Sentences with phrase «income women it serves»

The federally funded program is trying to increase awareness of breast - feeding among the low - to middle - income women it serves, she said.

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The Friends of Saint Catherine Residence serves high risk, low - income women and their babies by providing them with safe, affordable and supportive housing and a kitchen where they can prepare their own meals.

You are, of course, absolutely right about schools in Santa Barbara County, including Carpinteria, receiving bazillions of dollars over many years from the Orfalea Foundation; these folks are truly saints, and there is hardly an organization serving the needs of low income women, or kids, or others disadvantaged members of society in Santa Barbara County which does not receive their attention and support.

1989 FRAC releases Feeding the Other Half, documenting the serious consequences of inadequate nutrition for low - income women, infants, and children eligible for, but not served by, WIC.

Early Head Start (EHS) is the infant - toddler portion of the Head Start program, serving pregnant women and families with children under age 3 with incomes below the poverty line.

In June 2012, CDC awarded a 3 - year cooperative agreement to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality to assist 89 hospitals, mostly located in states that have lower breastfeeding rates and that serve low - income and minority women, with improving maternity care practices to support breastfeeding and to move toward the Baby - Friendly designation.

As part of the study, researchers conducted interviews with mothers of infants from the Athens community, including 12 from the Athens branch of Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, which serves low - income mothers, and nine from Full Bloom Pregnancy and Early Parenting Center, which tends to serve middle income, highly educated mothers, Anderson said.

Additionally on the family front, faith leaders would be recruited to promote the role of fathers and establish a visiting nurse program that would serve pregnant, low - income women.

While in Seattle, I provided healthcare at several low income clinics, including Mary's Place, a downtown women's shelter serving homeless and ethically diverse female patients.

Charter schools like the Young Women's Leadership School and those operated by the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), and private networks like the NativityMiguel schools — several dozen of which serve low - income, inner - city students — have proven that proper pedagogy and academic focus can overcome the developmental challenges of preadolescence.

This is notwithstanding that numerous Canadian courts have held that pregnancy and parental benefits serve different purposes: pregnancy benefits provide income while a woman is away from work due to pregnancy or recuperation from childbirth; parental benefits provide income while parents are away from work in order to care for and bond with their child.

Rise Women's Legal Centre, founded by West Coast LEAF and the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, is a full - service storefront family law legal clinic serving low - income women in the Lower MainWomen's Legal Centre, founded by West Coast LEAF and the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, is a full - service storefront family law legal clinic serving low - income women in the Lower Mainwomen in the Lower Mainland.

From 1982 to 1990, and again from 1995 - 2003, she served on the Board of the Center for Women's Employment & Education, Inc., a non-profit organization assisting low - income women and families enter the job maWomen's Employment & Education, Inc., a non-profit organization assisting low - income women and families enter the job mawomen and families enter the job market.

She served as the Co-President of the Women's Law Association, Vice-Justice of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, and Mentor Recruitment Coordinator for the Young Lawyers Program in which she helped organize mock trials for high school students in low income communities.

The charity, West Coast LEAF, partnered with the law school at the University of British Columbia to open a full service storefront legal clinic that will serve low income women.

From March 29, 1994, through June 15, 1995, 1178 consecutive women from 21 antepartum clinics serving low - income women in the Denver metropolitan area were invited to participate in the study.

«Our goal,» she said, «is to serve our demographic,» low - income women, and that demographic needs birth control.

Research by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services found other providers would have to expand their capacity to serve these women five-fold in order to offset the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers («An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas» «Affiliation» Regulation on Access to Care for Low - Income Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-4women five-fold in order to offset the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers («An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas» «Affiliation» Regulation on Access to Care for Low - Income Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-4Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-4230).

«We know the Title X family planning program serves nearly five million low - income women and men at more than 4,500 health centers each year.

Researchers drew their data from before and after Planned Parenthood was barred from the Texas Women's Health Program, which serves low income wWomen's Health Program, which serves low income womenwomen.

The House Bill would eliminate funding for Title X Family Planning, which serves five million low - income women each year.

In a letter sent to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt this morning, the signees write, «If implemented, these regulations may preempt state laws that protect women's access to health care and undermine the nation's fragile network of safety net providers that serve low income women.

If implemented, these regulations may preempt state laws that protect women's access to health care and undermine the nation's fragile network of safety net providers that serve low income women.

In addition, the legislation specifies priority for serving specific high - risk populations including those who are living in an at - risk community; low - income, pregnant women younger than 21 years; families with a history of child abuse or neglect; families with a history of substance abuse; families with tobacco users; families with children with low student achievement or developmental delays; and military families.

In 2015, 77 percent of families served by MIECHV - funded programs had incomes at or below the federal poverty level, and 46 percent of families were living in extreme poverty — at or below 50 percent of that guideline.11 The majority of those served by home visiting were young mothers, 39 percent were single mothers, and 43 percent were women of color.12 Through this targeting, home visiting programs aim to help families meet basic living standards when existing supports or income from work is falling short.

In a series of randomized controlled trials of a nurse home visitation program serving unmarried low - income women, 82 % more participants worked compared to the control group in the period up until their child turned 4.

As the administrator of California's Title X (ten) federal family planning program — the nation's largest and most diverse Title X system - Essential Access Health funds family planning and reproductive health services for low - income and uninsured clients through 59 health care organizations, operating nearly 350 health centers serving over one million women, men and teens each year in 37 of California's 58 counties.

In contrast to New York, the US Congress has singled out certain classes of women (low - income women, federal employees, military personnel serving overseas, residents of the District of Columbia, and women in federal prisons) and restricted their access to legal abortions because their health care is funded in part by the federal government.

Meanwhile, in counties that hadn't been served by a Planned Parenthood, the proportion of low - income women who had used hormone injections and then had babies fell from 6.4 % to 5.9 % over the same 18 - month period.

Though only 23 of the 254 counties in Texas had a Planned Parenthood clinic before 2013, they served 60 % of the state's low - income women of childbearing age, according to the study.

Grandparent Caregiving Among Rural African Americans in a Community in the American South: Challenges to Health and Well - Being (PDF - 239 KB) Clottey, Scott, & Alfonso (2015) Rural and Remote Health, 15 (3313) Discusses the increasing number of grandparents in the rural United States serving as primary caregivers for their grandchildren and focuses on low - income, African American women from the South who are overrepresented in this group.

Most recently, in 2015 he was celebrated, along with fellow honorees Queen Latifah and Danny Meyer, for his contributions to the Young Women's Leadership Network's CollegeBound Initiative, a program that creates opportunities for low - income students to attend college, and serves nearly 13,000 students each academic year.