Weekly Insider May 28-Jun 03 2008

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 Resources

The Kaiser Family Foundation has created a new online tool providing easy access to the latest health policy facts and data.

The Commonwealth Fund has released the report, U.S. Variations in Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard.

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New from the Center

May 2008 E-Journal
-- Federal Education Department Proposes Revisions to School Privacy Law
-- Multitasking and the New Media: How is this Affecting Our Children?
-- EPA Set to Guide Districts in Building Safer Schools
-- Mumps Outbreak May Require Inoculation Changes
-- NIH Lists Psychotherapies Known to Work With Children and Adolescents

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Important Topic

June is Home Safety Month
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Upcoming Meetings

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Previously Posted Meetings

  • Indian Wells, CA: LIA Foundation Annual Lyme-Autism Connection Conference and Retreat. June 26-29, 2008.  For more information, please visit http://www.liafoundation.org/.

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Job Opportunities

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Grant Alerts

Western Union Foundation -- Grants to Serve Immigrant Populations (Deadline: 9/1/2008; Letter of Inquiry)
The Western Union Foundation funds projects serving migrant and immigrant populations. The Creating Pathways to Opportunity grants support programs that allow individuals to have better access to educational opportunities and economic development programs.

WHO Foundation -- Women and Children Grants (Deadline: 9/8/2008)
The Women Helping Others (WHO) Foundation supports grass-roots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and children in the United States. Priority areas include health and social service needs.

FedEx Corporation -- Social Responsibility Program (Deadline: Rolling)
The FedEx Social Responsibility Program aims to support the communities that the company serves. Areas of interest include emergency and disaster relief, pedestrian and child safety, education, and health and human services.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders (Deadline: Dates vary by priority community)
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders is a collaborative initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership. The initiative focuses on developing critical leadership competencies for 270 early- to mid-career professionals through an innovative, 16-month leadership development curriculum.

Allstate Foundation -- Grants for Nonprofits  (Deadline: Rolling)
The Allstate Foundation is accepting applications for its nonprofit organization grants that address one of three focus areas: safe and vital communities; economic empowerment; and tolerance, inclusion, and diversity.

Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation -- Community Grants (Deadline: Rolling)
The Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation is dedicated to improving the communities it serves through support of public education, community improvement projects and home safety initiatives.  The Foundation's primary focus areas are community improvement projects and public education (priority is given to K-12 public schools).

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New Resources

Kaiser Fast Facts, a new online tool launched by the Kaiser Family Foundation, provides direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs, in an easy-to-use format.

The Commonwealth Fund Report, U.S. Variations in Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard, examines variations among states' child health care systems by focusing on 13 performance indicators of access, quality, costs, equity, and the potential to lead healthy lives. 

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Job opportunities

State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services – Program & Planning Analyst, Senior (Milwaukee, WI)
The State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services is seeking a Senior Program & Planning Analyst to promote and maintain community partnerships that increase the availability of culturally-appropriate healthcare serves, including HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://wisc.jobs/public/job_view.asp?annoid=31992&jobid=31507.

Alliance for Health Reform – Health Policy Assistant (Washington, DC)
The Alliance for Health Reform is seeking a health policy assistant to research health issues for Alliance briefings and publications.  Responsibilities include tracking health policy topics under discussion among analysts and policymakers, editing issue briefs and other Alliance publications, and maintaining relationships with Congressional staff and others about health policy questions. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.allhealth.org/aboutus_jobopps.asp.

Housing Works – Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (New York, NY)
Housing Works has an opening for a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Responsibilities include providing appropriate nursing and/or health care services to patients including clinical assessments, treatments, and diagnosing medical conditions. The candidate will also be responsible for providing in-services training to nursing and other clinical staff. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/en/job/281754-291.

The Children's Aid Society – Senior Social Worker, Health Services (New York, NY)
The Children's Aid Society is seeking a Senior Social Worker, Health Services to provide mental health assessment and treatment services to students and their families within a Bronx middle and upper school setting. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/en/job/266197-162.

Wellesley College – Health Educator (Wellesley, MA)
Wellesley College is seeking a Health Educator to assist in the design, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive data-driven health education, harm reduction and wellness program. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2898939.

The University of Mississippi – Assistant Director for Health Promotion (Oxford, MS)
The University of Mississippi has an opening for an Assistant Director of Health Promotion.  The incumbent will oversee the provision of health and wellness programming for the university community and be responsible for directing the day-to-day programming activities of the Health Promotion Office. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2897078.