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New Grassroots Initiative Seeks to End Trend of Texas As Last for Children’s Health Care
AUSTIN – For over a decade now, Texas has been the state with the nation’s highest rate of uninsured children, but today a grassroots start-up is launching with the promise to end the trend by instead “building a legacy of healthy children.” With legislators weighing…
Author: Texas Care for Children
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Children's Rights Alliance Bi-Annual Symposium 2009: 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?'
Children’s Rights Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. On 2 April, over 100 delegates descended on Dublin Castle to attend the Children’s Rights Alliance’s first biennial symposium, where they pledged to make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child. Entitled…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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Donna Lawrence Appointed Director of the Disadvantaged Children & Youth Program of The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, November 6, 2008 Donna Lawrence, an accomplished foundation director, advocate and government official, has been appointed Director of the Disadvantaged Children & Youth (DCY) program of The Atlantic Philanthropies effective November 24, 2008, Vice President Marcia A. Smith announced today. Lawrence will shape…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Immigration Quandary: A Mother Torn From Her Baby
Federal immigration agents were searching a house in Ohio last month when they found a young Honduran woman nursing her baby. The woman, Saída Umanzor, is an illegal immigrant and was taken to jail to await deportation. Her 9-month-old daughter, Brittney Bejarano, who was born…
Author: New York Times
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Neglect, Abuse Most Common Factors for Children in Care
By Pamela Duncan Neglect, abuse and mental illness among parents are among the most common reasons for children coming before the child care courts, a project established last year to examine and report on childcare proceedings has found. The first interim report of the Child Care…
Author: The Irish Times
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National, city movements confronts 'State of Black Children'
In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, I thought I’d share this report released earlier this week, which takes a crucial and comprehensive look at the ‘State of Black Children and Families.’ The report, a joint project by the Children’s Defense Fund on behalf of…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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NM third-highest in number of uninsured children
New Mexico has the third-highest rate in the nation of children without medical insurance more than one in six, according to a new report by Families USA. Some 93,000 New Mexico children lack health insurance, according to the report, which is based on the Census…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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UCSF Children’s Hospital Receives $100 Million Gift To Build New Hospital
UCSF Children’s Hospital has received a $100 million gift to help fund the construction of its new home at the UCSF Mission Bay campus near downtown San Francisco. The gift is a private donation from San Francisco residents Lynne and Marc Benioff, and is both…
Author: UCSF Medical Center
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Law Centre for Children to Open in Ireland
By Noeline Blackwell (FLAC/PILA) Earlier this year a steering committee secured funding to establish a law centre for children in Ireland and to fund its operation for its first two years. There are similar law centres around the world – and as close to home as…
Author: Irish Times
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Atlantic Grantees Call Irish Government to Account on Commitment to Children
The issue of whether Ireland needs a referendum to secure children’s rights, has been on the table in the Republic of Ireland for a number of years. Early last week, Atlantic grantee, the Children’s Rights Alliance, called the Irish Government to account with its annual…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
