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Providing Aid to Children Released to North Carolina from Immigrant Detention

October 22, 2010 | Program Result

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants developed a pilot project to provide aid to children who are released from immigrant detention in North Carolina - which has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the country.

An Immigrant Community Takes Actions Against Drug Addiction

September 5, 2008 | Program Result

The Head Start program in New York City developed Project Right Start, a family and community-strengthening model that prepares parents to participate actively in community efforts to address substance abuse and related issues.

Residents Take Back the Streets at Kahekili Terrace

October 5, 2009 | Program Result

Drug dealers selling crystal methamphetamine, known as ice, used to be a common site at Kahekili Terrace, a low-income housing project on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Engaging of Language Services by Pediatric Intensive Care Staff

August 11, 2009 | Story

UC Davis Health System's PICU team holds a monthly, multidisciplinary committee meeting that includes representatives of all PICU staff—physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers and more.

Increasing Interpretation Through Policy Change

August 11, 2009 | Story

Seattle Children's Hospital incorporated language services metrics into the hospital dashboard and changed hospital policy to require interpretation two times a day for patients.

Simplifying Interpreter Access Through the SPEAK Line

August 11, 2009 | Story

Seattle Children's Hospital created quick, hassle-free way for patients, their families and health care providers to access interpreters.

San Francisco Uses School Registration to Identify Children's Health Needs

January 1, 1997 | 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.

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