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Health and Wellness Survey

December 8, 2011 | Survey/Poll

In this national survey of primary care providers and pediatricians, 85 percent believe that unmet social needs — things like access to nutritious food, reliable transportation and adequate housing — are leading directly to worse health for all Americans.

The Impact of Specialized Benefits Counseling Services on Social Security Administration Disability Beneficiaries in Vermont

April 1, 2004 | Journal Article

People who receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) have a high unemployment rate partly because they are afraid that, if they take a job, they will lose their benefits, especially their health insurance. One respons ...

Developing and Implementing Self-Direction Programs and Policies

February 27, 2009 | Toolkit

This handbook explains how states can increase program participants' choice of and control over their services and supports.

Creating Safe Spaces for Children in Schools in Compton, Calif.

October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Head Start program at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science planned and implemented a substance abuse prevention project that worked to change community norms and behaviors that put children at risk of substance abuse.

Home Visits Boost Family "Wellness," But Do They Help Prevent Child Abuse?

August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Starting in January 1994, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine conducted a three-year evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program.

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

February 25, 2013 | Program Result Report

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.

Free To Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities

National Program

Program to support selected Head Start agencies to adapt and evaluate innovative substance abuse prevention models that aim to strengthen a young child's environment, specifically the family and community.

Shaniqua Ballard's Story

March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report

Shaniqua Ballard was living without much hope in a shelter for pregnant women, with little money and no health insurance, until she discovered the Developing Families Center, where she received obstetric and well-woman care, and enrolled her children in the child development program.

How Does Cash and Counseling Affect Costs?

February 1, 2007 | Journal Article

This research examines Cash and Counseling's effects on the costs and uses of Medicaid's personal care services or home and community-based waiver services effects on other Medicaid costs and effects on total Medicaid costs.

Renewing People, Restoring Communities in Inner City Memphis

March 9, 2009 | Story

Plagued by substance abuse, violence and poor health, young people in South Memphis had little hope for a productive future. They needed health care that focused on body, mind and spirit.

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