Weekly Insider 18.12.2008
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools Weekly Insider is a web-enhanced
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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 Resources
To identify best policy practices for children’s mental health service delivery, the National Center for Children in Poverty released the report Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the United States.
Results from the State of America’s Cities Survey are reported in the National League of Cities’ recent report, Poverty and Economic Insecurity: Views from City Hall. Of the report’s findings, 90 percent of city officials surveyed said the poverty rate in their cities has either increased or remained the same over the past 10 years.
The goal of the Refugee Family Services’ School Liaison Program is to connect parents from multiple ethnic and cultural backgrounds with the U.S. school system to encourage parental involvement and ensure academic success and integration of refugee youth. The program is based in Atlanta, GA.
Important Topic
Diabetes in School
Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed - A Guide for School Personnel: National Diabetes Education Program
Diabetes and Schools: The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Safe at School Campaign: American Diabetes Association
Diabetes in School: For Kids: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Upcoming Meetings- San Antonio, TX: 15th National Joint Conference on Alternatives to Expulsion, Suspension, and Dropping Out of School. January 28-31, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/alternatives/
Previously Posted Meetings
- Addison, TX: 2009 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference. March 9-10, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.ehdiconference.org/
- Atlanta, GA: Public Health Survival: 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. August 23-26, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.2009nhpc.org/
Job opportunities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Associate Service Fellow (Atlanta, GA)
Petersburg Health Department, Crater Health District – Health Educator (Petersburg, VA)
American Nurses Association – Senior Policy Fellow (Silver Spring, MD)
Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Inc. – Bilingual Psychotherapist (Stamford, CT)Pennsylvania Department of Health – Nursing Services Consultant (various locations)National Center for Healthy Housing – President/CEO (Columbia, MD)
Grant Alerts
National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy -- E Pluribus Unum Prizes (Deadline: 1/31/09)
The National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy’s E Pluribus Unum Prizes are national awards given to exceptional initiatives that promote immigrant integration. Immigrant integration is defined as the two-way process by which immigrants and their children come to feel and be Americans and by which American identity and culture expand to reflect each new generation of immigrants.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Latino Childhood Obesity Prevention Grants (Deadline: 2/6/09)
Salud America! is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic of obesity among Latino children. The program also aims to develop a network of researchers whose findings will help identify the most promising obesity-prevention strategies specifically tailored for Latino communities.
Bureau of Justice Assistance -- Gang Resistance Education And Training Program (Deadline: 1/22/09)
The Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum administered by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance in cooperation with the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The program's primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership.
The Home Depot Foundation -- Affordable Housing Built Responsibly Grants (Deadline: 3/1/09)
Through the Affordable Housing Built Responsibly grant program, the Home Depot Foundation administers grants to nonprofit organizations whose missions align with the Foundation's interests in supporting the production and preservation of affordable, efficient and healthy housing.
Ringing Rocks Foundation -- Grants to Conserve Indigenous Healing Practices or Cultural Traditions (Deadline: 2/2/09)
The mission of the Ringing Rocks Foundation is to conserve indigenous healing practices and cultural traditions through education, publishing and grassroots partnerships. The grant-making program aims to bring about a brighter future for indigenous people.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) -- CHOICES Alcohol Education Grants (Deadline: 2/16/09)
In an effort to educate students about the risks involved with the misuse of alcohol, the NCAA has developed CHOICES, a grant program for alcohol education. Through the CHOICES program, the NCAA provides funding to integrate athletics into campus-wide efforts to reduce alcohol abuse.
New Resources
The National Center for Children in Poverty’s recently released report, Unclaimed Children Revisited: The Status of Children’s Mental Health Policy in the United States, aimed to assess how child mental health policies across the U.S. respond to children and youth with mental health problems, and their families. Areas examined include current service delivery policies and methods, policy barriers and opportunities, and approaches being taken to incorporate prevention activities. According to the report, only seven states provided consistent mental health support and funding for young children, school-age children, and youth transitioning to adulthood.
The National League of Cities’ report, Poverty and Economic Insecurity: Views from City Hall, provides insight on the nature of poverty in the nation’s cities. Proving how outdated the federal poverty threshold is, 74 percent of the city officials surveyed said the poverty threshold in their city was higher than the federal poverty threshold ($17,170 for a family of three) and 41 percent said a family of three would need between $20,000 to $30,000 to get by. Thirty percent said the threshold was $30,000 or higher.
The Refugee and Family Services’ School Liaison Program, based in Atlanta, GA, is offering free technical assistance to support the efforts of public or non-profit agencies that plan to establish a bilingual school liaison program or begin providing bilingual school liaison services. In schools that have implemented the program, 57 percent of teachers increased their understanding of how to work with refugees and other international children and 28 percent more international parents reported understanding the information their children bring home from school.
Job opportunities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Associate Service Fellow (Atlanta, GA)
Center for Injury Prevention and Control is seeking an Associate Service Fellow to work with the Sexual, Community, and Youth Violence Team in the Prevention Development and Evaluation Branch (PDEB). The PDEB supports intramural and extramural violence prevention research projects. Efforts include the prevention of youth violence, child maltreatment, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and suicide.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7386
Petersburg Health Department, Crater Health District– Health Educator (Petersburg, VA)
The Petersburg Health Department is seeking a Health Educator to provide health education services within the district in support of the cardiovascular risk reduction program. Activities include working within the community to provide current risk reduction information and encouraging positive lifestyle and behavior changes.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7391
American Nurses Association – Senior Policy Fellow (Silver Spring, MD)
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has an opening for a Senior Policy Fellow. Responsibilities include implementing ANA goals through the research, synthesis, analysis, evaluation and development of briefing papers, reports and position papers regarding health policy and providing direction and support to volunteer groups.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7374
Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Inc. – Bilingual Psychotherapist (Stamford, CT)
Child Guidance Center of Southern CT is seeking a Bilingual Spanish-English Psychotherapist. This position provides short and long term individual, family and group therapy for Spanish speaking children, adolescents and parents at this outpatient mental health clinic.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.childguidancect.org/jobs.htm#EmploymentOpportunities
Pennsylvania Department of Health – Nursing Services Consultant (various locations)
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is currently recruiting for several Nursing Services Consultant positions. These positions are assigned to the Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Section’s Infection Control & Best Practices Unit and are responsible for work associated with health care facility infection control plan review, evaluation and monitoring of health care associated infections via the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.nashp.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=F7D4F979-B51F-4223-849F964980A02D98
National Center for Healthy Housing – President/CEO (Columbia, MD)
Healthy Housing Solutions, Inc. (and its parent organization, the National Center for Healthy Housing, aim to create safe and healthy homes for children through practical and proven steps. Responsibilities of the President/CEO include managing all contracts and subcontracts and creating strategic and operational business plans.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/322313-279
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