Weekly Insider May 08-May 14 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.


Important topic

May is National Bike Month

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Upcoming meetings

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Previously posted meetings

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Grant alerts

Moyer Foundation -- General Children's Grants (Washington state)  (Deadline: 9/01/07)
The Moyer Foundation is accepting applications for its children's mental health grants program. The purpose of this program is to support initiatives to help children with serious health problems, physical limitations, mental health issues, and children who are victims of abuse or neglect. 

Faye McBeath Foundation -- Children’s Welfare Grants (Milwaukee, WI) (Deadline: Rolling)
The Faye McBeath Foundation is accepting applications for its Children's Welfare Grants program. The Foundation supports programs that address the following issues: welfare of children, especially those living in poverty, youth development, children in dysfunctional living situations, and renovation of community playgrounds.

Ronald McDonald House Charities -- General Children’s Health Grants (Deadline: Rolling)
The Ronald McDonald House Charities is accepting applications for its General Children’s Health Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support initiatives that improve the health and well being of children around the world.

Gerber Foundation -- Pediatric Health Grants (Deadline: 6/01/07)
The Gerber Foundation is accepting applications for its Pediatric Health Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support research or interventions that will reduce the incidence of serious chronic illnesses (e.g. diabetes, heart disease, obesity, or cancer) or improve cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of development in children. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Human Nutrition and Obesity (Deadline: 6/05/07)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its Human Nutrition and Obesity Grant program. The purpose of this program is to support initiatives that address the complex problem of obesity by studying the behavioral and environmental factors that influence obesity and the development and evaluation of effective interventions to prevent obesity.

National Institutes of Health -- School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (Deadline: 6/16/07)
The National Institutes of Health is accepting applications for its School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to encourage the formation of partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in childhood.


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News alerts

Senate Bills Address Child Mental Health
Two bills introduced in the United States Senate May 8 call attention to the need for school-based and other mental health services to children. The Mental Health in Schools Act, S. 1332, notes that of the 95,000 public schools in the United States, only half report having formal partnerships with community mental health providers to deliver mental health services, though recent studies indicate one in five children has a diagnosable mental disorder and one in ten children has an emotional or behavioral disorders that is severe enough to cause substantial impairment in functioning at school or in the community.