prevention is targeting our efforts toward those...
Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000
Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000 Hispanic and Asian populations are spreading out from their traditional metropolitan centers, while the shift of blacks toward the South is accelerating. The Los Angeles and New...
200,000 Rental Units Demolished Annually, Contribute to Serious Housing Affordability Squeeze
200,000 Rental Units Demolished Annually, Contribute to Serious Housing Affordability Squeeze Harvard Study Asserts New research on rental housing market dynamics from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies finds that while the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and other...
Key to Neighborhood Revitalization and Affordable Housing
Local Initiatives Support Corporation: Site Content: Experts Online - TOD Session 2: Key to Neighborhood Revitalization and Affordable Housing Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Smart Growth America, and Reconnecting America present a three-part series to explore the ins and outs of...
March 08, 2006
First Academic Competitiveness Council Meeting
From Education Newsfeed: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today issued the following statement on the first Academic Competitiveness Council Meeting held at the White House: "The Academic Competitiveness Council had a productive first meeting today at the White House,...
State children's health insurance program affects access to dental care and use of dental services
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Access to dental care is a major problem for low-income children in the United States. States have been able to make important gains in removing financial barriers to health care since 1997 because of Federal...
Formula feeding, early introduction of infant food may not contribute to childhood obesity
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Does breastfeeding or the age at which other foods are introduced to infants affect the risk of obesity in early childhood? Research on this question has produced mixed results, and a new study has found...
Homework Helps Students Succeed in School, as Long as There Isn't Too Much
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Duke University researchers have reviewed more than 60 research studies on homework between 1987 and 2003 and concluded that homework does have a positive effect on student achievement. Harris Cooper, a professor of psychology and director of...
Ohio Anti-Smoking Program Shows Success, Still Expects Cuts
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Although Ohio's Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Foundation's statewide "stand" media campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of and prevent smoking is ID'd as a success in a recent report, leaders are...
400,000 People Learn 'How Much is Too Much?' at Alcohol-Screening Web Site
From Ascribe Newsfeed: BOSTON, March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Over 400,000 visitors have now assessed themselves for possible alcohol problems at www.AlcoholScreening.org, a free health-screening Web site developed by Join Together, a project of the Boston University School of Public...
March 07, 2006
Can States Stretch the Medicaid Dollar Without Passing the Buck? Lessons from Utah
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: With the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, states have gained increased flexibility over benefits and cost sharing for certain currently eligible Medicaid populations without having to obtain a waiver of Medicaid rules....
Springfield and Chicopee Public Schools to Receive $16.6 Million Striving Readers Grant to Help Struggling Readers
From Education Newsfeed: Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools (Massachusetts) will receive a $16.6 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today. Secretary...
Repeated test-taking better for retention than repeated studying, research shows
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Despite their reputation as a cruel tool of teachers intent on striking fear into the hearts of unprepared students, quizzes -- given early and often -- may be a student's best friend when it comes...
The President's FY 2007 Budget Proposal: Overview and Briefing Charts
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This chartpack reviews the President's FY 2007 budget request to Congress and highlights overall budget assumptions and funding for major health programs. It begins with a description of the federal budget process, followed by summary...
Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Student Engagement, Impact of Advisory Programs on School Connectedness
From Ascribe Newsfeed: OAKLAND, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Doctoral students Melissa Chabran and Sarah Brody Shulkind have been selected as the first recipients of the Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Award. Presented by the Coalition of Essential Schools...
School Nurses Help Reduce Student Drug Use
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: School nurses in New York state are being encouraged to identify and intervene in cases of substance abuse among high school and college students. Read more from this post....
Older Treatment Patients Tend to Misuse Alcohol
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Alcohol tends to be the drug of choice for older Americans enrolled in addiction treatment programs, according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Read more...
Depressed older adults more likely to become cognitively impaired
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Older adults with depressive symptoms are more likely than those without depression to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) within six years, according to a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center...
The high percentages of depression have been greatly exaggerated
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: According to widely reported community-based research, almost half the US population suffers from depression. But research by two sociologists indicates that percentage is greatly exaggerated or is a misrepresentation. The extraordinarily high rates of untreated...
March 06, 2006
N.J. Advocates Seek Tax Increase for Treatment
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Addiction treatment advocates in New Jersey are calling on lawmakers to increase alcohol taxes by five cents to provide more funding for services. Read more from this post....
Senate Report Faults Medicare's Handling of Complaints
From washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - US government, national security, science and national news and headlines.: Medicare's process for investigating complaints about bad care is "broken," leaves patients in the dark, and is of "no benefit to improving the overall quality"...
Primary Care Intervention Reduces Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the Elderly
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: In clinical practice, a personalized report for elderly patients appeared to modestly reduce unhealthy alcohol use. Read more from this post....
Surgeon General Accepting Comments for Call to Action on Preventing Underage Drinking
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The U.S. Surgeon General intends to issue a first-ever "Call to Action" on underage drinking prevention, and has invited public comments for consideration in the development of this influential statement. Individuals and organizations...
Arkansas Set to Undertake a Novel Effort in Health Care
From NYT > National: The Bush administration is poised to approve a health insurance program, proposed by Arkansas, for 80,000 low-income uninsured people in the state. Read more from this post....
Peer exclusion among children results in reduced classroom participation and academic achievement
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Children who are excluded from activities by their peers are more likely to withdraw from classroom activities and suffer academically. Read more from this post....
Postpartum depressive symptoms in mothers associated with some unfavorable parenting practices
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Mothers who have symptoms of depression two to four months after the birth of their children may be less likely to perform parenting tasks that involve active interaction with their infants, including breastfeeding, playing and...
Depressive symptoms in adolescent girls may be related to increased risk of partner violence later
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Teenage girls with symptoms of depression may have a higher risk of subsequent physical abuse by their partners than those who don't have symptoms of depression, according to a study in the March issue of...
Mother's depressive symptoms contribute unfavorably to parenting practices
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: When mothers experience symptoms of depression after the birth of their children they are less likely to breastfeed, play with, read to or perform other interactive parenting tasks with their newborns, according to a study...
Campaign to Restore CHIP led by 250 Organizations Calls for Texas Leaders to Suspend Policy Changes, Address Enrollment Loss
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The coalition is calling on state leaders to take immediate action to suspend policy changes to prevent further CHIP enrollment loss. Organizations are also calling on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to quickly establish...
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections (CCEERC) If you are involved in early care and education research, are you aware of Child Care and Early Education Research Connections? It is a website designed as a free resource for researchers...
March 02, 2006
Education Department Announces $1.1 Billion for Hurricane-Affected Students and Schools
From Education Newsfeed: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding Donald Powell today announced the availability of more than $1.1 billion in hurricane relief funds to help states meet the education needs of displaced...
Submit Your Comments for the Surgeon General's Call To Action On Underage Drinking
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The U.S. Surgeon General intends to issue a first-ever "Call to Action" on underage drinking prevention sometime during the Spring of 2006. This is a critical opportunity for the public health and safety,...
Prudent investments in education and training needed for nation's Hispanic population
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Education and training are the linchpins that will give the nation's Hispanic workers and their children important tools to contribute to and share in U.S. prosperity, says a new report from the National Academies' National...
Depressive symptoms in adolescents associated with parental domestic violence
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Adolescents who witness domestic violence between their parents are significantly more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. In a study of adolescents in the Philippines conducted by Michelle Hindin, PhD, a researcher at the...
Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts
States as Diverse as California and South Carolina Get Top Ranking for Efforts to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy New research from the Guttmacher Institute finds that, while a number of states have shown commitment and creativity in addressing unintended pregnancy, others...
The Impact Of State Income Taxes On Low-Income Families In 2005
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 2-22-06sfp.pdf (application/pdf Object) Poor families in many states face substantial state income tax liability for the 2005 tax year. In 19 of the 42 states that levy income taxes, two-parent families of four with...
March 01, 2006
Whites more likely than blacks to die soon after spouse's death
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: White Americans are far more likely than their black counterparts to die soon after the death of a spouse, according to new research from Harvard University. The longitudinal study of 410,272 elderly American couples indicates...
Medicare must change the way it values physician services to avert primary care collapse
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Medicare must change the way that it values and reimburses physician services to prevent a collapse of primary care medicine in the U.S., the president of the American College of Physicians (ACP) told the House...
A New Message for Old Friends on Childhood Obesity
From washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - US government, national security, science and national news and headlines.: It was billed as a personal conversation about his own health and fitness battles, but when former president Bill Clinton stood before a group of...
Education Department Announces National Math and Science Summit for Girls
From Education Newsfeed: --- U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today addressed board chairs, chief executive officers and local council leaders at a meeting of the Girl Scouts of the USA. She announced the Department of Education's first-ever national summit...
Study finds commitment to marriage, emotional engagement key to wives' happiness
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A study by University of Virginia sociologists W. Bradford Wilcox and Steven L. Nock finds that the single most important factor in women's marital happiness is the level of their husbands' emotional engagement -- not...
Self-Esteem Causes More Problems Than It Solves, Argues Controversial Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review
From Ascribe Newsfeed: STANFORD, Calif., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For decades, psychologists have viewed self-esteem as the panacea for many of individuals' and society's woes. In response, many organizations have developed programs to raise their clients' sense of self-worth....
Technical Assistance Manual Championing Best Practices in Youth Arts Programming
From Ascribe Newsfeed: SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Performing Arts Workshop ("the Workshop") recently released the second year findings of a three-year U.S. Department of Education funded study, which provided compelling documentation on the value of performing arts...
Frailty in elderly may be prevented or reversed if addressed early
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: In a study to determine how older people progress through different states of frailty, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the physical symptoms that mark frailty are often reversible and therefore amenable...
Combat duty in Iraq linked with high use of mental health services
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: About one-third of US military personnel from the war in Iraq access mental health services after their return home, according to a study in the March 1 issue of JAMA. Read more from this post....
New 50-State Survey Reports State Actions and Costs Related to Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: A survey of the states after the first month the Medicare drug benefit's implementation shows that over 60 percent of states experienced significant problems and 37 states implemented temporary coverage programs for dual eligibles. Additional...
An In-Depth Look at the Medicare Drug Coverage Numbers
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: This issue brief examines five approaches to looking at the latest enrollment numbers for the new Medicare drug benefit and discusses each approach in terms of how it portrays the reach of the new program....
Poor Eating Habits, Alcohol Overconsumption Linked
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: People who eat poorly also are more likely to drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol, according to researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture....