Public Welfare articles from September 1997

Public Welfare archives from September 1997

AMERICAN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
September 22, 1997... Cornelius D. Hogan, President A. Sidney Johnson III, Executive Director November 1997 Dear APWA Friend, I write to tell you that I have just accepted with enthusiasm the position of Executive Director for the National...

Resolving Issues of Access: Noncustodial Parents and Visitation Rights.
September 22, 1997... An overview of the programs that have been designed to increase noncustodial parents' access to their children following separation or divorce, and an evaluation of their success. This article is a shortened version of a chapter that will...

Child health Q&A: New Jersey.
September 22, 1997... William Waldman, New Jersey Department of Human Services Commissioner Editor's Note: New Jersey will invest $136 million in state and federal funds beginning January 1, 1998, in an effort to meet the health care needs of the state's...

Child health Q&A: Minnesota.
September 22, 1997... David Doth, Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Editor's Note; The state of Minnesota currently covers approximately 54,000 otherwise uninsured children through MinnesotaCare, or MinnCare. According to the U.S. Census...

Putting Work First in Washington State.
September 22, 1997... A report on Washington State's efforts to implement its welfare reform program. Although it is easy to remember that Washington State is home to Microsoft, to Nirvana, and to Starbucks, it is sometimes harder to recall that the state has a...

Is it Necessarily Better to Adhere to the Formula?
September 22, 1997... The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, I and Children (WIG) is promoting breast-feeding and thereby realizing cost savings in the WIG and Medicaid programs. The authors thank the American Dietetic Association and the...

Dorothy Crowl.
September 22, 1997... Kansas Dorothy Crowl got fed up at work one day. Angry at not having received a pay raise in more than a year and frustrated with the physical labor required by her job in a small, specialized Ottawa bicycle equipment shop, she expressed...

Maricela Cabello.
September 22, 1997... California Maricela Cabello first came to the United States to visit her father, who had promised her a trip to Disneyland. What Maricela didn't know was that her father had arranged with her mother, who was living in Mexico with...

Hawaii Health Start.
September 22, 1997... Hawaii The Hawaii Healthy Start voluntary home visitation program provides services to families of newborns who, due to various economic and social factors, are at high risk for child abuse and neglect. The program offers parent education,...

ConnectCare.
September 22, 1997... Arkansas Arkansas's ConnectCare program, which uses technology to significantly improve access to regular medical care for Medicaid recipients, has received a $100,000 grant from the Innovations in American Government Program. ConnectCare...

D.C. Central Kitchen.
September 22, 1997... Washington, D.C. The D.C. Central Kitchen once confined its activities to collecting food and preparing meals for the area's hungry--a formidable task in itself For the past seven years, however, the D.C. Central Kitchen has taken its...