October 1, 1997
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Program Result
Tynisha LaDuke's entry into kindergarten didn't seem like the kind of event that would get an article in the newspaper. A healthy, eager-to-learn five-year-old, she was exactly the kind of student every teacher hopes for.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
The initiative provides care coordination of health and social services to elementary school students and their younger and unborn siblings in families with incomes under 180 percent of the poverty level who live near one of two schools.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
CMY works with adolescents ages 11 to 17 who have mental health problems. These are high-risk youth who otherwise would "fall between the cracks" of the health and social service system.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
One of the biggest barriers that keeps low-income families from getting the health services they need for their children is the sheer number of agencies they have to visit. Each agency is in a different location and has its own requirements and staff.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
DECAT targets children and families who are eligible for Medicaid, and low-income families without health insurance coverage. The program's family service centers provide care coordination for any child or family having assistance needs.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
The project serves children and their families living near two inner-city elementary schools in adjoining districts. At one school, Smart Start serves children from infants through sixth grade at the other, infants through fourth grade.
October 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of California, San Francisco, carried out a qualitative evaluation of the Old Disease, New Challenge program to monitor and evaluate five demonstration strategies.
September 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of Florida School of Medicine surveyed families and health care providers of chronically ill children to determine what services would be needed and how they should be provided in a model residential treatment facility.
July 31, 1997
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Program Result
This contract, awarded to Sarah Shuptrine and Associates in 1994, was for an ongoing analysis of major health reform proposals, to identify eligibility and enrollment barriers and recommend ways to reduce or avoid barriers.
July 1, 1997
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich. developed a computer simulation model to evaluate the health, economic, and demographic implications of a worksite smoking cessation program.