Rural child welfare resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/child_welfare/ In response to questions from states, and noting that it is imperative that the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) cover the lowest-income children first and prevent substitution of public health benefits over private insurance coverage, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today addressed state questions about the CMS review strategy to achieve those goals. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8639 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:32:53 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8639 Associated Press via AOL News reports that many states often fail to release adequate information about fatal and near-fatal child abuse cases, placing confidentiality above disclosure to a degree that thwarts needed reforms, two child advocacy groups say in a new report. http://news.aol.com/story/_a/report-faults-many-states-on-child-abuse/n20080429010809990024 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:16:20 CST http://news.aol.com/story/_a/report-faults-many-states-on-child-abuse/n20080429010809990024 The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will launch National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) with events beginning April 19 and continuing through April 26, 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2008/r080424.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:03:39 CST http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2008/r080424.htm The purpose of Project LAUNCH is to promote the wellness of young children, birth to 8 years of age. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1890 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:46:11 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1890 Based on observations of more than 4,000 infants, researchers in an NIH newborn research network have identified several factors that influence an extremely low birth weight infant's chances for survival and disability. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/apr2008/nichd-16.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:24:12 CST http://www.nih.gov/news/health/apr2008/nichd-16.htm We Can!, a science-based national education program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help children ages 8-13 stay at a healthy weight, is working with the Center for Screen Time Awareness and other national and community organizations to raise public awareness about the negative impact of excessive screen time. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8489 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:20:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8489 Works to help communities to enhance social and emotional outcomes for children and families in rural and frontier areas. -- National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention https://learn.aero.und.edu/pages.asp?PageID=101055 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:01:24 CST https://learn.aero.und.edu/pages.asp?PageID=101055 Rates of low birthweight, poor outcomes, and inadequate prenatal care among urban and rural areas were evaluated and compared from 1985-1997 using data from the Linked Birth-Death Data Set. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_FR119_2Pager.pdf Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:18:25 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_FR119_2Pager.pdf Found that while progress was made in closing rural/urban gaps, rural residence and residence in a persistent poverty county remained independent risk factors for inadequate care and some adverse birth outcomes, especially postneonatal mortality. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_FR119_Larson.pdf Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:15:09 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_FR119_Larson.pdf Grants to prevent the abandonment in hospitals of infants and young children, develop a program of comprehensive support services for these infants, and recruit and train health and social services personnel, foster care families and others. -- Administration for Children and Families http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1837 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:25:32 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1837 Provides data on the well-being of children younger than 18, covering children's living arrangements, family characteristics, time spent in child care, academic experience, and extracurricular activities. Includes data for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2004_detailedtables.html Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:26:07 CST http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2004_detailedtables.html Works to stimulate the birth and growth of parent-to-parent interventions that improve health and child development for low-income families in urban and rural areas. http://www.mihow.org/index.html Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:17:55 CST http://www.mihow.org/index.html Describes that rural mothers with children under age six have higher employment rates than their urban counterparts, but have higher poverty rates, lower wages, and lower family income, placing rural mothers and their children in a more economically vulnerable situation than urban mothers. -- Carsey Institute http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/FS_ruralmoms_07.htm Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:19:11 CST http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/FS_ruralmoms_07.htm Contains the 17th annual report on the health status and service needs of Americas children, addressing health status and health servicesutilization, as well as insight into the nationsprogress toward the goals set out in the MCHBsstrategic plan. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/mchb/chusa_06/c06.pdf Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:32:09 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/mchb/chusa_06/c06.pdf Works in partnership with states, communities, and other agencies to provide a range of human and economic development services and activities in order to reduce the causes and the characteristics of poverty and to assist persons in need. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:22:18 CST http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ A compendium of 38 key indicators on important aspects of children's livesdrawn from the official statisticsillustrative of both the promises and the difficulties confronting our Nations young people. -- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/report2007.pdf Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:48:51 CST http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/report2007.pdf Presents new data from the U.S. Census Bureaus American Community Survey. -- Carsey Institute http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/FS_ruralchildpoverty_07.htm Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:27:31 CST http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/FS_ruralchildpoverty_07.htm Discusses IPAC (Interprofessional Partners for Appalachian Children), which focuses on the assessment and comprehensive treatment of behavioral and developmental needs of children ages six and under in 19 university and community health care organizations in Ohio. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php#ipac Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:43 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php#ipac Provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of Americas children and families. New this year is information on child well-being in Puerto Rico. Introductory essay focuses on supporting permanence for children in foster care. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/databook_2007.pdf Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:11:54 CST http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/databook_2007.pdf Draws on results of Census 2000 data to take a closer look at children in immigrant families. Highlights the proportion, dispersion, national origins, language, and early education of children in newcomer families, both for the United States as a whole and in various states. -- Child Trends http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/Children_in_Immigrant_Families_Brief.pdf Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:46:24 CST http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/Children_in_Immigrant_Families_Brief.pdf Grants program that helps ensure that low-income children receive nutritious food during critical times when they are out of school and particularly vulnerable to hunger. -- Share Our Strength http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1621 Fri, 25 May 2007 11:59:47 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1621 Discusses health insurance coverage for children and reports that the experience of children in small towns and rural areas often differs from the experience of their big-city counterparts. In rural America, more than one-third of all children rely on SCHIP and Medicaid for health care. -- Carsey Institute http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/RuralChildHealth_final.pdf Thu, 10 May 2007 10:34:56 CST http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/RuralChildHealth_final.pdf The highlights of a Commonwealth Fund survey of experts on issues related to reauthorization of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 2007. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Shea_hltcareopinionleadersSCHIP_databrief_1024.pdf Mon, 07 May 2007 13:42:13 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Shea_hltcareopinionleadersSCHIP_databrief_1024.pdf Provides links to many resources on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) including interactive resources, fact sheets, reports and testimony. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/schipresources.cfm Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:54:49 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/schipresources.cfm Covers the basics of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) including who is eligible, what services are covered, cost sharing issues, and how SCHIP is financed. -- National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_SCHIP.pdf Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:19:55 CST http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_SCHIP.pdf Works assure that assistance in obtaining support (both financial and medical) is available to children through locating parents, establishing paternity and support obligations, and enforcing those obligations. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:50:37 CST http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/ Explores lessons learned and highlights key policy issues for the upcoming 2007 State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization debate. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7574-2.pdf Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7574-2.pdf Outlines issues in outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and SCHIP. Provides a profile of eligible but uninsured children, discusses the greatest barriers to enrollment, and offers strategies to improve enrollment. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/2177-05.pdf Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/2177-05.pdf Results of a new 50-state survey that shows one-third of states (17) increased access to health coverage in 2006 and no state cut income eligibility in Medicaid and SCHIP for the first time in four years. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7608.pdf Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7608.pdf Provides an overview of how the State Children's Health Insurance Program is administered and financed, who is eligible, what services are covered, and what the policy issues are for the program's reauthorization. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7610.pdf Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7610.pdf