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Center for Community Health Research and Development
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Resource type: Grantee
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National Native American Substance-Abuse Prevention Program Named Best Practice by First Nations Behavioral Health
Source: National Indian Youth Leadership Project
The National Indian Youth Leadership Project is an Atlantic grantee. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The National Indian Youth Leadership Project's substance-abuse prevention program, Project Venture, has been named as one of nine Tribal Best Practices among other nationwide substance-abuse programs for Native American children by the…
Resource type: News
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National Geriatric Home Health Care Quality Program Offers New Tools and Discussion Forums Through an Expanded Web Site
Source: Center for Home Care Policy & Research
June 30 expansion of CHAMP Program web site includes new online community features, best practices, resources, and tools 01 Jul 2009 New York, NY (PRWEB) July 1, 2009 - To improve the quality of home care services for older persons, the Center for Home Care…
Resource type: News
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Beyond the classroom
Source: Catalyst Chicago
Original Source by Phuong Ly Middle-grade students at Reavis Elementary in Kenwood are learning Brazilian martial arts. Perspectives Charter Middle School at Calumet in Auburn Gresham wants to require students to learn to swim. Ames Middle School in Logan Square will have a garden and…
Resource type: News
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Taking It to the Streets: New Ways to Get Uninsured Kids Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP
Source: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
By Sheila Hoag, Senior Researcher, and Debra Lipson, Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research Traditionally, state and local Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) staff have conducted outreach to uninsured children eligible to help enroll them into these public coverage options. Advocates have also organized public education…
Resource type: News
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Tap-In Launches In Atlanta - Area Program Looks To Recruit Retired Medical Professionals, Respond To Uninsured
Source: Medical News Today
Original Source As the number of uninsured in Georgia reaches 1.7 million residents, and 46 million nation-wide, the demand for free health clinic services that rely on healthcare professionals to donate their time rises. At a time when demand for services is increasing, these clinics…
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Uninsured Americans Costing Government Billions in Uncompensated Care
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Americans who lack health insurance during any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for healthcare services and will receive $56 billion in uncompensated care while uninsured, a new report funded by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation finds. Published in the…
Resource type: News
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What's at Stake -- No, Who's at Stake in the Great Supreme Court Case?
Source: National Council of La Raza
By Jennifer Ng’andu, Deputy Director, Health Policy, National Council of La RazaIt's probably the hottest seat in Washington, D.C. -- and you can't buy tickets to it. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care…
Resource type: News
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Esther’s Story: Walking Again Thanks to Adult Day Services
“The first day I went to the centre, I was scared, I was in a wheelchair, and I was paralysed on the left side. Everybody was so friendly. My arm was frozen to my side, and now I can move it and I can open…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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A Laughing Matter: SF Comedian Looks to Tell the Stories of Dementia Patients, Caregivers
Source: University of California San Francisco
Kornbluth is one of 32 inaugural Atlantic Fellows at the Global Brain Health Institute, a collaboration between the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF and Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.
Resource type: News