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Childhood Intervention Programme Sees Kids’ IQ Soar
An early childhood intervention programme, involving 200 Dublin families, saw children’s IQ rise by 10 points. Marian Dennis and her son Jamie McClure Dennis. Picture: Conor Healy Photography By Joyce Fegan The trial programme, Preparing for Life, which ran from 2008 to 2015, also had…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Taking It to the Streets: New Ways to Get Uninsured Kids Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP
By Sheila Hoag, Senior Researcher, and Debra Lipson, Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research Traditionally, state and local Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) staff have conducted outreach to uninsured children eligible to help enroll them into these public coverage options. Advocates have also organized public education…
Author: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
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Keeping Kids Safe, In School, And On The Path to Success
By Kavitha Mediratta
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Achievement program looks to keep kids from getting lost in middle school
‘Scholars’ spend time with ‘mentors’ in afternoon, evening Higher Achievement is an Atlantic grantee. By Liz Bowie. At first the idea of regularly staying after school until 8 in the evening seemed “cool” to 11-year-old Kaelah Williams, but then the reality sank in that she…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Bill would hurt Liberty City kids
Last year was a year of change and Liberty City, for once, was ahead of the curve. In July 2008, Gov. Crist signed the Florida Children’s Zone into law in Liberty City. Modeled after the innovative Harlem Children’s Zone, the Magic City Youth Zone seeks to…
Author: The Miami Herald
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Obama Signs Kids' Health Insurance Bill
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children. The East Room signing ceremony on Wednesday represented a much-needed win for Obama on health care a day after his administration suffered a major setback…
Author: Washington Post/AP
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Interface kids get their kicks on the pitch
SUFFOLK Lenadoon Interface Group (SLIG) have hosted Northern Ireland’s first ever Interface Soccer tournament at Balmoral High School Playing Fields. Over twenty-five 7-a-side soccer teams from interface areas across Belfast took part in the event and they were joined by local footballing heroes David…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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N.J. and feds tangle in court over kids' health care rules
by ROBERT SCHWANEBERG A U.S. District Court judge heard arguments yesterday on whether a federal agency acted unlawfully when it told New Jersey to restrict its program for providing health insurance to children in lower-income families. If enforced, the so-called “August 17 directive” – outlined…
Author: The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)
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Global know-how for kids coming to terms with sex
South Africa is falling into line with other countries in bringing awareness of the dangers of HIV and risky sexual behaviour to younger and younger children. Children of 12 are indulging in risky sex, highlighting the need for a speedy shift in sexual health awareness.…
Author: Argus Weekend (South Africa)
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CITY KIDS GET TECH SUPPORT
Original Source By DAN AVERY A few years ago, Frank Rogers found himself at a crossroads. The child of drug addicts, he spent most of his childhood in New York City’s notorious foster-care system, bouncing between homes in Harlem, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. By…
Author: New York Post