Annotation: This report provides an introduction to the Head Start-State Collaboration Projects, which involve Head Start in state planning and policy making efforts that affect low income children and families. It includes some fact sheets on the Collaboration Projects, project profiles and contact list, legislation regarding Head Start-State Collaboration Projects, and an excerpt from the report of the Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and Expansion.

Contact: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-9215 Secondary Telephone: (800) 422-4453 Web Site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov Price unknown.

Keywords: Collaboration, Early childhood education, Family support, Head Start, Low income groups, Policy development, Program descriptions, Public private partnerships, State initiatives, Statewide planning

Annotation: This document for parents and professionals provides an overview of Project F.I.T., family-focused infant and toddler transagency training. This program was designed in response to P.L. 99-457, Part H, for the purpose of supporting professionals in their efforts to more fully understand and meet the needs of infants, toddlers, and their families. Service coordination and collaboration among professionals across agencies comprise a central emphasis in this training.

Contact: Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, 71-A East Ferry , Detroit, MI 48202, Telephone: (313) 872-1790 Fax: (313) 875-0947 E-mail: mpsi@wayne.edu Web Site: http://mpsi.wayne.edu/ Price unknown.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Developmental disabilities, Early intervention, Federal legislation, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Infants with special health care needs, Michigan, Part H, State initiatives, Training

Annotation: This document presents the bylaws of the Arkansas Oral Health Coalition, a nonprofit, voluntary organization representing oral health interests throughout Arkansas. The purpose of the coalition is to provide leadership to formulate and promote oral health policy, increase awareness of oral health issues, and assist in initiatives to prevent and control oral diseases. Broad topics include membership, officers, executive committee, meetings, finances, amendments, and dissolution.

Contact: Arkansas Department of Health, Office of Oral Health, 4815 West Markham, Slot 18, Little Rock, AR 72205, Telephone: (501) 661-2595 Secondary Telephone: (501) 661-2000 Fax: (501) 661-2055 Web Site: http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/oralhealth/Pages/default.aspx Available from the website.

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Keywords: Arkansas, Coalitions, Interagency cooperation, Oral health, State initiatives

Annotation: This document presents data and trends on receipt of preventive oral health care during pregnancy among Medicaid beneficiaries in Iowa as well as strategies for improvement. Topics include prenatal care coordination and collaboration with pediatric oral health professionals. Data and trends are presented by race and ethnicity, age, and education.

Contact: Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health, Lucas State Office Building, 321 East 12th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309, Telephone: (800) 383-3826 Web Site: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hpcdp/family_health.asp Available from the website.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Dental care, Iowa, Medicaid, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prevention services, Service coordination, State initiatives, Statistical data

Annotation: This updated policy brief provides information about the Highmark Foundation bullying-prevention initiative within its Highmark Healthy High 5 project. The brief describes how Highmark worked to help schools in a 49-county area of Pennsylvania implement the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.

Contact: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, 1225 19th Street, N.W., Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 296-4426 Fax: (202) 296-4319 E-mail: http://www.nihcm.org/contact Web Site: http://www.nihcm.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Bullying, Children, Mental health, Pennsylvania, Prevention, Programs, Public health, Schools, State initiatives

Annotation: This report provides a profile of the estimated 1.4 million children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the state of California, including a description of their health status, the impacts of their special health conditions, their use of health care services; and the quality of care they receive compared with CSHCN in the rest of the nation. Drawing on data from from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health and the 2005-06 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, the report summarizes key aspects of health insurance coverage, health care system performance, school engagement, and family health and well-being for CSHCN. It highlights variations and disparities in care between California and the rest of the nation and discusses areas where improvement is necessary. Policy and program implications are noted in each chapter.

Contact: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, 400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 340, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Telephone: (650) 497-8365 E-mail: info@lpfch.org Web Site: http://www.lpfch.org/ Available from the website.

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• Executive Summary

Keywords: California, Children with special health care needs, Comparative analysis, Data, State initiatives, Surveys

Annotation: This report describes the oral health plan for 2013-2018 for the state of Minnesota. It discusses the importance of oral health in overall health and identifies both the barriers to and solutions for improving oral health throughout the state. Contents include a review of the burden of oral disease in children, adolescents, adults and elderly, including oral congenital abnormalities, cancer, and of oral diseases and health conditions. Contents also include discussions of oral health financing; the state oral health infrastructure; and priorities areas including prevention and education, health care integration and access to oral health care, as well as surveillance. Appendices provide information on plan goals, objectives, and strategies; population demographics; health professional shortage areas in Minnesota, and population and low-income dental care designation.

Contact: Minnesota Department of Health, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975, Telephone: (651) 201-5000 Secondary Telephone: (888) 345-0823 Web Site: http://www.health.state.mn.us Available from the website.

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• Executive Summary

Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Health care financing, Minnesota, Needs assessment, Oral health, Population surveillance, State initiatives, Strategic plans

Annotation: This report summarizes presentations and follow-up discussions from a workshop held on March 29 2012, to explore the field of oral health literacy. Topics include the importance of health literacy, background on the issue of oral health and the role of health literacy in addressing oral health problems, how oral health literacy can be assessed within care systems and within the environment, the experience of effective oral health literacy programs, state-based oral health initiatives, and national activities in oral health literacy.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: customer_service@nap.edu Web Site: http://www.nap.edu $45.00, plus shipping and handling; available from the web site at no charge after registration. Document Number: ISBN-13 978-0-309-26289-7.

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Keywords: Assessment, Barriers, Disease prevention, Health care systems, Health literacy, National initiatives, Oral health, State programs

Annotation: This paper describes a collaborative approach to improving the health of individuals and communities that integrates and articulates health considerations into policymaking across sectors and at all levels. Contents include a description of the National Prevention Strategy and key talking points to explain the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to leaders in state and local government. The toolkit also contains a collection of state stories based on the following characteristics of successful cross-sector collaboration: identifying shared goals, engaging partners early and developing partner relationships, defining a common language, activating the community, and leveraging funding. Strategies for implementing HiAP and perspectives on the value of HiAP are included.

Contact: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450, Arlington, VA 22202, Telephone: (202) 371-9090 Fax: (571) 527-3189 Web Site: http://www.astho.org Available from the web site.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Health policy, Health promotion, Policy development, Public policy, Public private partnerships, State initiatives

Annotation: This report reviews community asthma interventions, describes new initiatives under way in Massachusetts to promote community-based asthma prevention for children, and discusses opportunities for state Medicaid programs to incorporate these interventions into Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program programs nationwide. The report also provides information about the prevalence and burden of childhood asthma and discusses existing Medicaid authority to increase community-based asthma intervention.

Contact: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, 2021 K Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 994-4100 Fax: (202) 296-0025 E-mail: sarar@gwu.edu Web Site: http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/departments/healthpolicy/index.cfm Available from the website.

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Keywords: Asthma, Intervention, Child health, Children's Health Insurance Program, Community programs, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Prevention, State initiatives