Proposals

Title: Keeping Up With Cognitive Health Description: This program is designed and targeted for middle-aged individuals (40-60 years old) with a high school education or higher living in the Southern Illinois Region. With the projected rise in cognitive-related diseases and an aging population in the United States, it has become very important to understand the mechanisms and strategies at preventing a growth in these health conditions. Diet is a major part of health and can impact brain…

Solutions to this opioid problem will be difficult, as it constitutes prescription drugs and heroin and they have very addictive properties. Sending violators to jail for longer sentences will not help decrease the problem in San Diego. There will need to be heavy rehabilitation and programs to rid those who are already addicted to opioids, in particular women, as the statistics show they were more vulnerable in San Diego in the past year. Rehabilitation for opiates will require community…

Accomplishments: Jacob Kraybill introduced 4 programs that are running by MIssion Graduates, and we chose Parent Partner Program as our main focus during the summer. During the project we first learn how an “in -kind” donation letter should be like, and draft one for Mission Graduates’ outreach. In the letter, we try to write appropriately and get closer to the donor. On the other hand, the goal of the outreach is to get incentive tickets for our parents in the Parent Partner Program and also…

Hamlet Village Retirement Community and Friends of WomenSafe are partnering to host a fall luncheon, “Leaves of Change” on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the Hamlet Atrium located at 200 Hamlet Hills Drive, in Chagrin Falls. The doors will open at 11:30 a.m. so you can enjoy a glass of wine, mingle, and buy tickets for the gift raffle offering gift certificates, jewelry, and specialty baskets. Lunch will be served at noon, followed with a brief talk by Andrea Gutka, Executive Director of…

• ance its readiness to launch new PFS projects in workforce development space, as required by the SIF, and create a blueprint for replication in other jurisdictions. • ABC Service Provider sets really well with most of the feasibility assessment objectives, set by Abt Associates and National League of Cities, in its application to Third Sector’s SIF competition, except in establishing a value proposition for a potential government sponsor. This impediment, however, could easily overcome…

The article, “Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth” by Mendelson, et al., (2010), reports the findings from a pilot program that provided mindfulness interventions to urban youth. Students at all ages are at risk of stress factors that in return affect their behavior, academic performance, and cause social-emotional problems. Urban students especially, are faced with several barriers that may cause extra stress to the student, which…

There are 149 elementary Schools, sixteen middle Schools, and fifty-three high Schools listed on the Philadelphia School District website as of April 2016. This list did not include discipline, charter, or over age programs. With an overall of 218 Schools provided by the Philadelphia School District. During the School closings of 2013, there were twenty-three schools closed, and a mere four kept open. The schools that were closed equalled a little bit less that 10% of the overall schools in…

The conception of opening a free clinic for all is a great one. It is an opportunity not only to avail the needy but additionally to give back to the society. It is a noble conception that is faced with sundry challenges, but the overall benefits are worth the trouble. According to the Goldin and Hanson (18), establishing a free clinic requires several resources such as capital, business plan, primary care practitioners, specialist medicos and dentists, competent non-medical volunteers among…

According to Pahl and Richter (2007), threats are possible events or forces outside of the organization’s control that must be plan for or agree upon how to mitigate. One of the biggest threats that PCA faces is low enrollment during the summer months. It is unfortunate that in the general area, parents do not seek summer child care. Because summer months’ fees are usually higher based on summer activities, parents tend to find alternative child care which means that children will not be…

The BMHS Alumni Association again invites you to apply to receive funds for your organization. We like to help support the work you do for the current students of McMahon. We work throughout the year to raise funds for the clubs as well as to provide scholarships for the students going on for higher educations. Please provide the following information about your clubs and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Name of club: HOSA (Health Occupations for Students of America) Name of Advisor:…