Weekly Insider 06.02.2008

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools Weekly Insider is a web-enhanced newsletter that offers news alerts, grant announcements and general web site updates delivered directly to your email box on a weekly basis. The Center is located at the School of Public Health and Health Services at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.


New this month from the Center

We want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference in New Orleans last week. It was our first time attending the conference and we were made to feel very welcome.

February 2008 E-Journal
-- Prescription for Danger
-- Trends in Teen Drug Abuse
-- Preventing Influenza
-- The Case for Immunizing Children at School
-- CDC Reviews School Laws, Policies on Child/Adolescent Health

Center Co-Director Olga Acosta Price has authored a chapter on school mental health in a new two-volume publication, Battleground Schools, edited by Sandra Mathison and E. Wayne Ross, Greenwood-Heineman publishing company. 

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New Resources

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program Resource Center (CHIPCentral) is a resource for information about SCHIP policy and implementation.

The NIDA Networking Project Website facilitates information-sharing and collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the field of drug abuse.

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Important topic

National Children’s Dental Health Month

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Upcoming Meetings

  • San Francisco, CA: National Social Norms Institute and the BACCHUS Network’s 2008 National Conference on Social Norms. July 20-22, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.socialnorm.org/.
  • Ft. Lauderdale, FL: National AfterSchool Association’s 20th Anniversary Conference. March 12-14, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.naaconference.org/ and click on “Conference.”
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Previously Posted Meetings

  • Tampa, FL: 82nd Annual American School Health Association Conference: Finding Common Ground in Human Sexuality and Other Adolescent Health Issues. Nov. 12-15, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.ashaweb.org/annual_conferences.html.
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Grant alerts

Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation -- Champ-A-Champion Fur Kids grants (February 29, 2008)
Build-A-Bear Workshop is accepting applications for its Champ-A-Champion Fur Kids grants for children’s health and wellness. Programs should provide direct support to children, such as child safety organizations or organizations that serve children with special needs.

Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. -- Grants for Uninsured and Underserved Populations (Florida) (Deadline: March 14, 2008)
Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. is accepting applications for grants serving uninsured and underserved populations in Florida. The purpose of these grants is to identify, nurture and sustain activities in community-based health clinics and outreach services for uninsured and underserved populations.

Taproot Foundation -- Service Grants for Nonprofit Organizations (Deadline: March 3, 2008)
The Taproot Foundation is accepting applications for its Service Grants for Nonprofit Organizations. Instead of awarding money, the Taproot Foundation will provide consulting services in Marketing, Information Technology, Human Resources and Strategy Management. The purpose of this grant is to provide organizations with the tools necessary to maximize the impact of their critical work in the community.

Department of Health and Human Services -- Drug Free Communities Support Program (Deadline: March 21, 2008)The Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications for its Drug Free Communities Support Program to reduce drug abuse among youth and adults by decreasing substance abuse risk factors and increasing health-promoting factors in the community.

Sprint Foundation -- Sprint Ahead for Education Grant Program (Deadline: April 15, 2008)
The Sprint Foundation is accepting applications for its Sprint Ahead for Education Grant Program to support character education - youth leadership, youth volunteerism, school pride, and a positive school culture - among K-12 students.

California Endowment -- Health Care Grants (California) (Deadline: Rolling)
The California Endowment is accepting applications for its health care grants to support projects in California focused on the program goals of improving access to health, culturally competent health systems, and community health and the elimination of health disparities.

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New Resources

CHIPCentral is a resource for SCHIP policy and implementation from the National Academy for State Health Policy. The site includes resources for SCHIP reauthorization, program evaluation information, national survey data and more.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has created a website to encourage drug abuse researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to share information across disciplines, networks and institutions.The website will provide access to locations, people and resources of NIDA-sponsored research networks, including the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and the NIDA Genetics Consortium.

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Job opportunities

Great Brook Valley Health Center - Nurse Practitioner, Community Health (Worcester, MA)
Great Brook Valley Health Center is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to work either within an urban outpatient community health center or an urban school-based health center. The Nurse Practitioner will provide medical care, health education, urgent care, and early intervention medical treatment. For more information and to apply to this position, please go to http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/254796-94.

Boulder County Public Health - Community Health Division Manager (Boulder, CO)
The Community Health Division Manager at the Boulder County Public Health office will report to the Director of Health Programs and be in charge of overseeing five programs that utilize community-, population-, school-, and home-based strategies to provide health promotion and early intervention services. For more information and to apply for this position, please go to http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search for “Community Health Division Manager.”

Bronx AIDS Services, Inc. - HIV/Health Educator (New York City, NY)
Bronx AIDS Services is looking for a HIV/Health Educator to provide HIV/AIDS education and training to agencies, community groups, and individuals. The Educator will assist in planning, developing, organizing, coordinating and evaluating outreach and curriculums. For more information and to apply to this position, please go to http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/262479-156.