HandsNet Human Services Digest - May 26, 2009
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> North Carolina Dance Theatre announces building of new facility, with Knight support
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***CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES***
Mayo Clinic Researchers Examine the Psychological Impact of Child Abuse
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/mayo-clinic-res-2.php
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sesame Workshop, and
the Ad Council Launch National Campaign to Protect Families from H1N1
Virus and Stay Healthy
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hhs-secretary-k.php
American Dental Education Association Receives Grant
From W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Help Improve the Oral Health of
Vulnerable Children
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/american-dental-10.php
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Quality of Child Health: Expanding the Scope and Flexibility of Measurement Approaches
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/quality-of-chil.php
Telemedicine may improve care for school children with diabetes
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/telemedicine-ma.php
Express Lane Eligibility and Beyond: How Automated Enrollment Can Help Eligible Children Receive Medicaid and CHIP
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/express-lane-el.php
***CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/PHILANTHROPY***
Piper Trust Awards Grants Over $2 Million for Arts, Children and Healthcare
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/piper-trust-awa.php
Mayo Clinic researchers find popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/mayo-clinic-res-1.php
***COMMUNITY BUILDING***
Creative New Venture to Help Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods Hit Hard by Foreclosures
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/creative-new-ve.php
HUD makes $117 million available to clean up dangerous lead in housing
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hud-makes-117-m.php
HUD Secretary Donovan statement on the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hud-secretary-d-1.php
Time running out for families to get Disaster Housing Assistance
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/time-running-ou.php
HUD announces sanctions against more than 120 FHA-approved lenders
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hud-announces-s.php
Erika Poethig appointed HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/erika-poethig-a.php
***ECONOMIC SECURITY***
Rising unemployment could leave half of African American children in poverty
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/rising-unemploy.php
Risk and Recovery: Documenting the Changing Risks to Family Incomes
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/risk-and-recove.php
A Detailed Picture of Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/a-detailed-pict.php
***EDUCATION***
Education Secretary Sets Tone for 'Race to the Top' By Naming Innovative New Leader
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/secretary-dunca-7.php
Secretary Duncan Asks: Will California Lead or Retreat in Public K-12 Education's Race for the Top?
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/secretary-dunca-4.php
***HEALTH***
Growing retail clinic trend makes few inroads in poor, underserved areas
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/growing-retail.php
New contraceptive device is designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/new-contracepti.php
Financing Health Care Reform : Before the Senate Committee on Finance
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/financing-healt.php
Health Reform: The Cost of Failure
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/health-reform-t.php
HHS Takes Additional Steps Toward Development of Vaccine for the Novel Influenza A (H1N1).
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hhs-takes-addit.php
Statement From Paul E. Jarris, MD, MBA, Executive
Director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
on the Need for Sustained Funding of Public Health
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/statement-from-9.php
***NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIVING***
Workplace e-mail intervention program helps people sit less and eat better
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/workplace-email.php
***SUBSTANCE ABUSE***
Early exposure to tobacco smoke may lead to early emphysema later
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/early-exposure-3.php
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The Human Services Digest is compiled by:
Michael Saunders
HandsNet Editor
msaunders@handsnet.org