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Helping Traumatized Refugees and Immigrants Start New Lives
November 20, 2011 | Story
Projects in Boston and Minneapolis, Minn., provided special school-connected mental health services to help refugees and immigrants recover from trauma under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.
Better Futures Minnesota Helps Turn Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Results Report
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
Making the Commitment to Turn Their Lives Around
April 19, 2013 | Program Results Report
Formerly incarcerated men, most of them Black, are drawing on the package of housing, employment and support services provided by Better Futures Minnesota in the Twin Cities to help turn their lives around. Some of the men tell their stories here.
Trying Out a New Model of Caring for People with Dementia
April 11, 2012 | Program Results Report
The Alzheimer's Association and the National Chronic Care Consortium partnered to develop and demonstrate a model of integrated health care and supportive services for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth
November 21, 2011 | Program Results Report
Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth brought school-connected mental health services to immigrants and refugees in 15 communities in eight states by developing model mental health programs.
Continuing School-Connected Mental Health Services
November 20, 2011 | Story
Minneapolis, Imperial County, Calif., and Chatham County, N.C., sustained school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees started under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.
Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
April 18, 2011 | Program Results Report
Ten hospitals throughout the country joined a collaborative learning network, developed strategies to improve the quality and accessibility of their language services, and tested them using five standardized performance improvement measures.
Judy Berry Creates Facility that Provides New Model of Care for Dementia Patients
August 23, 2010 | Story
2010 Community Health Leader winner channels frustration into inspiration.
Physical Exercise, Aging, and Mild Cognitive Impairment
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between exercise and mild cognitive impairment among elderly individuals.
Agency Tests Protocol for Depression Screening and Referral for Adult Day Center Clients
September 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
From 2001 to 2002, staff at North Country Aging Services in Edina, Minn., collaborated with four adult day centers to develop and test a screening and referral protocol for depression among elderly clients.