Also
during this time, the Arts Council convened key stakeholders for an arts
summit about the Downtown Columbia arts and cultural district and to vet the findings of the Howard County Arts Facility Needs Assessment conducted by Webb Management
Services and published in March 2015.
One example is its County Fatherhood Initiative, which offers resources to county leadership in the state, such as training for conducting needs and asset assessments, planning for fatherhood
summits, assistance for implementing community action plans, and grant money to begin or continue fatherhood programs in the community.25 Additionally, the OCF provides funding for organizations to host father - child events
during Responsible Fatherhood Month in June, and hosts an annual Fatherhood Summit each year to more than 300 fatherhood and family -
service practitioners, county and state agency staff, and community members.26
Former AMA President Dr Brian Owler talks about the issues that emerged
during the» roundtable» on hospitals that he chaired at the Labor national health
summit, including whole of hospital reform, access to subacute
services and the role and challenges for private health insurance.