By: B. Howe, ED, Morgan County Substance Abuse Council Morgan County is located in central Indiana between Indianapolis, in Marion County and Bloomington in Monroe County. The population in 2019 was 70,489. We have four school systems: Eminence Community Schools, Monroe-Gregg School District, Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation and M.S.D. of [...]
by Sharmila Rao Thakkar, MPH, MPA, and Frank Blanceró, Staten Island Not for Profit Association/Staten Island COAD The Staten Island Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SI COAD) and its Medical Ecosystem (MES), a coalition managed by the Staten Island Not for Profit Association (SINFPA), has been active in COVID-19 pandemic [...]
by Cherie Sage, State Director, Safe Kids Kansas Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is the term used to describe all sudden infant deaths before their first birthday when the cause is not obvious. Many of these deaths occur during sleep or in the baby’s sleep environment. SUID accounted for nearly [...]
by Kenya Heard, MSM Program & Development Director, CHOICES The Center for Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully (CHOICES) is a nonprofit based in Kennesaw, Georgia. Since the year 2002, CHOICES has worked with more than 125,000 children and adults. Its mission is to be a resource center for at-risk [...]
by Tom Zimmerman, D.Min., MA, President of Life Changers Counseling Even before the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, the families of Central Arizona were struggling. Many are recent transplants from elsewhere and lack the family and community support structures to help them meet their life challenges. The issues found across America are [...]
by Elizabeth Woods, MA, MPH Interim Executive Director Soul Food for Your Baby, Inc. Soul Food for Your Baby is grateful for the award of a Commissioned Officers Foundation Barclay-Giel Seed Grant. Funding allowed us to provide needed breastfeeding support to Black families and to connect with maternal health advocates [...]
by Ileana María Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPH, CNC, Executive Director,Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees (CHWCMR) Opioid-related mortality in the United States has increased at an alarming rate during the last two decades because of both suicide and unintentional overdose, posing a major public health concern. The combined number [...]
by John McElligott, MPH, CPH Smile Maker, which received $8,500 from the COF Barclay-Giel Seed Grants Program, is a program of the Florida Keys Area Health Education Center. They will deliver dental care to children through a mobile dental clinic. The COF grant pushed Smile Maker closer to their goal [...]
