Secondary Schools Report Limited Progress in Creating Healthier Environment for Students
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U.S. middle and high schools are improving some nutrition practices, but most students can still buy sugary drinks and junk foods.
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Forward Promise Overview
September 17, 2012 | Story
Forward Promise is an initiative to improve the health and success of middle- and high-school-aged young men of color
New USDA School Meal Guidelines: Paving the Way for a Healthier Future for Millions of Children
January 24, 2012 | Commentary/Story
“These changes are badly needed. Although many schools have made significant improvements to their meal programs, we must ensure that all schools strive to provide more nutritious meals for students."
Healthy Schools Program: Evaluation Shows Significant Progress in First Four Years
March 1, 2012 | Story
Eighty percent of schools that accessed technical support made substantial strides toward creating healthier environments for students and staff.
Healthy Schools Program Featured on NBC Nightly News, Today Show
January 18, 2012 | Story
Network highlights efforts to provide students with a healthy place to learn.
Helping Students Do Well in School in Bucks County, Pa.
November 20, 2011 | Story
Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth provided school-based mental health services and connections to various social services to Liberian refugees at one middle school in Bucks County, Pa.
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.
Increasing Understanding of Immigrant and Refugee Families
November 20, 2011 | Story
In Portland, Maine, Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth, helped social workers, case managers, and therapists provide school-connected mental health and related services to immigrants and refugees.
Enhancing Cultural Competence
November 20, 2011 | Story
Projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago and Los Angeles developed culturally competent school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.
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.