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October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Audubon Area Community Services in Owensboro, Ky., planned and implemented a Free to Grow model that reduced risks for substance abuse by combining grassroots community action with intensive case management for high-risk families.
January 28, 2002 | Program Result Report
Babyland Family Services, Inc. provided a system of care and outreach to address the multiple dental health needs of children lacking proper dental care.
March 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Starting in April 1998, Communities in Schools, a Virginia-based nonprofit stay-in-school network, sought to provide schoolchildren around the country with access to five key resources.
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
WellChild, the Foundation of Health for Life, Boston, held a conference in 1999 to explore strategies to reduce the gap between research on children's social and emotional competence and school readiness and actual policy and practice. (WellChild is now the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, Inc. For Expanding Healthcare Access.)
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Scholastic Inc., New York, conducted teacher focus groups on integrating tobacco education into current events and social studies.
January 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers from the Chicago Food System Collaborative studied whether providing nutrition education to children affected their lunch choices in schools with salad bars.
February 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
This report highlights some of the lessons RWJF has learned about how to approach philanthropic work with schools and school districts.
May 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
The National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, an advocacy and member organization, built its capacity to serve as a national voice for the physical activity movement and its ability to sustain itself.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
The state of Mississippi convened the Healthy Mississippi Summit, June 15, 2006, in Jackson, Miss., to focus attention on the primary causes of chronic diseases in Mississippi and to promote a statewide approach to promoting healthy lifestyles.
August 25, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools prepared an issue brief, held an invitational roundtable meeting and produced a report recommending ways to involve school-based health professionals in efforts to reduce obesity among children.