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Reducing Asthma Triggers Keeps Kids Healthy
Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room (Room 2168), Washington, DC
Asthma is one of the most serious chronic childhood diseases in the United States, affecting one in seven children nationwide. Over 13 million days of schools are missed each year because of the incidence of asthma...
Children's Budget Summit 2014
National Press Club, Washington, DC
Children's Budget Summit 2014 featured a keynote address by Ronald Brownstein. Brownstein is CNN’s senior political and election analyst and the political director of Atlantic Media Company, publisher of National Journal and The Atlantic. The event...
Ending Family Homelessness Webinar: Identifying Effective Interventions
Headlines are filled with indicators that our economy is improving, but the effects of the Great Recession continue to linger for millions of homeless children and families, with over 1.1 million children identified as homeless in the 2011-2012 school year.
Briefing - National Climate Assessment and Air Pollution: The Impact on Asthma and Allergies
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
Speakers will include: Paul Garbe, Chief of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), on the health chapter of the recently released National Climate Assessment, with a focus on...
Briefing - National Climate Assessment and Air Pollution: The Impact on Asthma and Allergies
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
Speakers will include: Paul Garbe, Chief of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), on the health chapter of the recently released National Climate Assessment, with a focus on...
Briefing: Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System
An estimated 200,000 infants and toddlers have contact with state child welfare systems every year, at a time when rapid brain development can be undermined by abuse or neglect. State child welfare agencies hold not only...
Briefing: Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
200,000 infants and toddlers have contact with state child welfare systems every year, at a time when rapid brain development can be undermined by abuse or neglect. State child welfare agencies hold not only the safety,...
Briefing: Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
200,000 infants and toddlers have contact with state child welfare systems every year, at a time when rapid brain development can be undermined by abuse or neglect. State child welfare agencies hold not only the safety,...
Briefing: CHIP = Healthy Kids
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
Enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with bipartisan support from President Bill Clinton and then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was devised to address a critical...
Congressional Briefing: Children of Immigrants and Improving Outcomes for America’s New Non-Majority Child Population
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, ,
SPARC and the Center for the Study of Social Policy invite you to join us for our upcoming webinar, Raising the Bar: Child Welfare’s Shift Towards Well-Being, on September 12th at 3:00pm EDT. Speakers will include:...