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Literacy Is the Key to Change for Addicted Mothers

April 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, Inc. (EOFHC), of Miami, Fla., hired three consultants to assess its comprehensive residential program for crack-addicted mothers and their children. EOFHC has offered its program, which links primary health care with treatment for drug abuse, since 1987.

Low Income Parents' Reports of Communication Problems with Health Care Providers

March 1, 2007 | Journal Article

Effects of Language and Insurance

Spanish Media Can Help Get Latino Children the Health Care They Need

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The University of Maryland at College Park worked to improve Latino children's access to health services. They reviewed the literature from 1970 to the present and compiled and synthesized data the 10 states.

Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth

National Program

Caring Across Communities re-engineers traditional mental health services to provide better and more sensible care for immigrants and refugees, especially children.

Seattle School Staff, Public Agencies and Parents Work to Meet Children's Needs

October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report

What can a school do when a child isn't getting needed medical treatments? Thanks to the Seattle Child Health Initiative, elementary schools in two areas are not only identifying problems such as this, but taking action to help.

Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth

November 21, 2011 | Program Result 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.

New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services

February 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Project SHIFA is a school-based mental health promotion program for Somali youth. The project uses school environments and parents, teachers and primary care physicians to introduce youth to the mental health services available to them.

Caring Across Communities

January 1, 2011 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, the author, Will Bunch, describes RWJF's Caring Across Communities program and the different approaches adopted by its grantees in 15 communities Bunch examines lessons that have emerged from the program.

Helping Immigrant and Refugee Students Succeed

November 1, 2009 | Story

It's Not Just What Happens in the Classroom

Caring Across Communities Briefing Kit

October 8, 2009 | Toolkit

This kit provides an overview of the RWJF national program, the context for its development, fact sheets and stories from the field.

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