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The Vulnerable Populations portfolio creates new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts -- in our homes, schools and jobs.

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Father Absence and Child Well-Being

October 1, 2002 | Report

A Critical Review.

Kids Kicking Cancer

January 1, 2012 | Toolkit

The mission of Kids Kicking Cancer is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally. Their goal is to create a replicable template for to children's hospitals and communities throughout the world linking children with support from caring, well trained and motivated professionals and volunteers.

Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities

June 27, 2011 | Program Result

Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.

Raising the Flag for Community Health Workers

January 26, 2010 | Program Result

From 2006 to 2009, staff members at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, worked to raise the profile and influence of community health workers in the health care system and among policy-makers.

Improving the Health of Babies Born in Baltimore Through a Leadership Development Program

August 27, 2009 | Program Result

Babies Born Healthy Leadership in Action Program sought to improve birth outcomes in Baltimore and helped actual and potential leaders develop leadership skills while working together on the problem of infant mortality.

Ten States Test Strategy for Evaluating Self-Management of Services by Elderly

June 22, 2004 | Program Result

The National Association of State Units on Aging designed and tested a tool and process that allow states the opportunity to evaluate the extent to which they offer consumers opportunities to make choices and direct their own health care and support services.

Society for Sight Works to Prevent Blindness in Baltimore's Homeless People

June 1, 2004 | Program Result

The Maryland Society for Sight provided follow-up eye care and treatment for people who were homeless, indigent and uninsured and who had been originally identified through the organization's vision screening programs.

Dental Exams During Pediatric Visits Take a Bite Out of Oral Health Problems

December 1, 2004 | Program Result

From 2002 to 2004, staff at the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved developed, delivered and evaluated a training program to prevent dental disease in children ages 0 to 3.

Elder Health Program in Baltimore Achieves Better Outcomes for Low-Income Elderly Through a Capitated System

January 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).

Strengthening Martha's Place

April 1, 2003 | Program Result

In 2001, Newborn Holistic Ministries trained staff and improved operations at Martha's Place, a residential recovery program for women addicted to drugs.

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