Weekly Insider 11.03.2009

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 Resources
 
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. recently released the research brief, SCHIP Children: How Long Do They Stay and Where Do They Go? . This brief highlights findings from a seven-state study examining retention of children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program and coverage of kids after they leave the program.

The National Center on Family Homelessness' new report, America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness , offers comprehensive state-by-state data on the status of homeless children. Among the report’s most alarming findings, one in 50 children in American experience homelessness each year.

The National Center for Safe Routes to School Resource Center  is a centralized location of resources developed by the Center and the U.S. Department of Transportation to assist communities in developing successful Safe Routes to School strategies.

New from the Center

A new issue brief, Supporting the Mental Health of Immigrant and Refugee Students Through Family Engagement by Ms. Eileen Kugler will soon be released by The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools as part of the Robert Wood Johnson funded Caring Across Communities program. This issue brief explores the many cultural challenges and barriers to meeting the mental health needs of immigrant and refugee students. In addition, this brief identifies successful strategies and highlights innovative national models that have overcome challenges such as cultural stigma, language differences, lack of parent involvement and provision of mental health care within the school/educational environment. 
Check back here in the coming weeks for info on how to access this exciting new brief!

Caring Across Communities, a multi-site initiative to address the mental health needs of children of immigrants and refugees, is managed by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 15 sites across the U.S. are developing model mental health programs that engage schools, families, students, mental health agencies and other community organizations to build effective, culturally competent services for children and youth. To check out the tools and lessons learned from each site, please click here.

Important Topic

Positive Parenting
  • Parenting Help – Free Tips, Advice, Resources & Guidance:  Boys Town
  • Positive Parenting Resources: KidsHealth.org/Nemours Foundation
  • Act Now – A Guide to Help Parents Assess Health-related Programs in Their Child’s School: The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
  • Help for Parents Hotline: Childhelp

    • Upcoming Meetings
    Previously Posted Meetings
    • Webinar: Medicaid Portability: Eliminating gaps in health care, optimizing oral health for migrant children and their families. March 18, 2009, 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET.  For more information, please visit http://www.mchcom.com/liveWebcastDetail.asp?leid=375

    • New York, NY: National Hispanic Medical Association 13th Annual Conference.  March 19-22, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.nhmamd.org/

    • Santa Clara, CA: The California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. March 19-22, 2009.  For more information, please visit http://www.cahperd.org/
    Daytona Beach, FL: The 16th Annual National Foster Care Conference. May 6-8, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.danielkids.org/Sites/web/content.cfm?id=275

    Job opportunities

  • Children’s National Medical Center – Director of Operations of School Health Services (Washington, DC)
  • Schiller Park School District 81 – Certified School Nurse (Schiller Park, IL)
  • Raphael House of San Francisco – Director of Children and Family Services (San Francisco, CA)
  • Gwinnett Children’s Shelter – Part-Time Therapist (Buford, GA)
  • CAMBA - Beacon 271 School Youth Facilitator  (Brooklyn, NY)
  • GO Project – Nurse (New York, NY)


    • Grant Alerts

    American Psychiatric Foundation – School Mental Health Education Grants (Deadline: 3/30/09)
    The American Psychiatric Foundation administers the Typical or Troubled? School Mental Health Education Grant Program to provide funding to implement the Typical or Troubled? School Mental Health educational model nationwide. This is program is designed for school personnel to raise their awareness of mental disorders in teens and identify the difference between typical and troubled behavior-mental health problems.

    Department of Health and Human Services & National Institutes of Health – School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity     (Deadline: 7/6/09)
    The National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant encourages the formation of partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in children.

    William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund - Corinne G. Levin Educational Fund Grant (Connecticut) (Deadline: 5/1/09)
    The mission of the Levin Fund is to enhance access to and the quality of education for all children by supporting the creation and growth of partnerships between parents and educators. The Levin Fund is accepting proposals from diverse community and school groups servicing children at day cares and pre-schools, and kindergarteners through the 8th grade.

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – Drug Free Communities Support Program Grants (Deadline: 3/20/09)
    The Office of National Drug Policy and the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announce the availability of funds for the Drug Free Communities Support Program.  The main goals of the program are to establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, non-profits and governments to support the efforts of community coalitions to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth and to address the community factors that increase risk of substance abuse.

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships – Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence (Deadline: 12/31/09)
    Through this special solicitation from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships, the Foundation partners with diversity focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.

    Department of Health and Human Services – Effectiveness, Practice, And Implementation in CMHS’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families Service Sites     (Deadline: 7/6/09)    
    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces this funding opportunity to analyze the effectives of interventions delivered through the Center for Mental Health Services’ Comprehensive Community Health Services for Children and their Families Program initiative.

    New Resources

    The research brief, SCHIP Children: How Long Do They Stay and Where Do They Go? was prepared by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This brief finds that once children enrolled in SCHIP leave public insurance, they are far more likely to become uninsured—and remain uninsured for some time—than they are to obtain private coverage. The findings suggest that the extent to which SCHIP has substituted for private insurance may be well below the rates estimated in some studies.

    America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness, a new report from the National Center on Family Homelessness, documents the growing extent of child homelessness, describes the plight of these children, profiles and ranks the states, and proposes solutions. According to Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., president of the National Center on Family Homelessness, “Our report underlines the need for every state—as well as the Obama Administration and Congress—to provide equal opportunities for all American children to grow and thrive in the safety and security of their own homes.”

    Community leaders, parents and schools across the U.S. are using Safe Routes to School programs to enable and encourage more children to safely walk and bicycle to school. The National Center offers a variety of resources; among them a new Safe Routes to School podcast featuring success stories and practical solutions from leaders across the United States. Resources are organized by topic and include Training, Program Development, and Evaluation tools.


    Job opportunities

    Children’s National Medical Center – Director of Operations of School Health Services (Washington, DC)
    Children's National Medical Center is seeking Director of Operations of School Health Services. Responsibilities include developing, planning, implementing, directing, and evaluating activities for Children’s School Services in accordance with accepted national standards and administrative policies.
    For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
    http://www.nasbhc.org/site/c.jsJPKWPFJrH/b.3092031/apps/cf/jobsoffered/view.asp?ad_id={C70C42A4-327A-4A11-A1AE-07252CE9EDF0}&category_bin_id={A9563DD7-ACB8-4FB1-ADBC-6B7077DEFE99}

     Schiller Park School District 81 – Certified School Nurse (Schiller Park, IL)
    Schiller Park School District 81 is seeking a full-time Illinois Certified School Nurse for the 2009-2010 school year. The school nurse will fulfill state/federal reporting requirements and daily nursing duties at our primary school as well as supervise health aides in the other two buildings, act as 504 manager, and be part of our special education team participating in the evaluation process and assisting to develop IEPs as appropriate.
    For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=145

    Raphael House of San Francisco – Director of Children and Family Services (San Francisco, CA)
    The Raphael House of San Francisco’s Director of Children and Family Services oversees the residential and AfterCare program including case planning, staff development and oversight. Additionally the Director of Children and Family Services formulates and oversees the program budget and long range planning of all services.
    For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
    http://www.opportunityknocks.org/JobSeekerX/ViewJob.asp?JobID=Fnuf1zMkHQmbg%2FH8UaTVeC9U4N%2FD&Keywords=child+AND+health

    Gwinnett Children’s Shelter – Part-Time Therapist (Buford, GA)
    The Gwinnet Children’s Shelter is seeking a part-time Masters level Therapist with experience working with youth. Part-time is equivalent to 20-25 hours per week of weekday afternoons and evening hours.
    For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
    http://www.opportunityknocks.org/JobseekerX/ViewJob.asp?JobID=AroFdpH4KsHyXBvNxF%2B%2FkgwlVb9E

     CAMBA - Beacon 271 School Youth Facilitator  (Brooklyn, NY)
    CAMBA administers school based Beacon community centers. The Youth Facilitator at Beacon 271 School is expected, under general supervision, to: (1) research and develop instructional materials and lesson plans; and (2) provide group and/or individual assistance to “at-risk” children and/or youth in academic and/or non-academic subjects.
    For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/330787-314

     GO Project – Nurse (New York, NY)
    The GO Project provides academic assistance and social services to low-income, underperforming elementary school children in Lower Manhattan. The GO Project is seeking a licensed, experienced registered nurse for the GO Summer program. Responsibilities include providing first-aid to any person with any minor injuries and/or illnesses during GO Summer School.
    For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/330734-164