Weekly Insider11.November 2009
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
Ask the Experts, by the Immunization Action Coalition, is a question and answer brief that provides healthcare professionals with answers to some of the most common asked questions related to the H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccination.
Highlights and Hazards: What Do the Current Health Care Reform Bills Do for Adolescents & Young Adults? The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, in collaboration with the National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center (NAHIIC) at the University of California, San Francisco, released a fact sheet that provides an overview of measures in the three health care reform bills currently in play in the U.S. Congress that are particularly noteworthy for adolescents and young adults.
The Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Children brief, published by the National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University with support from the Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services, provides information about sexual orientation and gender identity to help friends, family, and other adults support LGBT children and adolescents.
New from the Center
Presentations Posted to the Website
Covering Immigrant Children: Where do we stand? Center for Children and Families Health Policy Institute. Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Caring Across Communities Conference. April 2009.
This presentation by Joan Alker, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families Health Policy Institute, reviews current and anticipated efforts to provide coverage through the federal Medicaid and CHIP programs for children, with a focus on immigrant children. Ms. Alker summarizes changes in coverage under last spring's Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA), and various state responses to these two pieces of legislation. She also discusses how CHIPRA and ICHIA could affect health care coverage for legal immigrant children in the future.
Important Topic
School Based Dental Health
• CHHCS: School Based Dental Health
• The Communication Initiative Network: 3-Year Results of a Collaborative School-based Oral Health Program in a Remote First Nations Community
• The Journal of the America Dental Association: Preventing Dental Caries Through School-Based Sealant Programs
Upcoming Meetings
• Washington, DC: Children & Armed Conflict: Risk, Resilience & Mental Health. December 7-9, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please click here.
• Tampa, FL: The 23rd Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference. March 7-10, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/CMHCONFERENCE
• San Antonio, TX: Blueprints for Violence Prevention. April 7-9, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.blueprintsconference.com/about/
• Atlanta, GA: SOPHE and Prevention Research Centers Program Joint 2010 Conference: Advocate, Communicate and Translate to Enhance Research and Practice. April 7-9, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.sophe.org/abstract_index.asp
• Clearwater Beach, FL: The Quality of Behavioral Healthcare: A Drive for Change Through Research. April 13-14, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://bhsr.fmhi.usf.edu/main.php
• New Haven, CT: The Unite for Sight Global Health & Innovation 2010 Conference. April 17-18, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/
Previously Posted Meetings
• Philadelphia, PA: Healthy People 2020 Public Meeting. November 7, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/regional/default.asp
• Tampa, FL: Fifteenth Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference: Making Methods and Practice Matter for Women, Children and Families. December 9-11, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/MCHEpi/2009/AboutConference.htm
• San Jose, CA: Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches to Sustaining Healthy Families and Multicultural Communities. February 6-10, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org/
• National Harbor, MD: Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Annual Conference - Moving Ahead Together: Celebrating the Legacy, Shaping the Future of Maternal and Child Health. March 6-10, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.amchp.org/Events/Pages/AMCHPAnnualConference.aspx
• Tampa, FL: The 23rd Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference. March 7-10, 2009. http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/cmhconference/
• Washington, DC: National Hispanic Medical Association 14th Annual Conference. Health Care Transformation to Expand Prevention and Health Promotion for Hispanic Communities. March 25-28, 2010. For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.nhmamd.org/
Job Opportunities
• The Pew Charitable Trusts - Senior Associate of Government Relations, Pew Environment Group (Washington, DC)
• NYC Teaching Fellows - Public School Teacher (Brooklyn, NY)
• Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Boston - Licensed Psychotherapist, FFS (South Shore, MA)
• The Long Island GLBT Community Center - Director of Mental Health Services (Bay Shore, NY)
• Moretown Elementary School - Long Term Substitute School Nurse (Moretown, VT)
• Atlantis Charter School - Licensed Practical Nurse (Fall River, MA)
Grant Alerts
UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation - Children and Youth Health Grant (Deadline: Rolling)
The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation is a nonprofit charity dedicated to facilitating access to medical-related services that have the potential to significantly enhance either the clinical condition or the quality of life of the child and that are not fully covered by the available commercial health benefit plan.
ING - Unsung Heroes Program Grant (Deadline: 4/30/10)
The ING Unsung Heroes program annually provides grants to K-12 educators utilizing new teaching methods and techniques that improve learning. The program looks for techniques and methods that are innovative, creative, and that positively influence students.
GE Foundation - Developing Futures in Education (Deadline: Rolling)
The Developing Futures in Education program is aimed at raising student achievement through improved math and science programs and management capacity in schools. School districts use their grants to develop a rigorous, system-wide math and science curriculum and provide comprehensive professional development for their teachers.
US Department of Health and Human Services - Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01) (Deadline: 9/8/10)
The Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01) program focuses on underserved children such as minorities, children with disabilities, children from geographically isolated areas, children of immigrant and migrant workers, and language minority children. Grants will fund research that addresses health disparities among minority and underserved children.
Clorox Clean-Up - Power A Bright Future Program Grants (Deadline: 11/29/09)
The Power A Bright Future program will award grants to kids' programs in hopes of enriching the lives of youth across the United States.
American Association of University Women - Community Action Grants (Deadline: 1/15/10)
Community Action Grants provide funds to individuals for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.
US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families (Deadline: 12/8/09)
The purpose of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families grant is to promote integrated home- and community-based services and supports for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging the development and expansion of effective and lasting systems of care.
News Alert
HHS Secretary Kicks off the Nation’s Largest Campaign to Find and Enroll Uninsured Children
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday called upon states and communities to join with HHS in its efforts to find and enroll children who are currently eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but are not yet covered.
Chairman Miller Asks GAO to Investigate the Risk of Contaminated Beef in School Meals
U.S. Representative George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, yesterday asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the risk of contaminated beef from the commercial market entering the school meal programs.
FDA Sends Warning Letters to Companies Marketing Illegal Flavored Cigarettes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to companies that use their web sites to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to stop marketing and selling these products immediately or take other actions to bring the products into compliance with the law.
New Resources
Ask the Experts, by the Immunization Action Coalition, is a question and answer brief that provides healthcare professionals with answers to some of the most common asked questions related to the H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccination. The brief addresses issues such as who should receive the vaccination, who can administer the vaccine, and contraindications of the vaccine.
Highlights and Hazards: What Do the Current Health Care Reform Bills Do for Adolescents & Young Adults? The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, in collaboration with the National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center (NAHIIC) at the University of California, San Francisco, currently released a fact sheet that provides an overview of measures in the three health care reform bills currently in play in the U.S. Congress that are particularly noteworthy for adolescents and young adults. H.R. 3962, the Senate Finance bill, and the Senate HELP bill are analyzed to identify "highlights" - provisions that would be particularly beneficial for this important and often neglected age group - and "hazards" - provisions that could be harmful to these young people.
The Helping Families Support Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Children brief, published by the National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University with support from the Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services, provides information about sexual orientation and gender identity to help friends, family, and other adults support LGBT children and adolescents. The brief contains research on the impact of families on their LGBT children's health, mental health, and well-being and ways ethnically, religiously, and socially diverse families, parents, and caregivers can support their LGBT children.
Job Opportunities
The Pew Charitable Trusts - Senior Associate of Government Relations, Pew Environment Group (Washington, DC)
The mission of the Pew Environment Group is to promote policies and practices that protect the global atmosphere, preserve healthy forests and marine ecosystems. The organization has an immediate opening for a Senior Associate of Government Relations. The Senior Associate will be responsible for government communications, including communicating with Congressional staff; coordinating Pew Environment Group campaign efforts with Congress and the Administration; producing materials; and maintaining vote counts. A college degree and minimum of four to eight years of experience working with policymakers and staff is required. Advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/357151-43
NYC Teaching Fellows - Public School Teacher (Brooklyn, NY)
The NYC Teaching Fellows program is recruiting talented, dedicated individuals to become teachers who raise student achievement in the New York City classrooms that need them most. Rather than completing a traditional teacher education program prior to entering the classroom, Fellows engage in an intensive pre-service training program and then continue their education through a subsidized Master's degree program while teaching at a New York City public school. No previous teaching experience or education coursework is necessary. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/357083-112
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Boston - Licensed Psychotherapist, FFS (South Shore, MA)
Jewish Family & Children’s Service is aimed at caring for individuals and families by providing exceptional human service and health care programs guided by Jewish traditions of social responsibility, compassion, and respect for all members of the community. Jewish Family & Children's services has an immediate opening for a psychotherapist. The Psychotherapist will assess and provide direct service to adult clients, including individual and family therapy; make home visits to older adults; perform intake evaluations; and work collaboratively with staff from other agency programs as appropriate. Qualified applicants should be licensed by the Massachusetts Board of Social Workers as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker; have a solid knowledge of psychopathology and intervention skills; have competence in conducting an initial assessment and in the development and implementation of an appropriate treatment plan; and a safe driving record and reliable vehicle. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/357135-136
The Long Island GLBT Community Center - Director of Mental Health Services (Bay Shore, NY)
The Long Island GLBT Community Center is seeking to hire its first Director of Mental Health Services responsible for providing counseling services, staff and intern supervision, and playing a leadership role in the development and expansion of the The Center’s mental health program. Primary responsibilities include: overseeing The Network’s growing mental health services; providing individual, couples, family, and group counseling for GLBT people across the lifespan; providing administrative and clinical oversight to counseling and psychoeducational services; maintaining and updating the community resources and referrals directory; and completing regular reports for current funders and assist in the solicitation of new and/or additional funding through grant writing. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/355322-326
Moretown Elementary School - Long Term Substitute School Nurse (Moretown, VT)
Moretown Elementary School has an immediate substitute school nurse position available. This position is for a minimum of three months. Applicants must have a nursing license, Department of Education license, and citizenship, residency or work VISA in United States. One year of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree is preferred. For more information and to apply to this posting, please visit: http://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=32253
Atlantis Charter School - Licensed Practical Nurse (Fall River, MA)
The Atlantis Charter School is seeking a licensed practical nurse. The Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for the supervision of all students within his/her assignment; is committed to the Atlantis Charter School Board of Trustees policies regarding equity, human rights and cross cultural understanding; and reports directly to the Principal of the school, the Director of Student Services or his/her designee. Applicants must have an associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited institution; a current, valid license to practice as a licensed practical nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and current certification in CPR and first aid from a recognized provider. At least two years of related experience in child health, school setting, community health or other relevant nursing experience preferred. For more information and to apply to this posting, please visit: http://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=32237