Sentences with phrase «risk kids in our state»

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One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

This reduces your baby's risk of SIDS — the leading cause of death in the United States for kids between 1 month and 1 year old.

By eliminating the National School Lunch Program's guaranteed federal funding, states run the risk of running out of money in an economic downturn and putting hungry kids at risk.

The AAP policy stated that these high risk sports had «no place in programs» for kids 12 & under — and this in a time when sporting activities for kids included Lawn Jarts, backyard pool diving boards and free - fall trampolines — activities which today would completely freak out the current generation of parents.

«We're in a unique position — New York State can turn a bad situation into welcome action for communities where lungs are at risk and kids» lives endangered due to dirty diesel.

NYC's Administration for Children's Services failed miserably in implementing recommendations made in a 2015 audit that found kids are being put at risk by the agency's renewal of contracts with poorly performing vendors, the state Comptroller's Office said.

The city's Administration for Children's Services failed miserably in implementing recommendations made in a 2015 audit that found kids are being put at risk by the agency's renewal of contracts with poorly performing vendors, the state Comptroller's Office said Wednesday.

Stuart Shalat, director of the Division of Environmental Health at Georgia State University's School of Public Health, points out that the nation's aging infrastructure is making it increasingly difficult to protect kids from any number of environmental risks, particularly in poor communities.

In «United States Gunshot Violence — Disturbing Trends,» researchers reviewed statistics from the Kids» Inpatient Database (KID) from 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009 (for a total of 36 million pediatric hospital admissions), and estimated state household gun ownership using the most recent Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (2004).

Maxwell is known for her work in STEM education, arts education, improving teaching and learning, college access, and preserving the state's safety net to ensure at - risk kids are healthy and ready to learn.

If we and the other families do not have our day in court and the ability to stand up for our children, we risk this injustice continuing and hurting tens of thousands of kids across the state for years to come.

Amid the prevalence of parental alienation, New York families in custody battles are at risk after critics said a state office admitted its inability to review psychologists» works, leaving kids at risk.

State to offer transitional housing to foster kids Chicago Defender - Chicago, Illinois, USA... for Hamilton Place, a four - unit development in West Englewood for grandparents over 60 raising five or more children and at risk of homelessness.