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Building Human Capital

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Cambodian Refugee Honored for Improving Access to Culturally Sensitive Health Services for Cambodian-American Community (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Sonith Peou, program director, Metta Health Center, Lowell, Mass., is being honored for his efforts to ensure access to culturally sensitive health services for the large Cambodian-American community in Lowell.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Legal Aid Attorney Hugh "Trey" Daly III Works to Expand Access to Care (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Daly, a senior attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, has won the Community Health Leaders 2009 award for his work protecting the coverage and ensuring the care of many of Ohio's poorest residents.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Former Foster Child Provides Family-Focused Mental Health Services to the Underserved (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Satira Streeter, founder and executive director, Ascensions Community Services, Inc., Washington, D.C., is being honored for her efforts to deliver culturally relevant, family-focused mental health services to children and families living in the historically...	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Lynne Holden is Working to Change the Face of Medicine (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Holden has won a 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders Award for her work to establish an all-volunteer organization that encourages and nurtures disadvantaged students from Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City to enter the medical...	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Activist Works to Help People With Disabilities Maintain Their Independence (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) David Carey is being honored for his work to help people with disabilities direct and control their own health care services, and for his activism to ensure safe public transportation options for them.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Retired Arizona Nurse Is Working to Address Needs of Elderly Native Americans (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Residents of the Tohono O'odham Nation had to leave the reservation if they needed skilled nursing care until Frances Stout helped establish the first skilled-care facility for aging Native Americans on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Amanda Gaynor Ashley Is Delivering Needed Dental Care on the North Slope of Alaska (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Ashley is being honored for expanding oral health services to the residents of this northern slope community and the surrounding villages.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Women's Rights Activist Finds New Ways to Provide Family Planning to Men and Teens in the Texas Panhandle (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Claudia Stravato is being honored for her work in advocating for and providing access to primary care and family planning for low-income and uninsured families and teens.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Medical School Student Works to Get Rhode Islanders in Shape (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Rajiv Kumar is being honored for his efforts to reduce obesity among Rhode Island residents through exercise and healthy eating.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009
Uwe Jacobs Helps Survivors of Torture and Gender-Based Violence (from Ten Leaders Honored for Working in Hard-to-Reach Communities) Jacobs is being honored for his efforts to provide clinical and therapeutic care to more than 1,000 individuals who have experienced torture and/or are seeking asylum in the United States.	Video, Stories and articles	10/08/2009

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