Weekly Insider Oct 09-Oct 15 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

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools is delighted to announce the appointment of Donna Behrens as its new Associate Director.

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools is partnering with Action for Healthy Kids to help promote wellness within the school environment. Action for Healthy Kids is conducting an online survey to gather perspectives and opinions on the current state of school wellness. The 10-minute survey addresses critical issues in school wellness, including barriers and opportunities surrounding what’s working for and against school wellness, and what more it will take to insure adequate nutrition and physical activity for all children.  To take the survey, click here.

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) has updated its popular fact sheet, Childhood Overweight: What the Research Tells Us. The fact sheet includes findings from articles published through July 2007. To view the latest version, click here.

October 2007 E-Journal
-- What's Ahead for Children's Health Insurance?
-- School-Based Health Centers Found to Improve Access, Quality of Care for Low-Income Adolescents
-- Legal Battles over Vaccines and Autism
-- The Continuing School Food Controversy

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New resource

Statehealthfacts.org, a resource from the Kaiser Family Foundation, was recently updated to reflect data collected for the March 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS). This website has information about children’s health insurance coverage, including SCHIP, and a tool to compare data between states.

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Important topic

October is Healthy Lung Month

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Upcoming  meeting

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Previously posted meetings
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Job Opportunities 

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Grant alerts

Del Monte -- Do Something Good For You! Grants (Deadline: Rolling)
Del Monte is accepting applications for its Do Something Good For You! grant program. The purpose of the program is to support young people in improving their communities through projects such as healthy eating awareness campaigns or non-competitive walking, running, or hiking clubs at school.

Hilton Hotels Corporation -- In-Kind and Charitable Contribution Requests (Deadline: Rolling)
The Hilton Hotels Corporation in accepting in-kind and charitable contribution requests that support K-12 education programs, selected healthcare programs.

The Health Trust -- Health Partnership Grants (Santa Clara and Northern San Benito Counties, CA) (Deadline: Rolling, Letter of Inquiry)
The Health Trust is accepting applications for its Health Partnership Grants program. The purpose of this program is to improve long-term community health and wellness through supporting collaborations between non-profit organizations and a hospital sponsor designated by The Health Trust for projects focused on the Health Trust’s wellness priorities, such as obesity prevention for at-risk children.

Leader to Leader Institute -- American Management Association Nonprofit Worker Scholarship Program (Deadline: 11/15/07)
The Leader to Leader Institute, in collaboration with the American Management Association (AMA), is accepting applications for its AMA Scholarship Program to support nonprofit organizations in the social sector develop strong leaders.

National AIDS Fund -- Southern REACH Grant Program (AL, AK, Northern FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (Deadline: 11/16/07)
The National AIDS Fund is accepting applications for its Southern Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS (REACH) grant program. The purpose of the program is to fund organizational support, program support, or policy and advocacy for projects by community-based organizations in nine southern states that focus on improving community capacity to address HIV/AIDS among marginalized, at-risk, and underserved populations, such as high-risk youth (e.g. gay/questioning youth, runaways, youth of color).

National Assembly on School-Based Health Care -- State-National Technical Assistance & Training Partnership (Deadline: 11/19/07)
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care is accepting applications for its State-National Technical Assistance & Training Partnership to improve states’ capacity to provide technical assistance and training for one or more of the following topics: quality improvement in school-based health centers; social marketing; school-based health center basics, financing, marketing, and operations; practice management improvement (PMI); coding; productivity; costing model; academic success; mental health and primary care integration; motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy; family engagement; adult learning theory and techniques; using the internet for training and technical assistance.

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News alerts

Medicaid Proposes to End Reimbursements to Schools
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a proposed rule issued September 7, 2007, said it plans to eliminate reimbursement for Medicaid administrative activities conducted by school employees or contractors and for the costs of transporting students with disabilities from home to school and back. The proposed rule notes that “a wide range of medical services are furnished to students in school settings,” in particular to children who have Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) or Individualized Family Services Plans (IFSPs) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

More Generic Drugs to be Available
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this month that it is stepping up its procedures for reviewing generic drug applications, with the objective of making more generics available to consumers and health care providers. Generic drugs, which can come into the market after patent exclusivity expires on the brand-name drugs they replace, generally cost less, often much less, than the brand names.

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New Resource

Statehealthfacts.org, a resource from the Kaiser Family Foundation, was recently updated to reflect data collected for the March 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS). This website has information about children’s health insurance coverage, including SCHIP, and a tool to compare data between states.

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Job opportunities

The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families -- Program Counselor (New York, NY)
The Program Counselor will participate in the Community Based Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program at Walton High School, providing individual and group counseling services. For more information and to apply for this position please click here.

Safe Kids Worldwide -- Director, Program and Research (Washington, DC)
The Director of Program and Research will oversee the implementation of projects designed to prevent childhood injury. He or she will analyze data from existing programs and evaluate current and future programs. For more information and to apply for this position please click here.