Weekly Insider 08.01.2008

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 at the Center

The Center’s popular fact sheet, Psychotropic Drugs and Children: Use, Trends, and Implications for Schools, has been updated with findings from articles published through July 2007.

A presentation on the clinical implications of mental health interpretation prepared by Yeshashwork Kibour, PhD, of the Center for Multicultural Human Services, has been posted on the CHHCS website.

January 2008 E-Journal
-- CMS Bars Medicaid for School Administrative Activities, Transportation
-- Should Schools Test for Drugs of Abuse?
-- Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules, 2008

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New Resource

The Child and Adolescent Health Management Initiative has released 2005/2006 data for the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). The Data Resource Center allows users to compare over 100 health indicators by year and population subgroup, such as ethnicity and income level.

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Important topic

Start the New Year off Right

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Upcoming meetings

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Previously posted meetings

  • Washington, DC: Mental Health America 2008 Annual Conference & National Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Summit. June 4-7, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.nmha.org/go/conference/.
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Job opportunities

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Grant alerts

Dollar General -- Youth Literacy Grants (Deadline: 2/5/08)
Dollar General is accepting applications for its Youth Literacy Grants to implement or expand literacy programs focused on students below grade level or with reading difficulty.

Open Meadows Foundation -- Women and Girls Grant Program (Deadline: 2/15/08)
The Open Meadows Foundation is accepting applications for its grant program to support small and start-up organizations designed and implemented by women and girls that promote building community power and racial, social, economic, and environmental justice.

Fulbright New Zealand -- Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy (Deadline: 3/1/08)
Fulbright New Zealand is accepting applications for its Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy program to support U.S. citizens in learning policy lessons in New Zealand, such as in education, health care, and youth and families public policy, that can be put to effective use in the US.

Lowe’s Foundation -- Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Grant (Deadline: 2/15/08)
The Lowe’s Foundation is accepting applications for its Toolbox for Education Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to increase parent involvement and build strong community spirit and school traditions that improve educational opportunities for children.

Weingart Foundation -- Grant Program in Southern California (Deadline: Rolling; Letter of Inquiry)
The Weingart Foundation is accepting applications for its Grant Programs in Southern California to support long-term improvement of health, education, human services, arts & culture, and the public and society for children and youth, the aged, the disabled, the homeless, the sick, the poor, people otherwise disadvantaged, and the general community.

Highmark Foundation -- Schools Challenge Grants (Pennsylvania) (Deadline: Rolling)
The Highmark Foundation is accepting applications for its Schools Challenge Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support early intervention and preventive health projects that increase awareness, change behaviors, and create supportive environments to build lifelong healthy habits in children (ages 6-18) in the areas: nutrition education or services, physical education or activity, self-esteem, and bullying prevention.

Highmark Foundation -- Program Grants for Nonprofits (Pennsylvania) (Deadline: Rolling)
The Highmark Foundation is accepting applications for its Program Grants for Nonprofits that support early intervention and preventive health projects that increase awareness, change behaviors, and create supportive environments to build lifelong healthy habits in children (ages 6-18) in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, self-esteem, bullying, and grieving.

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News alert

Study Finds Youth Psychosis Predictable
In an article published in this month’s issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, scientists funded by the National Institute of Mental Health said youths who are going to develop serious mental illness can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown if they have certain risk factors.

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 New Resource

The Child and Adolescent Health Management Initiative has released 2005/2006 data for the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). The Data Resource Center allows users to compare over 100 health indicators by year and population subgroup, such as ethnicity and income level.

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Job opportunities

Coalition for Community Schools - Deputy Directory (Washington, DC)
The Deputy Director will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Coalition work. We require strong management skills; and solid written and oral communications skills.
For more information and to apply for this position, contact Maame Ameyaw, Program Assistant, at 202-822-8405, ext. 156 or ameyawm@iel.org.

Coalition for Community Schools - Research Associate (Washington, DC)
The Research Associate will be responsible for a range of research, writing and communications tasks that are essential to ongoing Coalition operations. For more information and to apply for this position, contact Maame Ameyaw, Program Assistant, at 202-822-8405, ext. 156 or ameyawm@iel.org.

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles - Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Manager (Los Angeles, CA)
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project Manager is responsible for the design, management, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of results for a comprehensive Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in collaboration with a local school district.  For more information and to apply for this position, please click here.