Success Stories
Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Initiative
By Judy Walruff, PhD MSW
Senior Policy Specialist
First Things First - Arizona Early Childhood Development & Health Board
In the past 10 years, it has been apparent that Arizona citizens and advocates alike were supportive of improving the early childhood development and health environment for the state’s children. The leadership of two previous governors and persistent determination of early childhood education and health advocates and service providers has focused the state’s efforts in providing an environment where all young children have opportunities to grow up healthy and ready to succeed. A constant influx of families who want to raise their young children in this southwestern state and the rapid growth in the number of children under five years of age has highlighted the importance of building the foundation for an early childhood comprehensive service system that is strong and able to withstand future economic and political changes and challenges.
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New York’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative
By Robert G. Frawley
Deputy Director
and Director NYS Head Start Collaboration Project
Council on Children and Families
The Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Planning Initiative has provided New York state with a tremendous opportunity to develop and implement an agenda for establishing a comprehensive system of supports and services for young children and their families. This initiative provided for the first time an opportunity for representatives from health care, mental health, early learning, and family support programs to work together to develop a comprehensive plan of action.[read more]
View from Washington
By Brent Ewig, MHA
Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs, AMCHP
Greetings once again from our nation’s capital. As this issue goes to print (can you still say that when it’s electronic?) the Senate Finance Committee just finished amending their health reform legislation. They are the last of five Congressional committees charged with drafting initial bills. [read more]
Who's New
New HRSA Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kyu Rhee
Dr. Kyu Rhee was recently announced as the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) new chief public health officer. Dr. Rhee is a primary care physician trained in internal medicine and pediatrics. [read more]
Get Involved
Register Now for AMCHP's Annual Conference!
Register today online to attend AMCHP’s Annual Conference to convene on March 6-10, 2010, in Washington, DC. If you have any questions, please contact Registration Manager Lynn Parrazzo, lynnporrazzo@conferencemanagers.com, or call AMCHP’s Conference Department at (703) 964-1240. [read more]
Call for Abstracts
The National Healthy Start Association is seeking abstract submissions for both poster and oral presentations that are research-focused, clinical-focused, or program-focused for their 2010 Annual Spring Conference. The deadline for abstracts is by October 23 at 5 p.m. (EDT). [read more]
Call for Proposals
Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) is seeking proposals to create unique partnerships with local and regional grant making foundations to encourage sustained investment in nursing workforce solutions. PIN is a collaborative effort between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Northwest Health Foundation. [read more]
Call for Studies
Mathematica Policy Research is seeking studies for a comprehensive review of the evidence base for programs to prevent teen pregnancy. The review is being conducted for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) by Mathematica Policy Research and will be used to help inform policy and new initiatives and program directions at the federal level. Submissions are due by October 31. [read more]
ISPCAN Call for Abstracts
The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) is seeking abstract submissions for its 18th annual International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect to convene on September 26-29, 2010, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010. [read more]
Call for Papers
The journal Injury Prevention is planning a supplement featuring papers that examine relationships between the child death review process (a multidisciplinary investigation of unexpected child fatalities) and injury prevention programs and policies. Papers must be no more than 3,000 words in length and conform to all requirements for manuscripts submitted to the journal (http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/ifora/). All will undergo peer review. Submissions must be made before February 1, 2010 to have the best chance of review and inclusion in this supplement. [read more]
Call for Materials
The National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center is looking for materials that highlight concepts of health literacy and oral health-related materials that integrate those concepts. Share your publications, such as brochures, fact sheets, curricula, policy statements, tool kits, manuals, and protocols, with OHRC for inclusion in their library. To submit materials in hard copy, send it to: Sarah Kolo, National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Box 571272 Washington, DC 20057-1272. With either method, include citation information including the publication year, author(s), publisher name and place, and URL if appropriate. Also indicate whether hard copies are available, from whom and at what cost. [read more]
Data and Trends
See data from the Data Resource Center on Developmental Screening. [read more]
Resources
View and download resources on Early Childhood and Mental Health. [read more]
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