HandsNet Human Services Digest - August 03, 2009

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MOST RECENT GOVERNMENT GRANT NOTICES

FY09 Hospital Leadership and Management Capacity Building for Rabia Balkhi Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2009-08-01
Health Diplomacy Training Center
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2009-08-01
Straight Talk on Preventing HIV Program
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2009-08-01
BLM WY Dirtyman Creek Fish Barrier Construction
Agency - Department of the Interior
Post Date - 2009-08-01
BLM WY Cultural Resource Data Sharing Partnership
Agency - Department of the Interior
Post Date - 2009-08-01
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF VEGETATION SAMPLING PROTOCOLS FOR MARIANA ISLANDS SURVEYS
Agency - Department of the Interior
Post Date - 2009-07-31
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
Agency - National Science Foundation
Post Date - 2009-07-31

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> THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT APPOINTS NEW COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA PROGRAM OFFICER
> Financial Sustainability Affected By Your Neighborhood?
> Pre-K Now Recognizes the Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition and United Ways of Texas as Pre-K Champions
> New Study Confirms Link Between Obesity and Rising Medical Costs

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***CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES***

K-State researchers study how children view and treat their peers with undesirable characteristics

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/kstate-research.php

Recommendations for Improving Education Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care Through Amendments to the McKinney-Vento Act/Education Reauthorization in the No Child Left Behind Act

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/recommendations-10.php

Recommendations to Improve No Child Left Behind for Struggling Students and Disconnected Youth

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/recommendations-8.php

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Study: Being active as a preschooler pays off later in childhood

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/study-being-act.php

Mental, emotional and behavioral disorders can be prevented in young people

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/mental-emotiona.php

Childhood adversities have a predictive role in peptic ulcer

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/childhood-adver-1.php

University of Maryland Summer Youth Slam Takes Sight-Impaired Students to New Heights

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/over-74000-part.php

***CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - PHILANTHROPY***

Civil Legal Aid in the United States: An Update for 2009

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/civil-legal-aid-4.php

***COMMUNITY BUILDING***

Vibrant Neighborhoods, Successful Schools : What the Federal Government Can Do to Foster Both

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/vibrant-neighbo.php

HUD Secretary announces $2.25 billion in Recovery Act funds now at work to jumpstart affordable housing construction

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/donovan-announc-5.php

Deputy Secretary Sims announces Recovery Act funds to support community development in Oregon

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/deputy-secretar-3.php

HUD Secretary announces $100 million in Recovery Act funds to improve native american housing, spur economic development

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/secretary-donov-7.php

HUD and the city of El Paso agree to increase accessible housing

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/hud-and-the-cit.php

Administration, Servicers Commit to Faster Relief for Struggling Homeowners through Loan Modifications

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/administration-1.php

Recovery act-funded research projects aid communities across the country

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/recovery-actfun-1.php

Universities Should Maintain Town-Gown Collaboration Through Trying Economic Times, Lincoln Institute Report Says; Town-Gown Collaboration in Land Use and Development Identifies Successful Strategies for Campus Expansion

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/universities-sh-1.php

HUD charges Atlanta Condo Association and real estate agent with discrimination for refusing to sell to families with children

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/protecting-chil.php

***ECONOMIC SECURITY***

Recommended Changes to the No Child Left Behind Act to Address Workforce Issues

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/recommended-cha-1.php

Post-Recession Incomes Will Be Hit Hard by Health Care Spending for Middle Class Working Families, PENN Analysis Shows

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/postrecession-i.php

Costly COBRA: For the jobless, health care costs may exceed unemployment benefits

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/costly-cobra-fo.php

More evidence that small business would benefit from health care reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/more-evidence-t.php

 

***EDUCATION***

U.S. Education Department Awards $82 Million in Charter School Grants to Five States to Increase Public School Options

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/us-education-de-2.php

Missed Opportunities: The Possibilities and Challenges of Funding High-quality Preschool through Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/missed-opportun.php

The Potential of Title I for High-quality Preschool

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/the-potential-o.php

New GI Bill a Hit for University of Maryland Vets

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/new-gi-bill-a-h.php

Choose a College for Fit and Value -- Not Rankings -- and Jump Start the College Search

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/choose-a-colleg.php

Overconfidence among teenage students can stunt crucial reading skills

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/overconfidence.php

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Sends Team to Represent U.S. at China's Girls Math Olympiad; Exceptional Young Women From Throughout the USA - From San Jose, Calif., to Boston - Go to China to Compete in International Math Contest for Girls Only

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/mathematical-sc-1.php

U.S. Department of Education Employs 158 College and Graduate Students in Summer Internships

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/us-department-o-26.php

Education Secretary Announces Five New Members of His Leadership Team

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/secretary-dunca-10.php

***FEDERAL BUDGET COVERAGE***

HHS Secretary Makes Recovery Act Funding Available to Expand Health Professions Training

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/secretary-sebel-3.php

More Than $2 Billion in Recovery Funds Now Available for Texas to Save Jobs and Drive Education Reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/more-than-2-bil.php

 

 

$52 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for Vermont to Save Jobs and Drive Education Reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/52-million-in-r.php

 

More Than $74 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for Delaware to Save Jobs and Drive Education Reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/more-than-74-mi.php

 

$357 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for Kentucky to Save Jobs and Drive Education Reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/357-million-in.php

 

 

More Than $45 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for Wyoming to Save Jobs and Drive Education Reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/more-than-45-mi.php

 

 

More Than $505 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for Missouri to Save Jobs and Drive Education Reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/more-than-505-m.php

***HEALTH***

Do Access Experiences Affect Parents' Decisions to Enroll Their Children in Medicaid and SCHIP? Findings from Focus Groups with Parents

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/do-access-exper.php

The health care free ride

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/the-health-care.php

Health care leaders say need for reform is urgent

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/health-care-lea.php

Employers and health reform summary

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/employers-and-h.php

Seeing the big picture on health reform and cost containment

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/seeing-the-big.php

LSU Health Sciences Center Contributes to Research Revealing Targets to Reduce Racial Disparity in Prostate Cancer Deaths

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/lsu-health-scie-2.php

Cancers set to 'explode' in Latino/a populations, UI researcher says

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/cancers-set-to.php

***NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIVING***

U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/u-of-m-study-id.php

Organic food not nutritionally better than conventionally-produced food

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/organic-food-no.php

Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/research-shows-5.php

Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/poor-neighborho-1.php

Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/divorce-undermi.php

***SENIORS***

Rush University Medical Center studies program to help older adults transition from hospital to home

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/rush-university-1.php

***SUBSTANCE ABUSE***

Study: Cigarette packaging still misleading consumers over health hazards

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/07/study-cigarette.php

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The Human Services Digest is compiled by:

Michael Saunders
HandsNet Editor
msaunders@handsnet.org

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