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October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
What can a school do when a child isn't getting needed medical treatments? Thanks to the Seattle Child Health Initiative, elementary schools in two areas are not only identifying problems such as this, but taking action to help.
October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
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 | Program Result Report
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, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Head Start program at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science planned and implemented a substance abuse prevention project that worked to change community norms and behaviors that put children at risk of substance abuse.
February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Staff at The Food Trust conducted a Corner Store Campaign to change the school and community environments to support healthy eating among children and adolescents.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Action for Healthy Kids recruited community leaders from poor, urban areas to attend a national conference entitled Healthy Schools Summit 2005.
November 12, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Plainfield Health Center, operating under the Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services, established a comprehensive school-based health center at Washington Elementary School in Plainfield, N.J., in 2000.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Changing the national conversation about how to improve American public schools—and the importance of play to children’s ability to learn.
July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.