For the past four years I have had the pleasure of working for a Non-Profit Organization named Seven Hills Foundation. It was created in 1951, by a small group of parents of disabled children, sharing the same vision. That vision was to advocate and improve the lives of their children while providing support to each other when needed. Since that time, Seven Hills foundation has flourished into one of the largest support networks for individuals with life challenges. Seven Hills Foundation has an organizational culture that appeals to many people.…
The goal of the mental health consultation program is to provide support to early education providers in developing and strengthening their…
According to Arroyo Fressco (AF) challenges identified by the performance FOCUS framework, it is obvious there is a need to implement and evaluate interventions that would improve AF’s operational efficiency. Financial Performance One of the key strategic challenges is to balance AF’s mission of serving all patients, regardless of their ability to pay or against tight fiscal environments at federal, state, and local levels. Although, AF receives federal section 330 grants from the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these funds have not kept pace with growing needs or economic changes within the health care industry. Thus, to remain financial viable in the future, it is recommended that AF focus on,…
Last year, the NCAA generated revenue was over $900 million dollars. A large part of this sum comes from media rights, sponsorships, merchandise sales, and ticket sales. As a result, the NCAA, ironically categorized as “non-profit”, possess a large value of leftover cash. Approximately 96% of the profit is returned directly to both the school and its respected conferences. Therefore, schools can generate a gigantic amount of revenue from its sports departments.…
A national public policy is the Children’s Defense Fund. The CDF is devoted to ending child poverty with the help of private funders and government grants. It is a proposal which might actually be taken into consideration. With the help of the federal government over 50 percent of children in America will benefit by seeing an increase in money in their household. Through this proposal, “ For the first time, this shows how we could reduce child poverty in the United States by 60 percent.”…
Should College athletes be paid? Paying college athletes would ruin college sports. College students are financially irresponsible. Most elite College athletes get sports scholarship. Which is payment enough, No fair way to pay College.…
Billi Jo Lasko Children’s Defense Fund A strong, effective, independent voice for all children in America. The history of the Children’s Defense Fund was under the leadership of Marian Wright Edelman. The Children’s Defense Fund grew out of the Civil Rights Movement.…
“A key in addressing primary prevention of mental health in [immigrant youth] is to shift the paradigm to focus on resiliency and on strength-based approaches rather than on risks and deficits” (Cohen, Chavez, & Chehimi, 2010, p. 389). This approach can actually work with any culture or ethnic background because when exploring the needs of the patient a full analysis of their background will take place. Culturally rich backgrounds do not just apply to immigrants or people of color; each individual’s upbringing may convey preferences based on their religion, spiritualty, personal values and cultural mores. According to Cohen, Chavez, and Chehimi (2010), focusing on preventative measures that encompass mental wellbeing needs to encompass an…
I, Jacqueline Awad Yocom, Chair of Hibiscus House Children’s Foundation, Inc. do designate to Roseann Wolcott, President of Hibiscus Children’s Foundation, Martin County Board of Directors, the authority to sign the required documents for the “Line of Credit” with Northern Trust Bank and the agreements with “The Carroll Group of Smith Barney” for the Endowment…
Lance, I truly enjoyed reading your discussion about The Make a Wish Foundation. I have heard of it but have never known anyone who has participated in this non-profit organization. I read more about it online to find out exactly who they offer wishes to and read that they actually granted wishes for more than 14,000 children. That is such a significant number but it was only half of the eligible applicants. There is a need for this organization…
In Matthew 26:11, Jesus said the poor you will always have with you. We can not eliminate poverty, so what can be done to minimize it and help those who find themselves there. The Federal government has established many programs to assist those in poverty. According to the Congressional Digest (2009) the federal government funds the following programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), School Meal Programs, The School Breakfast Program (SPB), Special Milk Program, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Head Start, Tax Credits, The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, and Community Development Block…
Make a Wish foundation is a children centered, non-profit organization. Their focus is helping children with life threatening illness, to receive their utmost desired wish. This is not only granted as a gift to the kid, but it gives the children hope is seeking donations and sponsors to help fund these wishes; however, this is not an extreme necessity as none other than Disney runs Make-A-Wish Foundation. Current Social Assets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makeawish Twitter:…
Mental health has a direct relationship with an individual 's physical health, and their ability to succeed in school, at work, and in society. Both physical and mental health affect how people think, feel, and act on the inside and outside (Children’s). There are many options available to help the mental health of children, but the help of a single individual could change the life a child forever. Counseling provided in schools not only tends to help the mental health of children but helps their academic outcomes as well (Slaten). Mental health issues are extremely common among school children (Kid’s).…
Increasing evidence confirms that school mental health programs really help improve educational results of the students by declining absences and better test scores. Identifying mental health problems early and, when needed, providing appropriate services is important in improving academic…
Poverty can affect anyone. Unfortunately all over the world poverty is an enormous issue for people and families. This essay will be focusing on the effect of poverty for children and what people can do to help support. To do there’s a need to look at what poverty is, how it effects the people and families, employment statuses, and what schools, teacher, state and Australian governments can do to positively affect/help children going through the impacts of poverty.…