Weekly Insider
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.
Grant Alerts
- Center for Science in the Public Interest -- Junk-Free Schools Video Contest
- Foundation for Child Development -- Changing Faces of America’s Children Young Scholars Program
- NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program -- Capital Grants for Local Football Fields
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Improving Health and Educational Opportunities of Young People Grants
- Hidden Valley Ranch Dressings -- Love Your Veggies
- Nike Corporation -- Bowerman Track Renovation Program
News Alerts
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.
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 resources
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Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP, a fact sheet from The Kaiser Family Foundation, analyzes information about the children covered by these programs.
- Family Involvement and Focused INtervention May be Key to Helpint Teens with Bulimia, an update from a study funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, discusses the findings of a unique bulimia treatment program involving 80 teenagers and their families.
Important topic
October 10 is World Mental Health Day
Upcoming meetings
- Tampa, FL: 82nd Annual ASHA School Health Conference Finding Common Ground in Human Sexuality and Other Adolescent Health Issues. November 12-15, 2008. For more information please visit http://www.ashaweb.org/annual_conferences.html
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- San Diego, CA: 22nd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. January 28-February 1, 2008. For more information please visit http://www.chadwickcenter.org/conference.htm
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- Boston Connects -- School Site Coordinator, Boston, MA
- Center for Social and Emotional Education -- Programmer, New York, NY
- Child and Adolescent Trauma Services -- Mental Health Coordinator, Buffalo, NY
Grant alerts
Center for Science in the Public Interest -- Junk-Free Schools Video Contest (Deadline: 11/1/07)
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is accepting entries to its Junk-Free Schools Video Contest. The purpose of the contest is to decrease unhealthy foods and increase healthy foods in schools throughout the United States by encouraging videos promoting the issue.
Foundation for Child Development -- Changing Faces of America’s Children Young Scholars Program(Deadline: 11/1/07)
The Foundation for Child Development is accepting applications for its Changing Faces of America’s Children Young Scholars Program. The purpose of the program is to stimulate basic and policy-relevant research focused on the early education, health and well-being of immigrant children by supporting investigators in the behavioral and social sciences or in an allied professional field pursuing this research.
NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program -- Capital Grants for Local Football Field(Deadline: 11/30/07)
The NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program is accepting applications for its Capital Grants for Local Football Fields program to promote community health through supporting clean, safe, and accessible football fields in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Improving Health and Educational Opportunities of Young People Grants (Deadline: 11/21/07)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting applications for its Improving Health and Educational Opportunities of Young People grant program. The purpose of the program is to support development of healthy adults by promoting the health of young people through projects concerning: 1) the Youth Risk Behavior Survey; 2) HIV Prevention; 3) Coordinated School Health Programs and Promotion of Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco-Use Prevention; 4) Asthma Management; and 5) National Professional Development.
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressings -- Love Your Veggies (Deadline: 11/30/07)
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressings is accepting applications to its Love Your Veggies grant program. The purpose of the program is to help elementary schools develop fresh fruit and vegetable programs starting in March 2008 and lasting through the 2008-2009 school year.
Nike Corporation -- Bowerman Track Renovation Program (Deadline: Rolling)
The Nike Corporation is accepting applications for its Bowerman Track Renovation Program. The purpose of the program is to provide matching cash grants to refurbish or construct running tracks in communities.
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News alert
President Bush Vetoes SCHIP Bill
As he had promised to do, President George Bush today vetoed a bill that had been passed by the House and Senate to extend for five more years the state/federal State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The bill would have added $35 billion more in federal matching funds to enable states to enroll additional children in the program, an amount Bush criticized as too large.
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New resources
Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP, a fact sheet from The Kaiser Family Foundation, analyzes information about the children covered by these programs.
Family Involvement and Focused Intervention May be Key to Helping Teens with Bulimia, an update from study funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, discusses the findings of a unique bulimia treatment program involving 80 teenagers and their families.
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Job opportunities
Boston Connects -- School Site Coordinator (Boston, MA)
The School Site Coordinator will manage school-based mental health and developmental health activities within an elementary school student body. He or she will collaborate with community organizations to provide health services to students and will aid in the development behavioral health and self-esteem activities for use in the curriculum. For more information and to apply for this position please click
here.
Center for Social and Emotional Education -- Programmer (New York, NY)
The Programmer will develop and design web-based tracking systems and evaluation tools for use in school-based mental health programs. For more information and to apply for this position please click here.
Child and Adolescent Treatment Services -- Mental Health Coordinator (Buffalo, NY)
The Mental Health Coordinator will provide school-based health services and collaborate with school and community organizations providing case management services. For more information and to apply for this position please click
here.
