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OnlineParentingPrograms.com is reporting a 16% bump in county mandated requirement for conflict management programs over the past six months. These mandatory parent education programs may been required due to high conflict separation or divorce where parental conflict is present. Carson City, Nevada (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Online co-parenting programs have been steadily making their way across the country. With over 20,000 parents signed up to take one of the OnlineParentingPrograms.com...

Diversity Focus announced today that in 2013 more people in the Creative Corridor have an expanded understanding of diversity. But overall, employment was the key discrimination issue across the board for all communities. Cedar Rapids, IA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Diversity Focus announced today that in 2013 more people in the Creative Corridor have an expanded understanding of diversity. The results come from the 2013 Creative Corridor Community Survey. The survey was done from...

Providing a Safety Net for Poverty and Homelessness Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 America is fundamentally changing. Historically we were a nation that had the largest middle class in the history of the globe, but now we are becoming a nation that is deeply divided between the haves and the have nots. In supposedly the richest country in the world, 744,313 people are homeless on any given night, and according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 46.2 million Americans are now living in...

Company included in publication's 2013 "Best of the Best" list ATLANTA, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hispanic Network Magazine has named Georgia Power to its 2013 "Best of the Best" list. The annual list highlights organizations across multiple industries, including energy, that strive for diversity and incorporate it into their business practices. The list is compiled from market research, independent research, diversity conference participation and interviews that were performed by...

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, as a Congressional Subcommittee holds a hearing on the effectiveness of federal grant programs for mental health services, the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR), a coalition of 32 statewide organizations representing individuals with mental health conditions, reports that these programs are saving the lives of people with the most serious of mental health challenges and helping them recover. "SAMHSA has...

Businesses concerned about online presence and potentially damaging content can now apply for a reputation management consultation from the New York City online marketing company Ajax Union. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Internet marketing agency Ajax Union is now offering complimentary reputation management consultations. This initial marketing diagnostic can start a conversation that will transform a company’s online image and allow business owners to better control information...

According to Reputation Changer, online reputation management is not just important for professional reasons, but for personal ones as well—including online dating. New York, New York (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Online reputation management is often discussed in strictly professional terms, with the emphasis on how a clean online reputation can lead to more job offers and better opportunities for career advancement—but according to Reputation Changer, what the Internet reveals about an...

OCONOMOWOC, Wis., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Mental Health Month, Patrick T. Hammer, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rogers Behavioral Health System (RBHS), is pleased to introduce Rogers InHealth. The System's newest key corporation, Rogers InHealth was created to help eliminate stigma through self-empowerment and illuminating recovery by sharing stories of real people who live with a mental illness. (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) applauds the new book released today by the Brookings Institution. Confronting Suburban Poverty in America details how family poverty has spread beyond traditional urban boundaries and calls for public policies to address these new realities. The book, which was researched and written by Elizabeth Kneebone, a fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, and Alan...

Muse Harbor Publishing’s Eileen Workman Shares Sustainable Living Tips for New Age Thinkers Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Financial security, plentiful resources and life abundance without fear? Eileen Workman, a sixteen-year veteran of the Wall Street Financial Industry, who predicted the economic fall and authored the innovative book, “Sacred Economics, The Currency of Life", says absolutely, yes. Beginning Monday May 20 – Sunday May 26, 2013, Workman will appear...