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.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
Work In America Institute, Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., carried out a pilot project to provide parents in the workplace with skills to help their children more effectively avoid the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of Colorado, Denver, evaluated Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT), a nationwide volunteer effort to reduce underage smoking.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of Iowa College of Medicine developed an ongoing statewide survey in Iowa to assess barriers to obtaining prenatal care.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of Illinois at Chicago studied the effect on smoking by youth if all cigarette packages were a standard color with black printing giving only the brand name, contents, and a health warning.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
Mathematica Policy Research carried out and analyzed the first national household survey of public attitudes toward various government policy measures designed to limit youth access to tobacco products and make those products less attractive to young people.
January 1, 1997
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Program Result
From 1993 to 1996, the National Youth Sports Coaches Association, West Palm Beach, Fla., the only national nonprofit organization that certifies volunteer youth coaches, carried out two related but separate initiatives.
January 1, 1997
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Program Result
This initiative serves low-income, foreign-born children of elementary school age who have lived in the United States for two years or less and who have unresolved health or medical problems and/or are having difficulty in obtaining the health care services they need.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result
The Community Violence Prevention Program, at the Harvard School of Public Health, implemented a resource center that provided technical assistance and informational support to program operators of community-based violence prevention programs.
