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December 7, 2005 | Program Result Report
The West Virginia Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families worked to develop a statewide family leadership project to increase parent engagement in policies and programs affecting children and families.
December 7, 2005 | Program Result Report
Michigan's Department of Community Health began working on its family support agenda for the state - strengthening individual and family functioning by empowering families to manage life's events effectively - in the early 1990s.
January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Gift of Life Foundation worked to remove barriers to care for infants born to low-income mothers in Montgomery's four-county region and to help prevent babies from "falling through the cracks" of the health care system there.
January 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities conducted a study to determine whether parents with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of losing their children to foster care can benefit from person-centered planning.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Georgia State University in Atlanta established a National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren to provide resources for at-risk intergenerational families and to replicate Georgia's Project Healthy Grandparents in several cities nationally.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Child Trends, a Washington-based nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization focused exclusively on children, prepared and disseminated two reports highlighting behavioral and environmental factors that shape the health of the family.
October 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Edgewood Children's Center and two other organizations held a national conference on services for grandparents and other family members who care for a child relative.
May 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families is an on-going forum of private funders, public officials, program directors, and evaluators.
February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Child Welfare League of America, a membership organization of some 800 child welfare agencies, brought together professionals and consumers from the mental health, substance abuse, child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
A number of negative health consequences in children have been associated with overexposure to media. The goal of this research was to better understand parental approaches to influencing children's use of media (television, video and computer). An ...