Weekly Insider
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.
Grant Alerts
- Cisco Systems Inc. -- Silicon Valley Impact Grants
- U.S. Department of Education -- Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program
- Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation -- Community Improvement Grants (Central Iowa)
- Sodexho Foundation -- STOP Hunger Scholarships
- Home Depot Foundation -- Healthy Community Trees Program
- Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation -- Quality of Life Grants
New this month at the Center
February 2008 E-Journal
-- Prescription for Danger -- Trends in Teen Drug Abuse
-- Preventing Influenza -- The Case for Immunizing Children at School
-- CDC Reviews School Laws, Policies on Child/Adolescent Health
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New Resource
A CDC Review of School Laws and Policies Concerning Child and Adolescent Health is now available to download.
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Important topic
National Burn Awareness Week
- Shriner’s Hospital for Children: Burn Awareness Week
- Burn Awareness Week: Burn Safety Program for Children from ages 5 to 12 years
- U.S. Fire Administration for Kids: Fire Safety
- National Fire Protection Association: Sparky, the Great Fire Dog
Upcoming Meetings
- Tampa, FL: 82nd Annual American School Health Association Conference: Finding Common Ground in Human Sexuality and Other Adolescent Health Issues. Nov. 12-15, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.ashaweb.org/annual_conferences.html.
- Denver, CO: National Area Health Education Center Organization 2008 Conference: Moving Mountains to Overcome Health Disparities. June 28-July1, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.nationalahec.org/home/index.asp.
Previously Posted Meetings
- Minneapolis, MN: Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations. Sept. 21 - 24, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.diversityrxconference.org/.
- Arlington, VA: 14th National Conference on African Refugees and Immigrants: The Optimism of Generations. May 5-7, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=0712275640&key=9952D.
Job opportunities
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Grant alerts
Cisco Systems Inc. -- Silicon Valley Impact Grants (Deadline: March 1, 2008)
Cisco Systems Inc. is accepting applications for the Silicon Valley Impact Grants to support organizations and programs working in the areas of health and education. Health-related programs should benefit underserved populations and address the following: improve access to, and quality of, local health care and client services; train health care workers; and focus on children's health services and/or health education. The access to education grants are awarded to programs that target underserved communities and demonstrate innovation, sustainability, and collaboration. Priority is given to projects that use technology to replicate programs for teaching and learning practices and offer on-line resources to teachers/students.
U.S. Department of Education -- Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program (Deadline: March 14, 2008)
The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students program to support the implementation and enhancement of integrated, comprehensive community-wide plans that create safe and drug-free schools and promote healthy childhood development.
Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation -- Community Improvement Grants (Central Iowa) (Deadline: Rolling; Letter of Intent)
The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation strives to help meet the needs of Central Iowa communities and improve quality of life by supporting projects in the areas of education, health, and parks and recreation.
Sodexho Foundation -- STOP Hunger Scholarships (Deadline: February 29, 2008)
The Sodexho Foundation is accepting nominations for the STOP Hunger Scholarships. The program rewards and recognizes young people who have positively contributed to the fight against hunger in his or her community.
Home Depot Foundation -- Healthy Community Trees Program (March 1, 2008, Letter of Intent)
The Home Depot Foundation is accepting applications for its Healthy Community Trees Program to improve human health through the increase of strategic incorporation of trees into communities.
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation -- Quality of Life Grants (Deadline: March 3, 2008)
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is accepting applications for the Quality of Life Grants to support programs or projects that help individuals living with paralysis, their families, and their caregivers in the following categories: actively achieving, bridging barriers, and caring and coping.
News alerts
AAP Calls for Cancellation of Fictional TV Episode With Vaccine/Autism Link
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has called on the ABC network to cancel an episode of the program “Eli Stone” scheduled to air Thursday this week, because the episode features a lawsuit in which attorneys for parents argue successfully that vaccines caused their child’s autism.
Emergency Visits Linked to Cough and Cold Medication
An estimated 7,000 children ages 11 and younger are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year because they have ingested cough and cold medications, sometimes without their parents’ knowledge, according to an article published in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics.
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New Resource
--------------------------------------------------------------- Programa Para Latinos - Therapist-Program Coordinator (Burlingame, CA)
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health collaborated with Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities to review laws and policies that improve and protect the health and safety of children, adolescents and staff in public elementary and secondary schools. Designed to enable practitioners and policymakers at the federal, state, and local level to increase their knowledge of relevant laws and policies, the review is available for free from the CDC’s website.
Programa Para Latinos provides community outreach and direct services to Latinos in San Mateo County for healing from trauma and to provide violence prevention education. The Program Coordinator will be responsible for developing and expanding the program, including providing family-focused services in Spanish, group and individual psychotherapy and outreach to the community. For more information and to apply to this position, please go to http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/261510-133.
Children’s Aid Society National Training Center - Program Associate (Baltimore, MD)
The Children’s Aid Society National Training Center is partnering with KIPP Ujima Village Academy to provide the Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program for the KIPP college-preparatory charter school. The Program Associate will work with the Program Coordinator and KIPP-Carrera staff to ensure fidelity, work to strengthen parental involvement, work with stakeholders in the community and assist in planning and organizing programs. For more information and to apply to this position, please go to http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/261498-30.
The MAB Community Services is seeking a full-time Nurse for the Ivy Street School, which provides educational and residential support to neurologically challenged adolescents. The Nurse would be responsible for overseeing medical services, administering medications, training staff in medication administration, providing health education and acting as a liaison with community physicians and health care providers. For more information and to apply to this position, please go to http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/259789-57.
