Attacked as a rationing scheme and praised as a lifesaver, President Barack Obama's health care law remains as divisive and confusing as ever. But a new poll ...
National Skills Coalition is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, Moving Low-Skill SNAP Recipients Toward Self-Sufficiency, designed to help ...
A March 6, 2012 New York Times article highlights the rising number of preschoolers requiring extensive dental procedures. A study by the Centers for Disease Control ...
After the Affordable Care Act was enacted in March 2010, numerous lawsuits challenging several provisions of the landmark law were filed in the federal ...
In 2012, Dannon will donate a grant of $30,000 to one program nurturing healthy eating habits among children in each of the communities where a Dannon facility is ...
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released an analysis of how coverage expansions in the Affordable Care Act will vary in local communities starting in 2014. The ...
This report, based on structured discussions with leading Medicaid directors in November 2011 and survey questions emailed to all 50 states and DC in December 2011 ...
This new research by Children's HealthWatch finds that SNAP significantly decreases family and child food insecurity. The analysis also showed that ...
Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs is the new set of national standards describing evidence-based best practices in nutrition, physical ...
An analysis by University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Berkeley researchers shows that a proposed U.S. Treasury Department rule could ...
This guide describes the normal physical, cognitive, emotional, and social, sexual identity formation, and spiritual changes that happen during adolescence and how ...
Jaquil and Jalisa are two youth leaders for Start Strong Boston who teach middle schoolers to analyze the lyrics in pop songs and think about relationship health.
With U.S. breastfeeding rates at recorded highs and over 50 percent of mothers with children less than 1 year of age in the labor force today, there is a strong need ...
This guide from Abbot Nutrition has everything new moms need to know about breastfeeding--from the basics of the anatomy to how to handle a fussy baby and waking your ...
Seniors, children, people with disabilities, the chronically ill and low-income people—what do they all have in common? For them, Medicaid is crucial in ...
With support from the Walmart Foundation, NLC's Institute for Youth, Education and Families will partner with the Food Research and Action Center to help cities ...
President Obama’s budget protects and proposes to strengthen the nation’s nutrition safety net for the many Americans who continue to struggle with ...
Major new report finds that elementary schools are making some improvements to school meals and allowing sales of only healthy beverages on campus. Since the ...
"This past year was marked by continued and perhaps deepening, divisiveness here in Washington, D.C. In practical terms, this means that nothing gets done in ...