Sentences with phrase «risk kids in your community»

Look around for the most at - risk kids in your community and then figure out a way to support, or even foster, them.

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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.

«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.

Established in 1993, Invest - In - Kids addresses the needs of at - risk youth in 11 urban communities: Elmsford, Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, White Plains and Yonkerin 1993, Invest - In - Kids addresses the needs of at - risk youth in 11 urban communities: Elmsford, Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, White Plains and YonkerIn - Kids addresses the needs of at - risk youth in 11 urban communities: Elmsford, Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, White Plains and Yonkerin 11 urban communities: Elmsford, Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, White Plains and Yonkers.

After a stint in the Marines, Radford, 45, became an activist and organizer on a number of fronts, including president of the student government at Erie Community College, a trainer with the Martin Luther King Institute for Nonviolence, and head of a youth detention center for at - risk kids and a homeless shelter for young women.

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.

Schuchat said she believes that the decline in asthma attacks is due at least in part to better - educated kids and parents, and to community efforts that focus on high - risk children.

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Beyond engagement and retention, adults and students at Bates cite numerous other benefits of arts integration: It encourages healthy risk taking, helps kids recognize new skills in themselves and others, provides a way to differentiate instruction, builds collaboration among both students and teachers, bridges differences, and draws in parents and the community.

Some of those children live in towns with high concentrations of poverty, and some are at - risk kids residing in wealthier communities, he said.

Although one can find heroic exceptions here and there (generally in schools led by extraordinary, beat - the - odds and damn - the - torpedoes principals), far too many public schools in tough neighborhoods and poor communities fail to get beyond the challenges of discipline, truancy, turnover of both students and staff, the ever - present risk of drop - outs, students» lack of basic skills, and such fundamental human needs as feeding breakfast to kids who come to school with empty stomachs.

The Casey initiatives include offering summer school to children who have spent a year in pre-K but don't seem ready for kindergarten, and to kids from high - risk communities who were unable to get pre-K slots, Walker said.

Outreach workers seek out at - risk kids and help them develop connections with other children, positive adult role models in their neighborhoods, and with community stakeholders.

Diversity in communities can foster strength, but it can also be a catalyst for depression in youths who feel they don't fit in.2 ALSO (Advocacy, Leadership, Support, Outreach) Youth in Sarasota, Florida provides youth in the community with a «drop in center;» a safe haven where kids can escape bullying, teasing, or other stresses in a secure, positive, drug - free atmosphere.3 ALSO was founded on the belief that no one should have to hide their sexual orientation or preferred gender, and works in conjunction with the community to support all at - risk youth.

year Publication year, N total sample size, #ES amount of effect sizes, AC child age category of the child at the start of the program, Design research design, PCDC parent child development centers, CB community - based, CPEP child — parent enrichment project, FGDM family group decision making, HS healthy start, PCIT parent — child interaction therapy, CBFRS community - based family resource service, PUP parents under pressure, SEEK safe environment for every kid, HF healthy families, STEP systematic training for effective parenting, TPBP teen parents and babies program, TEEP Turkish early enrichment project, IFPS intensive family preservation services, ACT adults and children together, CBT cognitive behavioral therapy, PSBCT parent skills with behavioral couples therapy, PCTT parents and children talking together, FIRST family information, referral and support team, NFP nurse family partnership, HSYC healthy steps for young children, REACH resources, education and care in the home, PMD parents make the difference, CPC child — parent center, MST - BSF multisystemic therapy — building stronger families, PriCARE primary child — adult relationship enhancement, SSTP stepping stones Triple P, CAMP Colorado adolescent maternity program, STEEP steps toward effective and enjoyable parenting, FGC family group conferences, MST - CAN multisystemic therapy for child abuse and neglect, PAT parent as teachers, CM case management, CPS child protective services, NS not specified, QE quasi-experimental, RCT randomized controlled trial, R risk group, GP general population, M maltreating parents