Abra Lyons-Warren

Council of Large Public Housing Authorities
Washington, District of Columbia
 

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News Article Jul 9, 2018

'If I lived on the North Side'

Neighborhood may matter more than race in breast cancer survival rates
Author/Publisher Darcel Rockett for THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Health, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare, Midwest, Racial inequalities
News Article Nov 6, 2017

Nonprofits Give ‘Disconnected’ Youths Another Chance

Youth Villages is one of the nonprofits highlighted in this year’s annual giving guide released on Monday by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. The center, which researches and promotes charities that offer the most effective social good in specific areas, says one in eight people ages 16 to 24, or 4.9 million nationally, are considered disconnected, meaning that they don’t have a job and are not in high school or college. The rate is considerably higher in rural areas than urban ones. While these numbers have dropped since the depth of the Great Recession, the impact of that economic turmoil is still reverberating.
Author/Publisher Alina Tugend for THE NEW YORK TIMES
Foster care, Homelessness, Housing, Workforce development, Youth
News Article Sep 7, 2017

How Housing Authorities Can Shape School Outcomes

In Tacoma, Washington, and other U.S. cities, housing departments are collaborating with school districts to give low-income and homeless students a leg up.
Author/Publisher Mimi Kirk for CITY LAB
CLPHA, Education, Housing, Pacific Northwest, Partnerships, Place-based, Stability
News Article Aug 9, 2017

When the Prescription Is a Recipe

The doctor’s office is moving into the kitchen. After years of telling patients to skip junk food and prepare homemade meals, a growing number of doctors and medical groups are now going a step further and teaching them how to cook. Some are building teaching kitchens or creating food pantries right next to their practices. Others are prescribing culinary education programs in hopes of improving their patients’ nutrition and overall health. Some medical schools have even introduced culinary curriculums to train more doctors to talk to patients about food.
Author/Publisher Donna De La Crus for the NEW YORK TIMES
Health, Nutrition
News Article Jan 25, 2017

Parenting help for dads tied to better school readiness for kids

A reading program designed to help men become better fathers is associated with better parenting skills as well as behavior and learning improvements in kids, a small study suggests.
Author/Publisher Lisa Rapaport for REUTERS
Early childhood, East Coast, Education, Family engagement, Literacy, School-readiness

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