Weekly Insider 29.10.2008
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 Resources
First Focus has analyzed children’s health coverage under President Elect Obama’s proposed health care plan.
Families USA’s recently released report, The Candidates and Your Health Care Costs, examines how President Elect Obama’s health care plans may affect health insurance costs.
My Bright Future: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating is a youth friendly website run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to encourage the development of healthy behaviors in young women.
New from the Center
Results from our survey on Immigrant and Refugee Children are in! The 189 survey respondents came from 46 states and 97.9% worked with students from other countries. Over 50% of respondents were part of a school nursing program. Translation difficulties and different cultural interpretations of health or mental health issues were reported as common problems facing school personnel. Of the respondents, 80% worked in schools that made a special effort to reach out to the families of immigrant children and 71% worked in a school that had hired more multicultural/multilingual staff to address the needs of students from other countries.
Detailed results of this survey, as well as surveys conducted previously , are available on our surveys page.
Important Topic
Safe Texting
ER Docs Urge Kids to Skip Texting While in Motion: Nemours Foundation
The Dangers of Texting While Driving: National Roads and Motorists' Association
Text Messaging Safely: Wired Kids, Inc.Upcoming Meetings
National Harbor, MD: NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities. December 16-18, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.blsmeetings.net/2008healthdisparitiessummit/index.cfm
Washington, DC: National Health Policy Conference. February 2-3, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.academyhealth.org/NHPC/
Phoenix, AZ: What Works in Education Partnerships First National Conference. February 20-21, 2009. For more information, please visit http://educationpartnerships.asu.edu/conference
Anaheim, CA: Future of Pediatrics Conference: Quality Care for All Children. February 27- March 1, 2009. For more information, please visit
http://www.pedialink.org/cmefinder/search-detail.cfm/key/6624de91-f5e8-41ce-b32c-00db71b09787/type/event/grp/1/task/details
San Francisco, CA: 19th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference. March 16-19, 2009. For more information, please visit http://healthpromotionconference.com/ Previously Posted Meetings
Fort Wayne, IN: Latino Behavioral Health Summit ‘Empowering Communities, Building Bridges & Finding Solutions’. November 6, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.nec.org/Latino_Summit/08/o8%20Summit%20Sch.pdf
San Diego, CA: International Families and Schools Together (FAST) Conference. January 26-30, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.familiesandschools.org/news/conference.php?c=7
Burlingame, CA: Beyond School Hours XII National Conference. February 11-14, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.foundationsinc.org/
Boston, MA: National Association of School Psychologists 2009 Annual Convention. February 24-28, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.nasponline.org/conventions/index.aspx
Albuquerque, NM: Third International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health. March 6-8, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.aap.org/nach/3InternationalMeeting.html
Job Opportunities
Washington State Department of Health – Family Involvement Coordinator (Tumwater, WA)
Center for Community Health & Education – School Based Health Center Clinic Director (New York, NY)
NorthPoint Health and Wellness – Family Nurse Practitioner (Minneapolis, MN)
Foundations, Inc. – Executive Director of the Center for Afterschool Education (Moorestown, NJ)
Walden House, Inc. – Adolescent Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist (San Francisco, CA)
Hampton Public School – School Nurse/Health Teacher (Hampton, NJ)
Grant Alerts
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration -- Healthy Start Initiative
(Deadline: 12/5/08)
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s Healthy Start Initiative grants are designed to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators among Hispanics, American Indians, African Americans, Alaska Natives, Asian\Pacific Islanders, and immigrant populations.
VSA arts and the MetLife Foundation -- Arts Connect All (select metropolitan areas) (Deadline: 12/12/08)
VSA arts and the MetLife Foundation have designed the Arts Connect All funding opportunity to encourage arts organizations to create or enhance multi-session, inclusive education programs by strengthening partnerships with local public schools. The goals of Arts Connect All are to: (1) Enable more students with disabilities to experience social, cognitive, and cultural development through arts learning alongside their peers without disabilities; (2) Create educational access and inclusion in the arts for students with disabilities; and (3) Document the contributions that arts organizations make to inclusive education in public schools.
LEGO -- Children’s Fund Grants (Deadline: 2/1/09)
LEGO’s Children’s Fund Grants are available to programs focused in the following areas: (1) Early childhood education and development; (2) Technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities: and (3) Sport or athletic programs that concentrate on under-served youth.
The California Wellness Foundation -- Responsive Grantmaking Program (Deadline: Rolling- Letter of Intent)
The California Wellness Foundation’s Responsive Grantmaking Program provides funding in the following eight areas: Diversity in Health Professions; Environmental Health; Healthy Aging; Mental Health; Teenage Pregnancy Prevention; Violence Prevention; Women’s Health; and Work and Health.
Textron Corporate Giving -- Quality of Life Grants (Rhode Island) (Deadline: 3/1/2009)
Textron’s Corporate Giving program focuses on improving the quality of life in communities were Textron employees work. Areas of giving include enrichment and mentoring programs for youth, community revitalization, and health and human service organizations.
United States Golf Association (USGA) -- “For the Good of the Game” Grants Initiative (Deadline: 12/2/08)
The United States Golf Association’s "For the Good of the Game" Grants Initiative in an effort to make golf more affordable and accessible. Through this effort, the USGA supports organizations that use the game and its values as a vehicle to improve the quality of life for individuals and for society in general. This annual initiative focuses on positively impacting young people (particularly minorities, girls, economically disadvantaged, and others with limited access to the game of golf) and individuals with disabilities.
News Alerts
Americans Dissatisfied with Medical Care Delivery and More Have Problems with Medical Bills and Debt
Two recent reports from the Commonwealth Fund review concerns Americans have with the US health care system. “Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families,” reports that 41% of working age Americans (72 million) have medical bill problems or are paying off medical debt up from 34% in 2005. In their second report, “Public Views on US Health Care System Organization: A Call for New Directions,” the fund released findings from a recent survey where 82% respondents said they believed the health care system should be fundamentally changed or rebuilt.
New Resources
By taking into account the unique health care needs of children, First Focus has analyzed President Elect Obama's Health Plan & Children’s Coverage. The report examines how children would be affected.
Families USA’s new report, The Candidates and Your Health Care Costs, evaluates President Elect Obama's health care plan in multiple areas, including premiums, pre-exsisting conditions, and state law.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s My Bright Future: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating website provides tips to help young women start conversations with health care providers and set and reach health-related goals. The site also has a form to help this population develop an understanding of their BMI.
Job Opportunities
Washington State Department of Health – Family Involvement Coordinator (Tumwater, WA)
The Washington State Department of Health’s Children with Special Health Care Needs Program is seeking a Family Involvement Coordinator to provide leadership for inclusion of the family perspective in policy and program development for children and youth with special health care needs. The Family Involvement Coordinator will also serve as a resource for promoting quality, culturally competent, family-centered, and integrated systems of care.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7078
Center for Community Health & Education – School Based Health Center Clinic Director (New York, NY)
The Center for Community Health & Education is seeking a School Based Health Center Clinic Doctor to provide hands-on supervision and program direction for a large High School Clinic Program. The Director will also supervise interdisciplinary staff, work closely with Senior Management to develop/implement policies and procedures, monitor service provision to ensure effective operations, and serve as liaison with school administration staff. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/314318-210
NorthPoint Health and Wellness – Family Nurse Practitioner (Minneapolis, MN)
NorthPoint Health and Wellness is seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner to provide a full-spectrum of ambulatory family medicine in a community clinic. NorthPoint Health and Wellness is a diverse, urban, community health center whose mission is “actively partnering for a healthier community.”
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7076
Foundations, Inc. – Executive Director of the Center for Afterschool Education (Moorestown, NJ)
Foundations, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of educational opportunities within schools, after school, with families, and in communities. The organization is seeking an Executive Director for the Center for Afterschool Education to lead strategic planning for the Center to fulfill its mission, to extend its work at a national level, and to secure financial sustainability through grants, product marketing, and fees for service. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.foundationsinc.org/about/employment_detail.asp?recid=33
Walden House, Inc. – Adolescent Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist (San Francisco, CA)
The Walden House, Inc. is seeking an Adolescent Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist. This individual will provide quality intensive day treatment services in collaboration with Mental Health Therapists and the Day Treatment Team. Other duties include serving as lead facilitator for therapeutic recreation groups, leisure skills groups, and some expressive arts groups. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/313531-220
Hampton Public School – School Nurse/Health Teacher (Hampton, NJ)
Hampton Public School is seeking a School Nurse/Health Teacher to provide nursing care and health instruction to a small, family oriented single school in rural Hunterdon County. Applicants must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with School Nurse Certification.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=145
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