September 20, 2006
Immigrant Children Keep Academic Pace with Peers
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Far from being a burden on the educational system, research from Florida State University shows immigrant children perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts. FSU Sociology Professor Kathryn Harker Tillman found that...
Family and Friends can Help Manage or Prevent Diabetes in Hispanic Communities
CDC - Media Relations - Press Release - September 18, 2006 About 2.5 million (9.5 percent) Hispanic Americans age 20 or older struggle with diabetes in the United States. Three Prevention Research Centers (PRC) funded by the Centers for Disease...
September 19, 2006
Head Start Participants, Programs, Families, and Staff in 2005
From Center for Law and Social Policy: Since 1965, the federal Head Start program has provided low-income 3- and 4-year-old children and their families with comprehensive early education and support services. Head Start programs focus on the "whole child" and...
High-Alcohol Beer, Wine Banned in Some Seattle Neighborhoods
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Sales of "fortified" beer and wine will be banned in certain Seattle neighborhoods as part of a plan to cut homelessness and chronic alcoholism, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reported Aug. 31. The ban...
Children, their mental health and war, 9/11, graffiti, autism and more
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: More than 1,400 delegates gathered last week in Melbourne, Australia, for an international meeting on child and adolescent mental health. They tackled mental health issues for children including: child soldiers, terrorism and natural disasters, jailing...
CDC Report Slams Alcohol Ads Targeting Youth
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report saying that the alcohol industry has failed to live up to promises not to advertise to youth, the Associated Press reported...
Drinking by Pregnant Women Predicts Later Alcohol Problems Among Kids
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: A long-term study concludes that women who drank as few as three drinks at a single sitting during early pregnancy had children who were more likely to have alcohol problems by the time...
Young Alcoholics Less Likely to Seek Treatment
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism report that people who become dependent on alcohol before reaching age 25 are less likely to seek treatment for their addiction. Read more...
Widespread Lack of Knowledge About Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
From Ascribe Newsfeed: A recent survey of seniors on Medicare Part D drug plans has found that there is still widespread misinformation and confusion on the gap in drug coverage commonly known as the "doughnut hole." The study, released last...
Middle-School Methamphetamine Prevention Called Effective
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: Middle-school students in rural areas who attended prevention programs aimed at methamphetamine use were less likely to use the drug when they got older, according to research from the National Institute on Drug...
FAS Kids Can Fully Recover, Researchers Say
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: A regimen of constant mental stimulation and nurturing during the first two years of life can help children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) catch up developmentally with their peers, the CanWest News Service...
Funds for Youth Tobacco Survey Assessment
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will award a pair of $100,000 cooperative agreements to study how proposed revisions to its Youth Tobacco Survey may impact measurement of youth tobacco use....
New Foundation Center Report Sheds Light on Community Foundation Giving
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Community Foundations Account for Nearly 10 Percent of Giving by U.S. Foundations Estimated giving by the nation's 700 community foundations rose to a record $3.2 billion in 2005, according to the Foundation Center's new report, "Key Facts...
Leadership Dallas Celebrates 30 Years of Leadership Development
From U.S. Newswire Releases: It all began during the nation's Bicentennial year as a way to encourage young professionals in Dallas to become more involved in their community. The leadership development organization has also become a model for groups around...
First evidence that musical training affects brain development in young children
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Researchers have found the first evidence that young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year compared to children who do not receive musical training,...
Better grades and greater incentives help explain why women outpace men in college degrees
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping...
Global Youth Survey Explores Perspectives on Social, Cultural Identity; Over 3,000 Young People in 100 Countries Respond
From Ascribe Newsfeed: According to a new survey asking young people worldwide about their social and cultural beliefs, most identified themselves as members of a "global community," citizens of a broader multicultural world, concerned about the problems of the planet....
MA: Medical Foundation Youth Action Initiative
From Funding News: The Youth Action Initiative of Massachusetts' The Medical Foundation will award mini-grants to young people who work to eliminate tobacco use through community-based youth tobacco prevention and control efforts. Read more from this post....
Better Grades, Greater Incentives Help Explain Why Women Outpace Men in College Degrees
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping draw women...
Race, Class and Sex Breed Contempt in Greenwich Village
From washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - US government, national security, science and national news and headlines.: NEW YORK -- A pair of shapely legs in low-slung jeans strut through Greenwich Village, sequined rainbows stitched onto the back pockets jiggling from side...
September 14, 2006
Americans Squeezed by Health Care Costs
Commonwealth Fund: As health care costs continue to rise, there has been steady erosion in the proportion of workers covered under employer-based plans, as well as in the adequacy of such coverage. Workers forced to turn to the individual insurance...
Corporate Citizenship and Urban Problem Solving
Brookings Institution: Business-led civic organizations have historically played an important role in urban policymaking, planning, and renewal. However, shifting economic forces - including corporate consolidation, industrial decline, and the suburbanization of many businesses - have diminished the capacity of these...
'No Child' Leaves Too Much Behind
RAND Commentary: The No Child Left Behind Act, a federal law designed to ensure that all children can read and do math proficiently by 2014, comes up for renewal in Congress next year. Debate over its future will center on...
Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
National Center for Children in Poverty: Family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care is a widely used form of care for young children in the United States, particularly for children birth through age 2. It accounts for 46 percent of...
High-Quality Preschool is Key to Closing the Achievment Gap
NCCP: As our nation's children head back to school this month, the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) urges policymakers to ensure that preschool really does prepare young children to succeed in the early school years. NCCP's new report,...
HHS Awards $11.6 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions
HHS: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded a total of $11.6 million to 21 states for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care. States use the adoption incentive awards to enhance their child...
HUD Awards $10.4 Million in Grants to 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HUD News Release 06-110 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings today announced 13 historically Black colleges and universities would receive $10.4 million to help revitalize neighborhoods near their campuses. "These grants will help ensure...
Guide to Food Stamp Outreach Collaborations
Food Research and Action Center: FRAC's new resource guide, FRAC's Guide to Food Stamp Outreach Collaborations, provides an overview of promising partnerships that are working to increase participation in the Federal Food Stamp Program (FSP). In FY 2004, only about...
People with Disabilities Are Less Healthy than those without Disabilities
CDC - Media Relations: For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a report of state-level data on the number of people with disabilities, and the wide range of health differences that exist between...
Racial Disparities in Childhood Immunization Coverage Rates Closing
CDC - Media Relations: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced that 2005 childhood immunization rates for vaccines routinely recommended for children between 19 and 35 months of age remain at or near record highs. For the first...
Making History 101: Child Poverty
Making History 101 Making History 101 (MH101) is a humanitarian effort to improve conditions associated with poverty on a local and global level. MH101 is made up of volunteers determined to shape history by improving the conditions around us. We...
The Medicare Drug Benefit in California: Facts and Figures
CHCF.org: Since the implementation of the Medicare Part D drug benefit plan on January 1, 2006, an estimated 39 million beneficiaries (about 89% of the total Medicare population nationwide) have signed up for some type of prescription drug coverage. These...
Why Women Should Vote
National Women's Law Center We know there is never enough time to do what you HAVE to do each day, much less to learn more about the issues that concern you. As a result, many women, especially unmarried women, do...
Renewing Commitment to Fighting Poverty
Catholic Charities USA: Examining problems facing the poor and debating policy proposals to help break the cycle of poverty in America will be the central focus of Catholic Charities USA's 2006 Annual Gathering in Minneapolis from September 14--17. The centerpiece...
September 13, 2006
Back to School: MDRC's Education Research Agenda
MDRC - Issue Focus: In today's economy, more than ever before, graduating from high school and obtaining a postsecondary credential are the keys to better economic opportunity. MDRC began its research on education in 1991 in response to discouraging evaluation...
September 11, 2006
Most Katrina Evacuees in Houston Plan to Stay
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: More than two-thirds of the Hurricane Katrina evacuees who fled to Houston for shelter a year ago said they plan to remain here, according to a recent survey by researchers at Rice University. The survey...
U.S. Secretary of Education to Headline NALEO 2nd Annual National Summit on the State of Latino Education
From U.S. Newswire Releases: The NALEO Educational Fund, the leading organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, announced today that U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will be addressing Latino elected officials from across the country...
Medicare Costs to Increase for Wealthier Beneficiaries
From NYTimes.com: Higher-income people will have to pay higher Medicare premiums than other beneficiaries next year, as the government takes a small but significant step to help the financially ailing program remain viable over the long term. The surcharge is...
Medical Foundation Youth Action Initiative
From Funding News: The Youth Action Initiative (YAI) of Massachusetts' The Medical Foundation will award mini-grants to young people who work to eliminate tobacco use through community-based youth tobacco prevention and control efforts. YAI, which is allied with the Massachusetts...
Everything You Wanted to Know About the No Child Left Behind Act
From Ascribe Newsfeed: The Public Education Network (PEN), working in conjunction with the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE), has developed simple, easy-to- understand materials that community leaders and parents all over the country have requested to translate...
Child Care and Development Block Grant Participation in 2005
From Center for Law and Social Policy: This fact sheet provides a snapshot of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) participation in 2005, noting the great variability in child care assistance programs among states. CCDBG provides child care assistance...
September 07, 2006
Less Than Half of Children Receive Recommended Preventive Care
Commonwealth Fund: The importance of childhood preventive care has long been emphasized at the federal level, through such programs as the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Program, and the State...
Providing Health Insurance to Low-Income Children Improves Their Quality of Life
RAND: Providing low-income children with government-sponsored health insurance improves their quality of life as it expands their access to doctors and other health services, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. Studying families in California, researchers found that children...
Improvements in Teen Sexual Risk Behavior Flatline
Advocates for Youth: Today, the CDC released in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) an analysis of the latest survey on sexual behaviors of high school students (grades 9 through 12) from 1991 to 2005. The report, "Trends in...
New Data Show Economic Recovery Has Not Benefited Children
National Center for Children in Poverty: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing that in 2005, the child poverty rate in the U.S. remained at 18%. The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is deeply troubled that...
The Imperative of Developing a New Anti-poverty Agenda
National Center for Children in Poverty: All Americans want the next generation to succeed. But what most Americans do not know is that some 40 percent of American children are growing up in low-income families with the odds stacked against...
2005 Poverty Data Underscore Need for Action
Food Research and Action Center: Thirty-seven million people lived in poverty in the U.S. in 2005, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today. Despite four years of economic growth, poverty is more widespread than in 2001. The number of...
Campaign for Children's Health Care: National Essay Contest
Campaign for Children's Health Care: The Campaign for Children's Health Care wants to generate awareness among America's youth about the importance of providing health coverage to all young people. Winners of the contest will be selected from two age groups...
New Census Data Shows 1.3 Million Children Have Fallen into Poverty Since 2000
Children's Defense Fund: Washington, DC Since reaching an historic low in 2000, over the last seven years, the number of children living in poverty in the United States has grown by 11.3 percent to approach 13 million, even after a...
A Year after Hurricane Katrina, Volunteers Still Desperately Needed in Gulf Coast
Catholic Charities USA - News and Info A year after Hurricane Katrina, Catholic Charities agencies in Louisiana and Mississippi are in desperate need of volunteers to clean-up or repair homes destroyed by the hurricane. An estimated 92,000 houses in New...
Depression, risky sex behavior linked in African-American youth
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School reveals that African American teens with symptoms of depression are more than four times likely to engage in risky sexual behavior...
Identifying Risk for Obesity in Early Childhood
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new research study of children's growth, published in the September issue of Pediatrics, can help parents and pediatricians determine the risk that a child will be overweight at age 12 by examining the child's...
September 06, 2006
Programs help increase number of minority and disadvantaged students admitted to medical schools
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Programs created to increase the enrollment of minority and disadvantaged students to medical schools appear to be effective, according to a study in the September 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education....
Second graders dig into Healthy Choices, Healthy Me!
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Dairy Council of California announces that a scientifically rigorous evaluation conducted by WestEd demonstrates that Healthy Choices, Healthy Me! a second-grade nutrition education program effectively conveys basic nutrition concepts and improves students' food choices. "Because...
State health department Web sites inaccessible to many, study finds
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: "Inaccessible websites hurt the underprivileged and make it difficult to justify the investment in technology that has taken place in state governments around the country," the authors state. "Unless these concerns are addressed, public e-health...
Mental Illness Over-Represented in Jails and Prisons
From U.S. Newswire Releases: A report released today by the United States Department of Justice shows that the number of Americans with mental illnesses incarcerated in the nation's prisons and jails is disproportionately high. The Campaign for Mental Health Reform,...
Nonprofit Law Center Releases Guides to Regulating Junk Food Marketing to Kids
From Ascribe Newsfeed: A nonprofit public health law center today released two new guides to help reduce the impact of unhealthy food and beverage marketing on children across the country. The Public Health Law Program (PHLP), a project of the...
Autism Risk Rises With Age Of Father
From washingtonpost.com : Children born to fathers of advancing age are at significantly higher risk of developing autism compared with children born to younger fathers, according a comprehensive study published yesterday that offers surprising new insight into one of the...
September 05, 2006
Racial Achievement Gap Narrowed by Sterotype Stress Reducers
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: An in-class writing assignment designed to boost students' sense of identity and personal integrity reduced the achievement gap between African-American and nonminority students by 40 percent, according to a new study by a University of...
National School Testing Urged
From washingtonpost.com: Many states, including Maryland and Virginia, are reporting student proficiency rates so much higher than what the most respected national measure has found that several influential education experts are calling for a move toward a national testing system....
Hispanics will Top all U.S. Minority Groups for Purchasing Power by 2007
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Hispanic buying power in the United States will draw even with African-American buying power in 2006 -- at just under $800 billion -- and is projected to exceed it in 2007, according to a report...
September 04, 2006
Resources on Health Coverage and the Uninsured
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual update on health insurance coverage and the number of uninsured Americans on August 29, 2006. A fact sheet describing the characteristics of the uninsured population, the difference health...
New Orleans' Health Care System
From The Kaiser Family Foundation: On the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, a paper authored by Foundation staff examines the impact of the storm on New Orleans, the current state of health care in the city, and lessons learned...
Short-term Intervention Programs have Potential to Reduce Teen Methamphetamine Use
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Brief school- and family-based intervention programs may reduce methamphetamine use among adolescents, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Because of the...
Comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Interim Final Rule
From Center for Law and Social Policy: by Rutledge Hutson. This document contains CLASP's official comments to CMS on the interim final rule published in the federal register on July 12, 2006. The regulations implement the citizenship documentation requirements of...
Prevention Programs for Young Rural Teens Can Reduce Methamphetamine Abuse Years Later
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: New research supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, shows that prevention programs conducted in middle school can reduce methamphetamine abuse among rural adolescents years later. Because...
Parents describe their spiritual needs when facing a child's death
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A survey of parents indicates that they not only want the best medical care, but also need spiritual care when facing the death of a child. The findings, published in the September issue of Pediatrics,...
NIDA Health Services Research on Practice Improvement Grants
From Funding News: The National Institute on Drug Abuse will award grants of up to $250,000 for research on practice improvement utilizing community treatment programs that are part of NIDA's Clinical Trials Network. Read more from this post....
Overweight in early childhood increases chances for obesity at age 12
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Children who are overweight as toddlers or preschoolers are more likely to be overweight or obese in early adolescence, report researchers in a collaborative study by the NIH and several academic institutions. Read more from...
Uninsured Latino children more likely not to get medical care
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Writing in the September issue of Pediatrics, Dr. Flores, one of the country's foremost experts on multicultural health care issues, sought to identify the risk factors for and consequences of being uninsured in Latino children....
California's Sickest Kids to Benefit from Bill on Governor's Desk
From Ascribe Newsfeed: AB 2379 - a bill to ensure continued access to specialized medical services for California's sickest kids through the California Children's Services (CCS) program - is on the Governor's desk awaiting signature. Supporters are urging him to...
Census Bureau Data for 2005 Show Working Families Fell Behind
From Economic Policy Institute: After falling each year since the economic recovery began in 2001, the income of the median household grew 1.1% (or $509) in inflation-adjusted terms last year. Poverty rates, which have risen consistently over the recovery, were...
Parents Describe Their Spiritual Needs When Facing a Child's Death; Specific Suggestions for Hospitals Offered
From Ascribe Newsfeed: A survey of parents indicates that they not only want the best medical care, but also need spiritual care when facing the death of a child. The findings, published in the September issue of Pediatrics, indicate that...
The slower job growth regime marches onward
From Economic Policy Institute: For analysis of today's employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, see the latest Jobs Picture. Read more from this post....
The State of Working America 2006/2007
From Economic Policy Institute: On Labor Day, the Economic Policy Institute releases its advance edition of The State of Working America 2006/2007. Prepared biennially since 1988, EPI's flagship publication sums up the problems and challenges facing American workers, presenting analyses...
To Give Children an Edge, Au Pairs From China
From NYT > National: The last two years have seen an increase in the number of au pairs from China in the United States. Read more from this post....
Comments to HHS on the TANF Interim Final Rule
From Center for Law and Social Policy: by Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Rutledge Hutson, Amy-Ellen Duke, and Julie Strawn. These are CLASP's official comments to ACF on the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2006. These regulations...
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