Weekly Insider 13.08.2008

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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at the Department of Health and Human Services has released a 150-page toolkit for community- and faith-based service providers that offers a step-by-step guide to planning and implementing a sustainability strategy for grassroots, community based programs.
As reported in a recent news release from the Guttmacher Institute on family planning clinics and preventing teen pregnancy, publicly funded family planning clinics prevent 1.4 million unintended pregnancies each year.

New from the Center

The Immigrant Children Survey is available online, and more responses leads to better data to share with you. This brief survey seeks information about the country of origin of the students you serve. Results will be posted on our website after the survey's conclusion.
Please take a moment to complete the survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9KAKgoQU4fljeZNA8QbH_2bw_3d_3d

Important Topic

Back to School Immunizations

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Parents’ Guide to Childhood Immunizations
  • Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network: Getting Ready for School with Childhood Immunizations
  • The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools: Immunization Resources


    • Upcoming Meetings

  • Denver, CO: Dreaming a Lean and Green School: A Symposium on Healthy Food, Fitness and Environments. September 9, 2008.  For more information, please visit http://www.mdhwc.org/calendar.htm

  • Philadelphia, PA & Cherry Hill, NJ: Restoring our Urban and Rural Communities with Healthy Food. October 4-8, 2008. For more information, please visit http://healthyfoodconference.com/

  • National Harbor, MD: NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities. December 16-18, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.blsmeetings.net/2008healthdisparitiessummit/index.cfm

  • Austin, TX: The Children’s Environmental Health Institute. October 30 & 31, 2008.  For more information, please visit http://www.cehi.org/

    • Previously Posted Meetings

  • Los Angeles, CA: Youth Issues 2008:Transforming Services, Transforming Communities. September 18-19, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.californiateenhealth.org/conference_2008_home.asp

  • Atlanta, GA: 14th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference. December 10-12, 2008. For more information, please visit
    http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/MCHEpi/2008/AboutConference.htm

  • San Diego, CA: American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition. October 25-29, 2008.For more information, please visit http://www.apha.org/meetings


    • Job Opportunities

  • Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services - FAMIS Marketing and Outreach manager (Richmond, VA)
  • Peer Health Exchange - National Director of Program Development (San Francisco, CA)
  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – City Medical Specialist, Immunization (New York, NY)
  • University Settlement Society of New York – Family Support Worker (New York, NY)
  • MDRC – Health Policy Research Associate (New York, NY)


    • Grant Alerts

    The Wal-Mart Foundation -- Health and Education Grants (Deadline: 9/25/08)
    The Wal-Mart Foundation is providing grants in its focus areas of health and education. The health focus area includes a program or initiative that works to improve access to healthcare and to promote healthy lifestyles.

    The Prudential Foundation -- Spirit of the Community Awards (Deadline: 10/31/08)
    The Prudential Foundation’s Spirit of Community Awards honor young people in middle level and high school grades for outstanding volunteer service to their communities.

    United States Soccer Foundation -- Annual Program and Field Grants (Deadline: 10/15/08)
    The United States Soccer Foundation is accepting applications for its Annual Program and Field grants. The focus of the grants for 2009 is on developing players, coaches, referees, and fields in economically disadvantaged urban areas that contain 50,000 people or more.

    John S. and James L. Knight Foundation -- News Challenge Grants (Deadline: 11/1/08)
    The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s News Challenge Grants provide funding for neighborhood-focused projects that develop services and programs for the local community, and distribute or disseminate the programs, or information about the programs, through the use of media.

    National Association for Sport & Physical Education -- Research on Higher Education for Physical Education (NASPE Members) (Deadline: 9/15/08)
    The National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE), with funding from Helen Heitman Funds, is providing a grant to investigate the elimination of several higher education programs in Physical Education and Exercise Science.

    Baltimore Community Foundation -- Youth Grants (Baltimore, MD) (Deadline: Rolling)
    Baltimore Community Foundation’s Youth Grants focus on making sure that children enter school ready to learn by connecting young people with college preparatory activities, college retention programs and workforce entry opportunities, providing opportunities for out-of-school youth and adjudicated youth to re-enter the community and re-connect with school, and encouraging students, parents, and community members to speak out on issues related to children and youth.


    New Resources

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has created a toolkit for community- and faith-based service providers on sustaining grassroots, community-based programs so that clients of the programs do not have to suffer disruptions in the services they receive. The document covers organizational assessment and readiness, effective marketing strategies, financial management, sustainability strategies (fund development and fund raising), and results-oriented evaluations.


    According to a recent news release from the Guttmacher Institute, publicly funded family planning clinics provide contraceptive services to approximately seven million women, many of whom are teens, each year. Without these services, the annual number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in the United States would be almost 50% higher. In other words, 1.4 million unintended pregnancies and 600,000 abortions are averted each year because of these services.

    Job Opportunities

    Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services - FAMIS Marketing and Outreach Manager (Richmond, VA)
    The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services is seeking a Marketing and Outreach manager. This position is responsible for implementing innovative and effective statewide marketing and outreach campaigns to promote enrollment, retention, and utilization of services for the State Children's Health Insurance Program known as FAMIS and other programs within the Division of Maternal and Child Health. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit https://jobs.agencies.virginia.gov/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1218557653273.

    Peer Health Exchange - National Director of Program Development (San Francisco, CA)
    Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to give teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions. The primary responsibility of the PHE National Director of Program Development is to strengthen the elements of the PHE model that measurably affect teens’ ability to make healthy decisions. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/304371-260.

    New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – City Medical Specialist, Immunization (New York, NY)
    The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Immunization Surveillance Unit seeks a City Medical Specialist. Responsibilities include providing leadership, guidance and supervision for Unit activities, monitoring and evaluating the quality of surveillance activities carried out by the Unit, guiding the regular analysis of surveillance data, and communicating the status of the Unit and the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases to superiors. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=6623.

    University Settlement Society of New York – Family Support Worker (New York, NY)
    Through home-based visiting, the University Settlement Society of New York seeks to strengthen parents’ skills and parent-child relationships primarily through intensive individualized home visits that start during pregnancy. The Family Support Worker is responsible for initiating and maintaining a regular and sustainable supportive relationship with at-risk families via home based services and aiming to decrease parental stress and increase parenting skills in order to stabilize the family and integrate a healthy focus on child development within family life. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/304286-66.

    MDRC – Health Policy Research Associate (New York, NY)
    MDRC is seeking an expert in health policy to help develop, implement, and evaluate innovative health and behavioral health interventions for low-income populations. The position will be based in MDRC’s Welfare and Barriers to Employment policy area but will also involve collaborations with MDRC’s other policy areas. MDRC is seeking candidates with expertise in the design and implementation of health and behavioral health policies and programs intended to improve health and other life outcomes. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=6608.