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  This portfolio includes the Endowment's Healthy Weight Initiative, which encourages healthy eating and physical activity by funding new projects in school, community, neighborhood and practitioner settings in Wake County. The Physical Health Portfolio also includes projects that provide vision screening, dental health services, diabetes management and specialist services for children and youth diagnosed with disease or disabilities. * indicates a closed grant Active Communities and Neighborhoods(administered by the Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch, N.C. Division of Public Health and the N.C. Public Health Foundation) Implement programs dedicated to increasing physical activity in community settings for children, youth and their families in five local communities. Read more about this project Auditory Verbal Training* Auditory Learning Center Catch up the deaf child who is behind academically. Prevent at-risk deaf children from being removed from mainstream classroom. Read more about this project Dental Health Promotion Wake County Human Services Decrease tooth decay and untreated disease in children entering kindergarten and increase oral health education and prevention among families of high risk pre-school children in homes and in pre-school settings. Read more about this project Dental Outreach and Access Program* Wake County Human Services Provide uninsured children with access to dental care in private offices of participating dentists and expand dental screenings to all Title 1 second grade students and additional low-income kindergarten children. Read more about this project Healthy, Active Families Initiative - Creativity in Motion Marbles Kids Museum Create a permanent outdoor "natural learning" space with exhibits and events that promote healthy food choices and promote fitness and nutritional programs for children and their parents. Read more about this project Healthy Athletes Program Special Olympics North Carolina Increase access to care and improve physical well-being of youth with intellectual disabilities. Read more about this project Pediatric Diabetes Program - Phase I* WakeMed Target low-income patients to provide outpatient and inpatient diabetes case management coordinated by a registered nurse/certified diabetic educator who will work with other nurses and dieticians, physician offices and the public schools. Read more about this project Pediatric Diabetes Program - Phase II WakeMed Enhance interventions for children with pre-diabetes and diabetes with direct physician care services. Expand the Pediatric Diabetes Program education/exercise program for at-risk children. Develop quality research data to measure impact and support advocacy. Read more about this project Pediatric Diabetes Program - Phase III WakeMed Ensure continuity of outpatient and inpatient diabetes case management, physician care services and education/exercise program for low-income patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Conduct community-based research on effectiveness of interventions. Read more about this project Preschool Vision Screening* Prevent Blindness North Carolina Conduct scientific study of vision research photo screening technology to determine best practice for preschool children. Read more about this project Project Access for Children - Phase I* Wake County Medical Society Secure donated physician care, hospital services and medical assistance for uninsured children with medical needs from families with income below 185% of poverty. Read more about this project Project Access for Children - Phase II Wake County Medical Society Secure donated physician care, hospital services and medical assistance for uninsured children with medical needs from families with income below 185% of poverty. Read more about this project Smiles for Two and Dental Health Fund Wake County Human Services Dental Health and Prenatal Clinic Promote the use of dental services by expectant mothers to improve birth outcomes and maximize visits to dental clinic by children from birth to age 3. Assure access to dental services to children with obvious need but no ability to pay for care. Read more about this project Teen Prescription Fund - Phase I* Wake Teen Ensure that low-income, uninsured and underinsured youth, age 10-23, have access to medications and lab screenings ordered by Wake Teen physicians. Read more about this project Teen Prescription Fund - Phase II* Wake Teen Provide needed medications and diagnostic lab testing to teens in order to decrease health disparities in high-risk youth. Read more about this project Teen Prescription Fund - Phase III Wake Teen Ensure that low-income, uninsured and underinsured youth aged 10 to 23 have access to medications and lab screenings ordered by Wake Teen physicians. Read more about this project Triangle New School Project* Triangle New School Foundation Move from planning to development activities for a day school for children with communication, mobility and health challenges. Read more about this project Vision Screening Training Pilot Project* Prevent Blindness North Carolina Refine, add and improve current vision screening practices for Medicaid children and Pre-K children in Wake County. Read more about this project WATCH (Wake Area Telehealth Collaborative Helping Children with Special Needs, formerly Telehealth Network for Young Children with Disabilities) - Phase I* TelAbility Establish an interdisciplinary telehealth network using Web-based resources and real time videoconferencing to improve the quality of and access to specialized medical, therapy and peer support services for young children with disabilities and their families in Wake County. Read more about this project WATCH (Wake Area Telehealth Collaborative Helping Children with Special Needs, formerly Telehealth Network for Young Children with Disabilities) - Phase II TelAbility Improve access to specialized services for young children with disabilities and their families by connecting professionals with developmental day care centers, community service agencies, residential care facilities and others through a Web site, listserv and electronic newsletter. Read more about this project Wake Children's Hearing Intervention Program Center for Acquisition of Spoken Language Through Listening Enrichment (CASTLE) Address critical shortage of professionals with necessary training to develop spoken language in deaf children. Read more about this project Wake to Wellness (administered by the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Implement programs that help meet the requirements of school wellness policies that support nutrition and fitness improvements in fifteen public elementary schools. Read more about this project WE CAN Asthma Education Program Rex Healthcare Foundation Improve the ability of children with asthma in the public school system to manage their disease. Read more about this project |
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