After Divorce, Stable Families Help Minimize Long-Term
Harm to Children
For children of divorce,
what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their
long-term well-being as the divorce itself.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/after-divorce-s.php
Estimated 750,000 problem
gamblers among America's youth
Gambling activity is widespread
among US adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, according to a study
conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute
on Addictions.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/estimated-75000.php
Preserve the Child Support
System: Don’t Let the New Hire Database be Hijacked
for Immigrant Employment Verification
Congress should not authorize
the use of a child support data base, called the National Directory of New
Hires, to establish mandatory electronic employment verification system as
is proposed in the "New Employee Verification Act of 2008. This use
of the National Directory of New Hires will seriously undermine the goals
and effectiveness of the child support system.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/preserve-the-ch.php
**Civic Engagement
Center for Public Leadership
Hosts a 'Conversation on Leadership and the Next Presidency'; Focus on Competencies
- Not Policies - the Times Demand
"In studying the effectiveness
of organizations for more than 40 years," Ken Blanchard, leadership consultant
and best-selling author, "there is no doubt in my mind that the key ingredient
that determines success and human satisfaction is leadership.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/center-for-publ.php
**Community Development
Alcohol Outlets as Attractors
of Violence and Disorder : A Closer Look at the Neighborhood
Environment
This report investigates
the relationship between alcohol availability, type of alcohol establishment,
distribution policies and violence and disorder at the block group level in
the District of Columbia.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/alcohol-outlets.php
Increased Collaboration
between Jails, Communities Can Improve Return of Inmates to Society
Nine million men and women
are jailed each year, many more than once. Despite limited resources and
a churning population of inmates beset by numerous problems, the nation's
3,365 jails can do more to prevent crime by partnering with community organizations
to improve the odds of inmates' successful return to society,.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/increased-colla.php
Massachusetts Inmates Report High Use of Prison
Program, But Face Post-release Challenges with Substance Abuse and Limited
Employment
Former prisoners in Massachusetts are back behind bars at a significantly
lower rate than the national average, new research from the Urban Institute
and the Massachusetts Department of Correction finds.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/massachusetts-i.php
Prisoner HIV program
leads to continuum of medical care after release
By linking HIV positive
prisoners to community-based medical care prior to release through an innovative
program called Project Bridge, 95 percent of ex-offenders were retained
in health care for a year after being released from incarceration, according
to researchers from The Miriam Hospital.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/prisoner-hiv-pr.php
Justice Department Files
Fair Housing Lawsuit Against City of Satsuma, Alabama
The Justice Department today
sued the City of Satsuma, Ala., for violating the Fair Housing Act
when the city refused to allow three women with disabilities to live together
in a group home. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Alabama, charges that Satsuma refused to make reasonable accommodations
in its rules, policies, practices or services, which were necessary to afford
the residents an opportunity to use and enjoy their home.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/justice-departm.php
**Economic Security
Current State of Businesses Owned by Women of Color
Highlighted at Research Symposium
The research is the first
release of the results of a multi-year study conducted by the Center for Women's
Business Research in partnership with Babson College exploring the impact of race and gender
on the growth of businesses owned by women who are African-American, Asian,
Latina and other ethnicities.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/current-state-o.php
Is Globalization to Blame
for U.S. Workers' Troubles?
On one shore are voters
increasingly anxious about globalization and its effect on their jobs and
communities. On the other are economists, policy makers, and pundits who
maintain that trade is good for the economy, that the wider public is simply
misguided about its benefits, and that politicians who sympathize with those
concerned about globalization are pandering to special interests at the expense
of the wider economy.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/is-globalizatio.php
**Education
Socrates in the classroom
develops students' thinking and changes the distribution of power
When students have the opportunity
to participate in "Socratic seminars" on a regular basis, a different
classroom culture evolves. The Socratic dialogue is a particular way of developing
children's, as well as adults', thinking skills through cooperative dialogue
where significant human ideas and values are discussed. By participating
in Socratic seminars regularly every other week, preschool children and older
students develop their thinking skills.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/socrates-in-the.php
Deputy Secretary of Education
Highlights No Child Left Behind in South Carolina
Deputy Secretary of Education
Raymond Simon in South Carolina praised the state for setting some
of the highest standards in the nation when compared to the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (NAEP), or the Nation's Report Card.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/deputy-secretar-1.php
**Health
Major shift in HIV prevention
priorities needed
According to a new policy
analysis led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
and the University of California, Berkeley, the most common HIV prevention strategies---condom
promotion, HIV testing, treatment of other sexually transmitted infections
(STIs), vaccine and microbicide research, and abstinence---are having a limited
impact on the predominantly heterosexual epidemics.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/major-shift-in.php
***Homelessness
Florida Homeless Program Receives HUD Award
for Excellence
A Jacksonville, Florida homeless program is the recipient
of the 2007 HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award for excellence in planning. The Clara
White Mission received this year's award for its aggressive plan to provide
permanent housing solutions for chronically homeless individuals and families
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/florida-homeles.php
**Nonprofit Management
CEO Dissatisfaction with
Nonprofit Boards
Nonprofit boards are increasingly
a focus of those interested in nonprofit accountability and transparency,
including policymakers, the media, researchers, and the public. Likewise,
policy proposals and best practice guidelines often seem designed with large
organizations in mind, raising concern among representatives of smaller organizations
who feel the proposals may be inappropriate for their institutions.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/ceo-dissatisfac.php
**Nutrition and Healthy
Living
Weeklong Photo Essay
to Raise Awareness of the Increasing Number of Families in Need of Food Assistance
America's Second Harvest --The Nation's Food
Bank Network, is showcasing a week long photo essay in an effort to spotlight
the many faces of hunger in America. Congress is currently debating a
new version of the expired 2007 Farm Bill that is necessary to bring much
needed relief to 35 million hungry Americans.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/americas-second-2.php
Study supports reason
for concern in childhood and adolescent obesity
Study findings presented
at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric
Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and
adolescent obesity negatively impacts cardiac health. Obesity has been increasing
rapidly in the U.S. during the past 20 years and obesity
in adults has been linked to cardiovascular disease.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/study-supports-1.php
Obesity linked to increased
risk for dementia
Preventing or treating obesity
at a younger age could play a major role in reducing the number of dementia
patients and those with other commonly associated illnesses such as Alzheimer's
disease by up to 20 percent in the United States.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/obesity-linked.php
**Substance Abuse
Binge drinkers have a
disconnect between assessing their driving abilities and reality
While many people believe
that alcohol-impaired (AI) drivers are usually alcoholics, in fact, 80 percent
of AI incidents are caused by binge drinkers. A recent study conducted among
college students has found that binge drinkers, even when legally intoxicated,
nonetheless believe they having adequate driving abilities.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/05/binge-drinkers.php
