Managing Psychotropic Medications for Children and Youth in Foster Care
This week, the Administration for Children and Families, along with its partners in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...
View ArticleConnecting Americans with In Demand Jobs
Authorized by the Affordable Care Act, the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program provides education and training to TANF recipients and other low-income individuals for occupations in the...
View ArticleChild Care Centers Increase Physical Activity and Good Nutrition Practices
Read how Oregon child care provider Tenderheart Childcare and Preschool has the set the standard across the state by incorporating more physical activity and better nutrition practices for children in...
View ArticleHealth Program Lifts Young Man Out of Poverty
Out of work, no diploma and struggling in poverty just three years ago, Quinton Sanders now has a full-time career in the medical field thanks to the Affordable Care Act's Health Profession Opportunity...
View ArticleIt’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone aged six months and older should get a flu shot in order to decrease their risk of getting sick.
View ArticleFormer Refugee Helps Others Achieve American Dream
The Health Profession Opportunity Grant program helps put new Americans on a path to self-sufficiency.
View ArticleBlack History Month
ACF regional administrator calls for campaign to make the tremendous benefits of the Affordable Care Act a reality in the lives of our disadvantaged citizens who face health care disparities — a...
View ArticleNational Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Screenings and the ACA
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in men and women in the United States combined.
View ArticleYour Health is Worth a Shot
Young adults who don’t have appropriate vaccination are at higher risk of catching vaccine-preventable diseases and transmitting them.
View ArticleWorking Across Hispanic Communities to Lift More Families into the Middle Class
More than 40 Hispanic community leaders from across the country attended ACF's National Hispanic Roundtable to discuss better ways to make our human services programs more accessible to eligible...
View ArticleACF: Addressing Poverty Today Among Those Facing Social and Economic...
ACF efforts to help lift people out of poverty got extra help from the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleAffordable Care Act: Lifting People Out Of Poverty
ACA Prepares the Next Generation of Medical Professionals
View ArticleHealthy Men, Healthy Families
Men’s health issues rarely affect only the male. They take their toll on the entire family unit.
View ArticleANA and CMS Health Care Marketplace Enrollment Outreach Partnership
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
View ArticleMinority Mental Health Awareness Month
One in five Americans will experience a mental health problem in their lifetimes, yet nearly two-thirds of people that are diagnosed with a mental illness do not seek treatment.
View ArticleLook Before You Lock: Losing One Child is Too Many
As temperatures rise, it is more important than ever to look BEFORE you lock.
View ArticleProtect One, Protect All
An interview with Dr. Janet Wright, Executive Director of the Million Hearts Campaign
View ArticleTake Time to Be a Healthy Dad Today
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse sponsors Fatherhood Buzz Outreach focusing on Men’s Health.
View ArticleFamily Health History
This Thanksgiving take time spent with family to learn about your family health history.
View ArticleAdvancing the Health Care Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Today’s Research Symposium at the National Institutes of Health
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