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Jianjun Wang – Online Submission, 2024
A 50-cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products has been endorsed by California voters to fund early childhood services under Proposition 10, California Children and Families First Act of 1998. In compliance with the legislative requirement of Result-Based Accountability (RBA) on revenue spending, this report delineates evaluation…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Child Health, Well Being, Early Childhood Education
Soli, Margaret; Daily, Sarah; Maxwell, Kelly; Bultinck, Erin; Rothenberg, Laura; Ponder, Karen – Child Trends, 2016
In 2007 the Colorado General Assembly established the Early Childhood Councils (HB07-1062) and charged them with "increasing and sustaining the quality, accessibility, capacity, and affordability of early childhood services for children five years of age or younger and their parents." In March 2016 Child Trends, a non-profit research and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Family Programs, Health Programs
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Gregson, Jennifer; Sowa, Marcy; Flynn, Heather Kohler – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: To evaluate the partnership structure of the "Network for a Healthy California" ("Network"), a social marketing program, from 2001-2007, to determine if California's program was able to establish and maintain partnerships that (1) provided access to a local audience, (2) facilitated regional collaboration, (3)…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Marketing, Counties, Social Networks
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Fourney, Andrew; Gregson, Jennifer; Sugerman, Sharon; Bellow, Andrew – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
From 2004-2008, capacity to conduct program evaluation was built among the "Network for a Healthy California's" 48 largest local partners. Capacity building was done within a framework of Empowerment Evaluation and Utility-Focused evaluation. Tools included: a Scope of Work template, a handbook, a compendium of surveys, an evaluation…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Nutrition, Technical Assistance, Nutrition Instruction
National Council on Disability, 2008
This National Council on Disability (NCD) report defines or describes financial incentives affecting people with disabilities and presents research findings in key areas of people's lives, such as education and health care. It also describes selected state-level innovations affecting asset development and wealth accumulation. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Incentives, Disabilities, Public Policy, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Allen, Kathryn G. – 2002
This report reviews work by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), which evaluated the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), including whether children are being enrolled inappropriately in SCHIP rather than in Medicaid, and states' progress in reducing the number of uninsured children. This…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Enrollment, Evaluation Methods
Louisiana State Office of Public Health, New Orleans. Dept. of Health and Hospitals. – 1999
Louisiana's School-Based Health Center (SBHC) Program, the Adolescent School Health Initiative, has reached its fifth year of full program implementation. This report aims to educate community leaders, service providers, and the general public on the variety of roles SBHCs perform and the contribution they make to the health and well-being of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annual Reports, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education
Louisiana State Office of Public Health, New Orleans. Dept. of Health and Hospitals. – 1999
Louisiana's initiative to assist local communities to develop and operate school-based health centers (SBHCs)is a nationally recognized model. This report details a year of significant service expansion to Louisiana's school children and a renewed commitment to meeting the health care needs of more students in years to come. Section 1 of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annual Reports, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education
Judd, Becky – Forum for Youth Investment, 2006
The youth development approach has gained traction over the past twenty-plus years, across a range of youth-serving fields, including public health. While it is important for Adolescent Health Coordinators, other practitioners and policy makers focused on youth to be familiar with youth development concepts, it is critically important that they…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Health Programs, Public Health, Individual Development
Louisiana State Office of Public Health, New Orleans. Dept. of Health and Hospitals. – 2002
Louisiana's initiative to assist local communities to develop and operate school-based health centers (SBHCs), in place for 10 years, is a nationally-recognized model. This annual report illustrates the vital work being done in Louisiana's SBHCs over the past 10 years to assist families in ensuring their children's health and well-being. Section 1…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annual Reports, Child Health, Children
Louisiana State Office of Public Health, New Orleans. Dept. of Health and Hospitals. – 2001
Louisiana's initiative to assist local communities to develop and operate school-based health centers (SBHCs) is a nationally recognized model. This annual report illustrates the vital work being done in SBHCs in Louisiana to assist families in ensuring their children's health and well-being. Section 1 of the report details the continuous…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annual Reports, Child Health, Children
New York Governor's Advisory Committee for Black Affairs, Albany. – 1989
The New York State Governor's Advisory Committee for Black Affairs has published eight policy reports that evaluate State initiatives impacting the lives of black New Yorkers. Special emphasis was placed on the following areas: (1) development of increased opportunities in all aspects of State government; (2) coordination of resources to create…
Descriptors: Black Education, Blacks, Crime Prevention, Economic Development
Louisiana State Office of Public Health, New Orleans. Dept. of Health and Hospitals. – 2003
Louisiana's initiative to assist local communities in developing and operating school-based health centers (SBHCs), in place since 1991, is a nationally recognized model. Starting with the basic premise that students must be healthy to learn and be educated in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, this annual report describes the important role…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Child Health
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Simson, Sharon P., Ed.; Wilson, Laura B., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Seven papers examine key minority populations that are encompassed in local, state, and federal levels of health program planning. The papers are based on methods of evaluation and planning. Projections on the future course of minority health programing are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Aging (Individuals), Black Community, Community Programs
Searfoss, Lyndon W.; And Others – 1983
The annual review and evaluation of the Arizona Migrant Child Education Program (1982-83) includes an overview of Arizona's migrant student population; program needs, objectives, and scope; evaluation of migrant student progress; responses to earlier recommendations; and recommendations for the coming year. During the year, the Program served…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Programs
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