The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released  Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Institutions of Higher Education  to provide information and communication resources to help students, faculty, and staff implement recommendations from CDC’s Guidance for Responses to Influenza for Institutions of Higher Education during the 2009-2010 Academic Year.  The toolkit includes: two fact sheets for Institutes of Higher Education; one poster for Institution of Higher Education to remind sick people to stay home; one template letter for students, faculty, staff and parents; and two template announcements for faculty, staff and parents.

The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book,  published by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, is now available and provides a national and state-by-state look at the status of U.S. children. The 20th annual Data Book profiles the well-being of America’s children and ranks states on 10 key measures of child well-being. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions of ways to secure better futures for all children. It is intended to gauge the seriousness of the problems facing children, and to guide the policy trends and goals on behalf of children.    

Strategies to Support the Integration of Mental Health into Pediatric Primary Care, a recently released report form the National Institute for Health Care Management, provides an overview of research advances and policy trends that support integration of mental health
into primary care and explores various strategies primary care providers and health plans can implement to achieve more coordinated and integrated mental health care in the pediatric primary care setting.  The report reviews financial and programmatic considerations for integrating mental health, initiatives supporting integration of mental health services and strategies to improve early identification and treatment for children in primary care.   
 

Job opportunities

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids – Senior Associate, Strategic Planning and Development  (Washington, DC)
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is made up of 5,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders, and violence survivors who believe that the key to preventing crime is investing in programs that help children get the right start in life. Fight Crime: Invest in Kid is seeking and experienced development professional whom has 3-5 years of fundraising experience, and excellent writing, oral communication, and representational skills. Responsibilities will include writing proposals, letters, reports, and other materials, playing a major role in organizing, planning and implementing an aggressive major donor program that identifies and cultivates new sources of support and increase income from current donors. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://philanthropy.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000606087-01

Jewish Child Care Association – Medical Assistant (New York, NY)
The Jewish Child Care Association seeks a medical assistant with excellent organizational skills, basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, and has experience working in a Medical/Physicians office. Responsibilities include: 1) assisting nursing and medical staff, 2) performing and recording vital signs, 3) maintaining clinic schedule, inventory of immunizations and medical supplies, 4) arranging transportation of youth and/or families to medical appointments, and 5) reporting immunizations to Citywide Immunization Registry. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.youthtoday.org/template/opportunity.cfm?opportunity_id=174&id=102

Youth Villages – Behavioral Youth Counselor (Memphis, TN)
Youth Villages is offering a unique opportunity for Bachelor level counselors to gain hands-on experience with emotionally and behaviorally challenged young people. Responsibilities include teaching necessary life skills, providing physical daily care, and helping design and implement each adolescent’s treatment plan. Interested applicants must have a Bachelor’s in social services or psychology, at least one year of working with youth, and experience working with troubled teens in a residential setting. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.youthtoday.org/template/opportunity.cfm?opportunity_id=94&id=102

Institute for Family Centered Services – Family Centered Specialist (Falls Church, VA)
The Institute for Family Centered services is dedicated to strengthening and preserving families through innovative in-home counseling and is seeking candidates for the position of Family Centered Specialist.  Specialty areas of counseling may include comprehensive assessments, intensive case management, sex offender treatment, substance abuse treatment, and family support services. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.youthtoday.org/template/opportunity.cfm?opportunity_id=142&id=102

YMCA of Metropolitan Washington – Fundraiser Officer and Grant Writer (Washington, DC)
For more than 150 years the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington has provided health, wellness, childcare, camp and other programs to individuals and families despite and ability to pay. The YMCA of DC is looking for two candidates for the position fundraising officer and grant writer.
Responsibilities for the position of fundraising officer include identifying, qualifying, cultivating and soliciting individual major donors and prospects, managing prospect portfolios, and motivating and training volunteers/staff, and developing and implementing major fundraising strategies.
Responsibilities for the grant writer position will entail identifying/researching/writing governmental and private grants, creating supporting documents (i.e. data, budgets,), preparing progress reports, and maintaining reference resources, calendars and files.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://philanthropy.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000606087-01

Madison Metropolitan School District - School Nurse (Madison, WI)
The Madison Metropolitan School District is the second largest school system in Wisconsin and has a student population of over 24,000. The Madison Metropolitan School District is seeking an elementary school nurse who has a master’s degree in nursing from an accredited Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program, has substantial pediatric or public/school health experience and Spanish speaking skills. For more information, please contact: Freddi Adlerson, Health Services Coordinator at (608) 663-8427 and apply for this position at: http://hrweb.madison.k12.wi.us/jobs. Scroll down to “Teacher/Professional Support Staff.”