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Tools

  • Insure Kids Now!
    Supplies information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children including Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
    Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
  • KIDS COUNT Regional / Rural Collaboratives
    Links to research projects addressing the unique economic challenges faced by rural families.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • ADA Report Provides Checkup on Children's Dental Medicaid Programs
    Contains reports on all 50 states, including the main report titled State Innovations to Improve Access to Oral Health Care for Low-Income Children: A Compendium. Developed to record the activities states have pursued in an effort to improve access to oral health care for children enrolled in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
    Sponsoring organization: American Dental Association
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides child well-being data by state and county.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Alabama KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Arkansas KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Illinois KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Mississippi KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Missouri KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Tennessee KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
    Provides data on child well-being for the state.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Knowledge Path: Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
    Provides a selection of current, high-quality resources about the identification, prevention, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  • Diabetes in Children and Adolescents Knowledge Path
    Offers a selection of recent, high-quality resources about preventing and controlling diabetes in children and adolescents and lowering the risk of complications. The path also identifies tools for staying abreast of new developments in diabetes care and conducting further research.
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  • Action for Healthy Kids: Resources to Improve Schools
    Searchable database of successful school-based interventions, policies, programs and practices that improve children's health and readiness to learn through better nutrition and physical activity.
    Sponsoring organization: Action for Healthy Kids
  • Maternal and Child Health Library
    A virtual guide to maternal and child health information. Offers a combination of maternal and child health information compiled by library staff and pathways to the best maternal and child health information available on other Web sites, from organizations, and in libraries.
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
  • Covering Kids & Families Communications Action Center
    Tools and training opportunities that organizations can use to promote low-cost and free health coverage to uninsured families.
    Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Kentucky KIDS COUNT
    State and county data on the well-being of Kentucky children.
    Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Youth Advocates

Success Stories

  • MS Shine Teen Health Network
    A four county collaboration in Mississippi working to improve teen health and well-being in their communities.

Funding

  • Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Inclusion Champion Award
    Award that honors individuals who have made significant efforts to promote the full inclusion of youth with disabilities in society.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
        Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
  • Public Welfare Foundation
    Grants to provide services to disadvantaged populations in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers' rights.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: Public Welfare Foundation
  • Regional Community Health Grants Program
    This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: Aetna Foundation
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
    Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
        Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • The Rapides Foundation Healthy People Grants
    Provides grants to parishes in Central Louisiana for a variety of healthcare issues.
        Geographic Coverage: Eligible Louisiana parishes in the Delta region: Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, and Winn
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  • William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
    Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
        Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
  • William T. Kemper Foundation Grants
    Provides grants for health, human services, the arts, and the environment.
        Geographic Coverage: Missouri, Kansas, and western Illinois
        Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Publications

  • Action Plan for Halting the Alarming Trend of Childhood Obesity
    Overview of the growing problem of childhood obesity. Discusses the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's work to address this issue.
    Author(s): Flora Davis
    Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Journal citation: Advances Issue: 2 Date: 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Around the Country: Alabama Getting Kids and Moms to the Doctor
    Discusses Alabama's Kid One program.
    Author(s): Erica Hauck
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
    Journal citation: Rural Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 1
    Date: 10 / 2003
    Format: HTML
  • BMI - Body Mass Index: BMI for Children and Teens
    Information on how body mass index (BMI) is used in children and teenagers. Includes an example of a BMI-for-age calculation for a child.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Format: HTML
  • Brushing Up on Children's Oral Health in Louisiana: A Policy Brief
    Documents the barriers children and families must face when trying to access oral health services.
    Date: 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Child Poverty in Rural America
    Overview of the status of rural children, with child poverty data for the nation and each state. Discusses reasons for high levels of child poverty and what can be done to address the problem. Includes examples of counties in Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana and Texas with high child poverty rates.
    Author(s): William P. O'Hare, Kenneth M. Johnson
    Sponsoring organization: Population Reference Bureau
    Journal citation: PRB Reports on America Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Date: 03 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Childhood Overweight: What the Research Tells Us
    Facts and statistics on childhood obesity. Includes information on physical activity in school, nutrition in school, and the health consequences of obesity.
    Sponsoring organization: Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
    Date: 03 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Children with Mental Disorders: Making Sense of Their Needs and the Systems That Help Them
    Examines the nature, severity, and prevalence of mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders among children, as well as the types of services that could help them.
    Author(s): Jane Koppelman
    Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
    Date: 06 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Children's Dental Care Access in Medicaid: The Role of Medical Care Use and Dentist Participation
    Reports on children's dental care use in the Alabama and Georgia Medicaid programs and strategies for improving access to dental care.
    Author(s): Karen VanLandeghem, Janet Bronstein, Cindy Brach
    Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Date: 06 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Children's Oral Health in Mississippi: Addressing a Silent Epidemic
    Provides background on the most common dental problems children face and current efforts in Mississippi to improve oral health. Includes maps of Mississippi counties indicating the location of pediatric dentists and dentists who accept Medicaid.
    Author(s): L.H. Southward, N.G. Mosca, S.L. Silberman, N.P. Eklund, D.K. Curtis, C. Lane
    Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
    Date: 11 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book
    The City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book uses 10 key measures of child well-being to track the conditions of children living in the rural (non-metropolitan) portion of each state as well as 71 large cities across the country.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
    Date: 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Drug Endangered Children
    Discusses the harmful conditions methamphetamine labs pose for children exposed to them. Contains statistics and data.
    Sponsoring organization: Carnevale Associates
    Date: 10 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • HIV/AIDS Among Youth
    Provides data on the impact of HIV and AIDS among young people.
    Date: 05 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Leading Causes of Death Among Children in Mississippi
    Presents the leading causes of death for children under age 18 in Mississippi. Data are broken down by age category, and comparisons are made between the Mississippi, its surrounding states, and the United States as a whole. The report also includes a discussion of prevention strategies to reduce the number of child deaths.
    Author(s): R. Cossman
    Sponsoring organization: Mississippi Health Policy Research Center
    Date: 02 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Preventing Childhood Obesity
    Details the factors influencing childhood obesity and provides policy recommendations for addressing obesity in children.
    Author(s): E. Serrano, R. Cox
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
    Date: 04 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Promoting Healthy Weight Families: An Employer Analysis of the Causes of Overweight Among Youth and Promising Solutions to the Problem
    Discusses ways employers can help families achieve healthy weight goals and be a part of the solution to the growing epidemic of child and adolescent obesity.
    Sponsoring organization: National Business Group on Health
    Date: 08 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Children At A Glance
    Describes demographic, social, and economic characteristics of rural children in families. Includes information on child poverty, health insurance status, and participation in food assistance programs.
    Author(s): Carolyn Rogers
    Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
    Date: 04 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Rural KIDS COUNT Pocket Guide: Measures of Child Well-Being in the Nation's Rural Areas
    Statistics on rural children addressing poverty, family structure, parental employment, housing affordability, and education. Includes data for the rural portion of each state and some information on state rankings for each topic.
    Sponsoring organization: KIDS COUNT
    Date: 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 1999
    Presents statistics on selected health measures for children under 18 years of age.
    Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Date: 07 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis --- United States, 1988--1994 and 1999--2002
    Findings indicate that the dental caries status of permanent teeth has improved since the 1988-1994 survey. Despite this improvement, disparities remain for ethnic/racial minorities, low income populations, and those with lower education levels.
    Author(s): Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar, et.al.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Journal citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) Volume: 54 Issue: SS-3 Pages: 48
    Date: 08 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural America (Executive Summary)
    Describes a study which had three main purposes: (1) to explore the prevalence of violence-related exposures and drug use among rural teens, (2) to investigate the effects of race and gender on the risk of exposure to violence and drug use, and (3) to compare the policies and mental health care services of rural and urban schools.
    Author(s): Michael D. Mink, Charity G. Moore, Andy Johnson, Janice C. Probst, Amy Martin
    Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
    Date: 03 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Why Rural Matters 2005: The Facts about Rural Education in the 50 States
    Analyzes the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states. Calls attention to the urgency with which policymakers in each state should address the problems of rural education. Includes statistics and data.
    Author(s): Jerry Johnson
    Sponsoring organization: Rural School and Community Trust
    Date: 05 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Youth Indicators 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth
    Focuses on American youth and young adults between the ages of 14 to 24 years old. Addresses family, schooling, work, community, and health. Includes statistics and data.
    Author(s): Mary Ann Fox, Brooke A. Connolly, Thomas D. Snyder
    Sponsoring organization: National Center for Education Statistics
    Date: 07 / 2005
    Format: HTML

Journals

  • Future of Children
    Promotes effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.
    Sponsoring organization: Brookings Institution
  • Nurture
    Quarterly newsletter that disseminates children's rural health and safety information to professionals in the fields of health and safety, agri-business, policy-making and the media.
    Sponsoring organization: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

Organizations

  • Action for Healthy Kids
    Nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Provides tools and resources to support healthy schools.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
  • American Legacy Foundation
    The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that was established in March 1999 as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between a coalition of attorneys general in 46 states and five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry, and is funded primarily by payments designated by the settlement.
  • Bright Futures
    National health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
  • Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
    Nonpartisan policy and program resource center located at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. CHHCS was established to explore ways to strengthen the well being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in schools.
  • Center for Health Care Strategies
    Works to promote high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
  • Children's Dental Health Project
    Promotes public and clinical policies to improve health and increase access to comprehensive dental care for children and other vulnerable populations. Includes publications, news, resources, and projects.
  • Drug Abuse Resistance Education
    Teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.
  • General Mills Foundation
    Charitable foundation of the General Mills corporation that awards grants to improve youth fitness and nutrition among other things.
  • Kentucky Youth Advocates
    Promotes positive changes in programs and policies that affect large numbers of children in Kentucky.
  • Louisiana Assembly on School-Based Healthcare
    Promotes the health and academic success of Louisiana students and the economic development of communities by increasing access to quality healthcare and support services provided by school health centers.
  • National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
    Encourages collaborations between schools and communities to ensure that all children and adolescents have access to health care.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    Works to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from the reproductive process, and that all children have the chance to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life, free of disease or disability. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health.
  • National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
    Responds to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. Supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families.
  • Office of Population Affairs
    The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) advises the HHS Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health on a wide range of reproductive health topics, including adolescent pregnancy, family planning, and sterilization, as well as other population issues. The OPA also provides policy and administrative direction for Title X Family Planning Program and the Title XX Adolescent Family Life Program.
  • Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
    Administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities for drug and violence prevention that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
  • School-Based Health Care Policy Program
    Works to increase the sustainability of school-based health centers.
  • Southern Institute on Children and Families
    Works to improve opportunities for children and families in the South, with a focus on disadvantaged children.
  • Voices for America's Children
    An organization that works to improve policies and programs, and enhance advocacy efforts affecting children at the state and local levels.
  • YouthBuild
    An alternative education program that assists youth who are behind in basic skills with obtaining a high school diploma or GED credential. Also provides disadvantaged youth with opportunities for meaningful work, service to communities and employment opportunities.