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Maternal and Child Health LibraryFunded by the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services, the MCH Library at Georgetown University provides accurate and timely information including the weekly newsletter MCH Alert, resource guides, full text publications, databases, and links to quality MCH sites. For specific information on fathering and father’s relationship to child health search MCHLine using “fathers” as the keyword. |
21 Million Children's Health: Our Shared ResponsibilityThe Medical Child Support Working Group's Report to Congress, June 2000.In the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, Congress directed the establishment of the Medical Support Working Group by the Secretaries of HHS and Labor. The charge of the Working Group was to identify the impediments to the effective enforcement of medical child support and recommend solutions to those impediments. The Working Group's 76 recommendations are presented in this report to Congress.
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Nonresident Fathers: To What Extent Do They Have Access to Employment-Based Health Care CoverageThe report contains the findings presented to the Medical Support Working Group during the course of their deliberations. These findings, based on analysis of the Current Population Survey Child Support Supplement and the Survey of Income and Program Participation, provided a fact-based analytical framework for the Working Group activities. Prepared by Laura Wheaton of the Urban Institute. June 2000. |
Outreach Study of Fathers in Tennessee’s TennCare ProgramIn an effort to support the Administration’s Fatherhood Initiative, intended to strengthen the role of fathers in the American family, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) through its Office of Beneficiary Services, Medicaid Bureau, provided funding for an outreach effort that focused on Medicaid fathers in rural Tennessee. This project, consisting of three focus groups, was done in conjunction with the Tennessee Department of Health (DPH). The focus groups were facilitated by staff from the Tennessee Valley Authority, a contractor in the region. |
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State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) web site. This index page links you to information on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Each link represents a topic. Topic links are grouped by category. Each topic contains from 1 to 20 pages of information. The first page of each topic starts with an Overview. At the bottom of every page, downloads and lists of related links offer you more information. |
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) care of the employee's own serious health condition. It also requires that employee's group health benefits be maintained during the leave. The FMLA is administered by the Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor. |
Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in WICResearch has shown that there is no better food than breast milk for a baby’s first year of life. Breastfeeding provides many health, nutritional, economical and emotional benefits to mother and baby. Since a major goal of the WIC Program is to improve the nutritional status of infants, WIC mothers are encouraged to breastfeed their infants. WIC has historically promoted breastfeeding to all pregnant women as the optimal infant feeding choice, unless medically contraindicated. |
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