Weekly InsiderNovember 24, 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
Progress in Ensuring Adequate Health Insurance for Children With Special Health Care Needs, published in the November 2009 issue of Pediatrics, reports findings from the 2005–2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) regarding the extent to which CSHCN have access to public or private health insurance that meets their needs.
Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics, released by the Urban Institute, reports statistical information on the population size of immigrant children, on the percentage of children of immigrants in each school grade across the country, and the percentage of these children not in school..
Serving Everyone at the Table: Strategies for Enhancing the Availability of Culturally Competent Mental Health Service, a report by the University of South Florida, discusses the impact that cultural diversity plays upon mental health services and suggests ways to improve these services and reduce disparities for diverse families.
New from the Center
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools is sponsoring a Webinar, Treating Traumatized Immigrant and Refugee Youth, on December 10, 2009, at 2 pm EDT. Many immigrant and refugee youth in the United States have experienced traumatic events, including personal violence, community violence, war, forced displacement, loss of family members, and separation from loved ones. Treating trauma-related symptoms and promoting healthy coping are crucial steps towards helping these new American youth survive and thrive in their new home, schools and communities. To register for this event, please visit: https://rwjf.webex.com/rwjf/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=579452773
The Center has released a new publication, Helping immigrant and refugee students succeed: It’s not just what happens in the classroom. Problematic behaviors exhibited by students have a direct impact on student success and the importance of engaging families for student academic achievement has been well documented. The challenges are more pronounced among immigrant and refugee students and their families. Eileen Gale Kugler and Olga Acosta Price share a number of successful strategies used to engage immigrant and refugee families in support of their children’s mental health and school success. The publication offers insights gained from grantees of the Caring Across Community national program. To view the document, click on the link below and look under Publications from Caring Across Communities: http://healthinschools.org/Immigrant-and-Refugee-Children/Caring-Across-Communities.aspx
Presentations Posted to the Website
Covering Immigrant Children: Where do we stand? Center for Children and Families Health Policy Institute. Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Caring Across Communities Conference. April 2009.
This presentation by Joan Alker, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families Health Policy Institute, reviews current and anticipated efforts to provide coverage through the federal Medicaid and CHIP programs for children, with a focus on immigrant children. Ms. Alker summarizes changes in coverage under last spring's Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA), and various state responses to these two pieces of legislation. She also discusses how CHIPRA and ICHIA could affect health care coverage for legal immigrant children in the future.
Important Topic
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Alliance: Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Lung Cancer Awareness
• National Cancer Institute - Lung Cancer Prevention
Upcoming Meetings
• Webcast: Changing Behavior for Health. December 1, 2009, 2:30-5:30 (EDT). For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/subscribe/behavior.cfm
• Philadelphia, PA: Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Public Health, Primary Care, and Long-Term Care. December 3, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.iom.edu/en/Activities/Workforce/Nursing.aspx
• Lake Buena Vista, FL: Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants 2010 Spring CME Conference. March 11-13, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please click here.
• Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky College of Public Health Keeneland Conference. April 20-22, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please click here.
• Atlanta, GA: New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places. May 19-22, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.cnu.org/cnu18
• Washington, DC: Medical Library Association 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition. May 21-26, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2010/
Previously Posted Meetings
• Webinar: Effects of Interdisciplinary Training on MCH Professionals, Organizations and Systems. November 19, 2009, 2:00-3:00 (EDT). For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.mchcom.com/liveWebcastDetail.asp?leid=407
• Arlington, VA: Washington, DC Educator Convention. November 23-24, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.acsi.org/Educators/Conventions/tabid/599/itemId/2991/Default.aspx
• Webinar: Collaborative Efforts for Emergency Planning between the ADPH and Healthcare Organizations. December 16, 2009. 3:00-5:00 PM (EDT). For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.adph.org/ALPHTN/Default.asp?id=1884
• Irvine, CA: Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) Annual Health Literacy Conference. May 6-7, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please click here.
• Portland, OR: Association of University Programs in Health Administration Annual Meeting 2010. June 3-9, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.aupha.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4062
• Washington, DC: Global Health Council 2010. June 14-18, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2010
Job Opportunities
• Pathways to Housing - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)/ Service Coordinator (New York, NY)
• LIFT - Program Manager (Bronx, NY)
• The Montefiore School Health Program - Community Health Organizer (Bronx, NY
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum - HIV Program Capacity Building Specialist (San Francisco, CA)
• Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union - Substitute School Nurse (Poultney, VT)
• South Burlington School District - LPN School Nurse (South Burlington, VT)
Grant Alerts
Social Impact Exchange - Scaling Social Impact Competition (Deadline: 12/18/09)
The Scaling Social Impact Competition is a business plan competition that identifies social sector scaling initiatives with demonstrated impact and readiness to grow. The Competition helps develop a strong pipeline of growth to ready organizations and provides them with the resources to successfully take the next steps in their growth trajectory.
US Department of Education - Race to the Top Fund (Deadline: 1/19/10)
The purpose of the Race to the Top Fund, a competitive grant program authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), is to encourage and reward States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform. This involves achieving significant improvement in student outcomes, including making substantial gains in student achievement, closing achievement gaps, improving high school graduation rates, and ensuring student preparation for success in college and careers.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - New Jersey Health Initiatives 2010 (Deadline: 1/28/10)
New Jersey Health Initiatives 2010, a statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will support projects that foster positive intellectual and emotional development and prevent violence and related health-risking social behaviors in young men at risk ages 14–24.
US Department of Health and Human Services - American Indian and Alaska Native Health Grants (Deadline: 1/15/10)
The US Department of Health and Human Services is offering grants to American Indian and Alaska Native children as part of a broader effort to find and enroll uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP but not enrolled. Grants will be awarded to applicants that will be able to demonstrate increases in enrollment and improved retention of children already in Medicaid and CHIP.
Meyer Foundation - Youth and Education Grants (DC Metro area) (Deadline: 2/5/10)
The Meyer Foundation funds organizations whose mission is to support youth and provide quality in-school or out-of-school-time programs for young people, with an emphasis on older youth ages 11-21. The Foundation encourages organizations that support youth development, early childhood development, parenting skills, and youth welfare to apply. In the area of education, the Meyer Foundation supports training for teachers and advocacy to improve the public school system through parent education, youth engagement, and community organizing.
Western Union Foundation - Family Scholarship Program (Deadline 2/5/10)
The Family Scholarship Program is intended to help two members of the same family move up the economic development ladder through education. Scholarships may be used for tuition for college/university education language acquisition classes, technical/skill training, and/or financial literacy.
News Alert
Schools are Using Multiple Practices to Improve Student Academic Performance, Especially in High-Poverty, High-Minority Schools, According to GAO
Schools are using multiple instructional practices to improve student academic performance, especially in schools with a high concentration of low-income and minority students, according to a study released by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) on November 16, 2009.
USDA Report Shows Food Insecurity Was at its Highest in 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) annual report on Household Food Security in the U.S. revealed that in 2008, 17 million households, or 14.6 percent, were food insecure and families had difficulty putting enough food on the table at times during the year.
New Resources
Progress in Ensuring Adequate Health Insurance for Children With Special Health Care Needs, published in the November 2009 issue of Pediatrics, reports findings from the 2005–2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) regarding the extent to which CSHCN have access to public or private health insurance that meets their needs. The results show that children who did not meet the health insurance core outcome were more likely to have unmet needs and their families to experience financial problems.
Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics, released by the Urban Institute, reports statistical information on the population size of immigrant children, on the percentage of children of immigrants in each school grade across the country, and the percentage of these children not in school. In addition, the report shows the concentration and dispersal of immigrant families and their children across the United States and provides a framework of this growing population.
Serving Everyone at the Table: Strategies for Enhancing the Availability of Culturally Competent Mental Health Service, a report by the University of South Florida, discusses the impact that cultural diversity plays upon mental health services and suggests ways to improve these services and reduce disparities for diverse families. The report recommends direct service strategies and organizational infrastructure strategies that can be used to make mental health services more culturally competent.
Job Opportunities
Pathways to Housing - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)/Service Coordinator (New York, NY)
The purpose of Pathways to Housing is to transform individual lives by ending homelessness and supporting recovery for those with psychiatric disabilities. Pathways to Housing is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)/Service Coordinator to provide flexible, community based services designed to promote stability, recovery and community integration of formerly homeless individuals who have a mental illness and abuse substances. Responsibilities of the Nurse/Service Coordinator include: providing outreach, case management, counseling, advocacy, and other needed services to clients in any environment; assisting clients to manage their monies, including preparing budgets with clients and computing expenses; and monitoring client vital signs, glucose and side effects of medications and report findings as required. Applicants must be a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of New York and have experience and/or training in community based services. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/354454-44
LIFT - Program Manager (Bronx, NY)
LIFT’s mission is to combat poverty and expand opportunity for all people in the United States. The Program Manager is responsible for supervising the operations of LIFT New York’s local site in the Bronx. The Program Manager will directly manage all program delivery and client services and will directly oversee Americorps staff members and university student volunteers. Simultaneously, the Program Manger will serve as a visible spokesperson and advocate for LIFT in the community, creating partnerships with a diverse array of constituent groups including human service providers, university partners and government agencies. Candidates are required to have a Masters in Social Work, Counseling, or associated field; experience and cultural competency in working in vulnerable communities and with high-risk populations; and experience as a manager and administrator in a direct service or clinical environment. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/354111-296
The Montefiore School Health Program - Community Health Organizer (Bronx, NY)
The Montefiore School Health Program (MSHP) provides comprehensive medical, dental, mental and community health services to students in 18 public schools in the Bronx. The MSHP Community Health Division seeks to hire a Community Health Organizer/Promoter (CHO) to work in one or two schools to promote the school-based health centers’ objectives and implement population-based public health programs at the school sites. The Community Health Organizer is expected to organize and implement reproductive health, asthma, nutrition, fitness and healthy relationship-related programs at school sites. Applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree in community health education or health administration or a related field and two to three years experience conducting health-specific outreach and education with a community-based focus, preferably in school-age populations. Applicants must be comfortable working with children, parents, school administrators, teachers and public health and medical professionals. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/358667-241
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum - HIV Program Capacity Building Specialist (San Francisco, CA)
The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s HIV Program aims to increase the capacity to conduct HIV/AIDS prevention throughout the US and US affiliated jurisdictions, particularly for different ethnic and racial populations. The Capacity Building Specialist, under the supervision of the HIV/AIDS Program Director, is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering a variety of capacity building assistance activities on the topics of evidence based interventions and public health strategies as well as monitoring and evaluation. The Capacity Building Specialist will help select, adapt, and implement evidence-based interventions and strengthen the processes and systems to monitor and evaluate those interventions. Applicants should have a Graduate degree or equivalent experience in health, behavioral science or related fields; minimum three years project coordination experience; and demonstrated experience and knowledge of evidence based interventions and public health strategies related to HIV prevention. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/358659-4
Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union - Substitute School Nurse (Poultney, VT)
The Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union is seeking a Substitute School Nurse. This person will serve on an on-call, as needed basis. Preferred applicants will have at least 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree. Citizenship, residency or work VISA in United States is required. For more information and to apply to this posting, please visit: http://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=17159
South Burlington School District - LPN School Nurse (South Burlington, VT)
The South Burlington School District is seeking a School Nurse to serve at South Burlington High School. Applicants must have a Vermont State LPN license and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. For more information and to apply to this posting, please visit: http://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=32443