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Getting the Information Out to the Most Vulnerable

to seniors and caregivers as well as to continually strive to inform and educate the community about health insurance. As the SHIP Regional Coordinator, I saw a need to be innovative on how to reach the most vulnerable individuals throughout ... a passion of mine to somehow connect the service delivery systems (or what we know as social services) and our faith-based organizations. I believe we must meet our most vulnerable individuals, in the place where they are most likely to turn to when in need ... most in need of its resources, services and benefits. It is an honor to be nominated for the White House Champions of Change. My Pastor Dr. Ternae Jordan Sr. once told me that in order to fulfill my true purpose ...

Transforming the Way We Care for Our Country’s Most Vulnerable Citizens

-being of the families served. MLPs have tremendous potential to transform the way we care for our country’s most vulnerable citizens, including low-income, chronically ill populations. Fortunately, many healthcare and legal providers have begun to recognize the ...

Seniors & Social Security

Enable 'Learn more about' To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. We must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable, or people with disabilities; without slashing benefits for future generations; and without subjecting Americans’ guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market. President Barack Obama in the State of the Union Address, January 25, 2011 Progress Many seniors are struggling in the face ...

Statement from Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the Reauthorization of Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act

For Immediate Release The President is pleased that today Congress passed S. 3817 reauthorizing the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. This important legislation will strengthen child protective services and continue life-saving programs for victims of domestic violence.  The President thanks Chairman Harkin and Chairman Miller for their great work, and he particularly thanks Senator Dodd for his leadership. This legislative achievement is a fitting tribute to his many years of effort in the Senate to protect the most vulnerable of our citizens. (Statements and Releases, Office of the Press Secretary, The President ...

The Nexus of Art, Community and Education

. For the past 18 years, I have had the distinct pleasure of serving some of our nation’s most inspiring and vulnerable youth.  I am often encouraged and amazed by the extraordinary determination and resilience of our country’s most at-risk population ... education combining the unique assets of traditional and arts based education while leveraging the resources of a Community Based Cultural Institution to provide a holistic approach to educating our nation’s most vulnerable youth. Through my work at Little Black Pearl, I have been dedicated to creating solution-based practices designed to break down traditional barriers and find innovative solutions to one of our nation’s most critical problems of youth violence. Our nation’s 31 million vulnerable ...

The G-20 Toronto Summit Declaration

for international financial institutions are helping stabilise and address the impact of the crisis on the world’s most vulnerable.  Ongoing governance and management reforms, which must be completed, will also enhance the effectiveness and relevance ... and providing social protection to our citizens, particularly our most vulnerable, we welcome the recommendations of our Labour and Employment Ministers, who met in April 2010, and the training strategy prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO ... and global welfare. We will implement measures that will enhance the growth potential of our economies in a manner that pays particular attention to the most vulnerable. Reforms could support the broadly-shared expansion of demand if wages grow in line ...

Advancing Justice: The Fight Against Human Trafficking

English proficiency, such as sexual assault survivors.   One important area of work has been DOJ’s leadership in combating human trafficking.  The term human trafficking includes a variety of crimes that exploit the most vulnerable among us – often ...

Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday

Posted on April 23, 2012 at 01:32 PM EDT

Type: Blog Post, Includes Video

these tools cost about $30. Together, they can address the leading causes of preventable child death in most developing countries. That’s what the 5th Birthday campaign is all about. We must ensure that affordable tools reach the most vulnerable children ... including UNICEF launched “Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday”. The premise of this awareness-raising campaign is simple: every child should have a chance to reach five. Over 7 million children—most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia—didn’t reach ...

The Affordable Care Act is Saving Lives

approach the second anniversary of passage of the Affordable Care Act, I am reminded of the ways in which this legislation has impacted the lives of Nevada’s most vulnerable residents. The ACA has already begun to change the lives of Nevadans in ways that I ... since data tracking began; and, the state was spending startlingly little on the health care needs of its most vulnerable populations. Because of these horrifying statistics, there was never a question that PLAN would join with the President and allies ...

Empowering Communities through Engagement

Yorkers.  The NYC CCC has implemented successful emergency preparedness outreach initiatives while developing innovative programs to reach the City’s most vulnerable populations. A complex city, New York requires a unique approach to support its most vulnerable populations.  Through the collaboration of more than 60 community organizations, government, private sector, and volunteer programs, the NYC CCC has become a leader in promoting grassroots emergency preparedness and volunteerism. For example ...