Community prevention programs Archive
Bobbie Boyer, FCNI CFO Voice of an FCNI StaffAbout ten years ago, my husband Doug introduced me to one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), specifically the island of Tortola. Doug has …
A California advocacy group hopes to draw current and former foster youth to sexual health education with the most time-tested incentive there is: cash money. John Burton Advocates for Youth... By Jeremy Loudenback This post A $200 Incentive to Get …
As a career advocate for children, I applaud Los Angeles County’s innovative efforts to reduce child abuse by integrating public health nurses into its child protection assessment process. At First Focus Campaign for Children, a non-partisan national children’s advocacy group, …
Robert Hill’s experiences as an overweight child stayed with him, informing the way he works to prevent childhood obesity today as director of youth wellness programs at the YMCA of South Florida, where YFit activities run in more than 100 …
Reading Difficulty in Young Children Linked to Later Trouble With the Law By Stell Simonton | July 18, 2016 Photo by Jacob Slaton, for the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Since 2011, the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, supported …
By: Kristine AlarconEdited by: Sharon E. ChinThe first year at college is often an eye opening and life changing experience, but for some female women, it can change drastically. One in five female students are raped in their first year …
By: Luis GayEdited by: Sharon E. Chin On May 14, 2015, sex slave survivor Minh Dang received the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award from Womenspace in honor of her efforts to end human trafficking at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton. Dang …
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) by three Harvard economists provides conclusive evidence that the Moving to Opportunity experiment worked. Prior research failed to document any significant economic gains for older children and adults …
In just four quick and easy minutes, this terrific animated graphic explains how adults and communities help children build healthy brains, and how that process can be derailed by toxic stress. The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative developed the video, with …
The July 22 issue of the New Yorker contains a riveting account (“A Raised Hand: Can a new approach curb domestic homicide?” by Rachel Louise Snyder) of how the tragic 2002 murder of Dorothy Giunta-Cotter by her husband led to …
