Weekly Insider Jul 10-Jul 16 2007

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.



New this month at the Center 

June/July E-journal
-- Tobacco Still Biggest Health Threat for Kids
-- School Wellness Policies and the Fight on Childhood Obesity
--'Connecting with the Younger Demographic' Digital Food Ads Target Children, Teens
-- It's Effective, But Is It Safe? Debating FDA's Rules on Drugs

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New resource

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Important topic

Summer can be a challenging time for children who suffer from asthma and allergies. Here are some tips for managing these conditions.

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Upcoming meetings

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Previously posted meetings 

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Job opportunities

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Grant alerts

Pacific Life Foundation -- Annual Funding (Deadline: 8/31/07)
The Pacific Life Foundation is accepting funding proposals for projects concerning health and human services; education; and civic, community, and environment.

National Eye Institute -- Healthy Vision Community Awards Program (Deadline: 8/31/07)
The National Eye Institute is accepting applications for the Healthy Vision Community Awards Program. The purpose of the program is to support implementation of health education and promotion activities that align with up to two of the designated Healthy Vision 2010 objectives concerning examination and prevention, eye diseases, injury and safety, and vision rehabilitation, and with the Healthy People 2010 goals to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life.

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation -- Quality of Life Grants (Deadline: 9/04/07)
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is accepting applications for its Quality of Life Grants program. The purpose of the program is to support projects that help individuals living with paralysis, their families, and their caregivers in the following thirteen categories: accessibility, advocacy, arts, assistive technology, children, counseling, education, employment, health promotion, independent living, practical services, sports and recreation, and therapeutic riding.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- West Coast Collaborative and Clean School Bus Request for Proposals (EPA Regions 9 and 10) (Deadline: 8/20/07)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting proposals for its West Coast Collaborative and Clean School Bus Program. The purpose of the program is to reduce diesel emissions from school buses operating in the Regions 9 and 10 states through retrofitting, reducing idling of, changing the fuels used by, repowering, or replacing the school buses.

Pride Foundation -- Northwest States Gay and Lesbian Programs (Pacific Northwest) (Deadline: 8/24/07)
The Pride Foundation is accepting applications for its Northwest States Gay and Lesbian grant program. The purpose of the program is to fund organizations that help the Pacific Northwest's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in the following categories: education, advocacy and outreach; HIV/AIDS; arts and recreation; youth and family services; lesbian health; and other health and community services.

Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust --- Helping People in Need Grants (Phoenix, Arizona and Indianapolis, Indiana) (Deadline: 9/04/07)
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust is accepting applications for its Helping People in Need Grants program to support organizations and programs that improve the well-being of children and youth, including programs that provide health and educational services. Award amounts will vary.

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New resource

The Summer 2007 Child Trends newsletter summarizes recent research results from the National Survey on Child Health as well as state-specific developments in child health. Child Trends is a non-partisan research organization that studies social science indicators of health and well-being for children and families. This edition is now available at this link: http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2007_06_21_CISummer.pdf

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Job opportunities

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools -- Associate Director/Research Scientist (Washington, DC)
The Associate Director/Research Scientist will serve as a project advisor to a Robert Wood Johnson mental health program targeting immigrant and refugee children through their school. He or she will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks including research, project management and technical assistance with a small team of colleagues. A complete position description and application instructions are available at http://www.healthinschools.org/employment.asp

Sulphur Springs Elementary School District -- School Nurse (Canyon Country, CA)
The Sulphur Springs Elementary School District is seeking a School Nurse to provide health services for 186 days per school year and 20 days during the summer. Applicants must have a current California RN license and be able to demonstrate School Nurse credentials within a reasonable timeframe. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=289

Monrovia Unified School District -- Coordinator of Health Services (Monrovia, CA)
The Coordinator of Health Services will be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating the Monrovia Unified School District's health programs. He or she will make home and family health visits as necessary, oversee the county's immunization program, provide training to the district's health staff, and coordinate the district's emergency preparedness plan. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://www.edjoin.org/viewPosting.aspx?postingID=10617&countyID=19.

U.S. Attorney's Office -- School Outreach Coordinator (Baltimore, MD)
The School Outreach Coordinator will be hired as a one-year contract employee to assist the U.S. Attorney's Office in developing and implementing an anti-gang outreach program in Maryland schools He or she would coordinate with state, federal and local law enforcement, school officials and community members to develop programs targeting students, parents and teachers. For more information and to apply for this position, contact Troy Williams, Community Specialist for the U.S. Attorney's Office at 410-209-4940 or Steve Hess, Law Enforcement Coordinator at 410-209-4930.