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Dr. Rhonique Harris to Help Expand Mission of Care Coordination Plan Serving Washington, D.C.'s Children and Youth with Disabilities WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (HSCSN), the District of Columbia's leader in care coordination for children and young adults with disabilities, announced today that Dr. Rhonique Harris will become the organization's new Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs. Dr....

Michael Ciresi appointed Foundation board chair; MINNEAPOLIS, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota today announced the formation of a standalone Children's Foundation board. The new Foundation board will focus on ensuring that Children's continues to excel at delivering its critically important mission: championing and improving the health of all children and their families by providing innovative, high-quality and family-centered pediatric...

Bill greatly increases the country's preparedness by including provisions critical to protecting children's needs in the wake of a disaster NEW YORK, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Children's Health Fund (CHF), and Save the Children applaud Congress for its recent bipartisan passage of the Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA), a bill to improve the nation's public health and medical preparedness...

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's hospitals in Texas are asking Texas legislators to increase funding for Medicaid in the 2013 session of the Texas Legislature. These hospitals, which are members of the Children's Hospital Association of Texas (CHAT), provide specialized care for the state's most ill children. CHAT recommends improving Medicaid reimbursement rates to better reflect the costs of providing specialized pediatric care. Stable and fair Medicaid...

MESA, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Children's at Cardon Children's Medical Center has partnered with Banner Research to be approved as a Children's Oncology Group (COG) Institution. This designation partners both groups to provide infrastructure to conduct pediatric clinical cancer trials at Cardon Children's. This affiliation will provide children and their loved ones access to cutting edge treatments that may otherwise not be available. This prestigious...

Feast on pancakes and help kids at Children’s Specialized Hospital. IHOP®, one of America’s most popular family-friendly restaurants, will once again invite guests to enjoy free pancakes while celebrating Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ 30th Anniversary during National Pancake Day on February 5, 2013. On this day, the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million to kick off the 2013 fundraising year for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, locally benefitting...

Ears Up, Ears Down, sixth in series of books on family homelessness and poverty, released during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2012 NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness today released Ears Up, Ears Down: A Dog's Journey Home, a picture book -- with a corresponding activity book -- about an adventurous dog named Ears Up, Ears Down, who becomes homeless after the junkyard where he lives is foreclosed...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuesday's Children, the leading non-profit working with children and families affected by the events of September 11, 2001, has partnered with The American Widow Project to participate in a build for a family in New Orleans who lost their home to a hurricane. The women will be taking part in a St. Bernard Project weekend-long home build in the areas of New Orleans still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina and newly-impacted...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruby Spencer, a six-year-old girl battling leukemia, will be one of five kids to "Take the Field" at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon to kick off the beginning of ThinkCure! Weekend, an annual program of events that celebrates cancer survivors and helps raise money for life-saving research at City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. With the help of ThinkCure!, the official charity of the Dodgers, the two hospitals are...

In the news release, Fourth Annual ThinkCure! Weekend At Dodger Stadium Sept. 2nd And 3rd, issued today by ThinkCure! over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the headline should read "Fifth Annual ThinkCure! Weekend At Dodger Stadium Sept. 2nd And 3rd" rather than "Fourth Annual" as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: Fifth Annual ThinkCure! Weekend At Dodger Stadium Sept. 2nd And 3rd Telethon and fundraising events expected to raise...