Parenting News
USDA Announces Expansion of Nutrition Assistance for Foster Children
Provision Expands Safety Net against Childhood Hunger and Promotes Healthy Lifestyles WASHINGTON, DC (MMD Newswire) March 2, 2011 — USDA today announced that children placed into the foster care system by a state or court are categorically eligible to receive free meals in all USDA child nutrition programs. The expansion of categorical eligibility to foster [...]
FEMA and PR Fire Department Unite in Community Fire Safety Awareness Campaign
SAN JUAN, PR (MMD Newswire) March 3, 2011 — Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, the Puerto Rico Fire Department and the National Commission on Children and Disasters are announcing a new joint public awareness campaign to help keep children and families safer from the threat of home fires. As part of this effort, FEMA’s [...]
FEMA Encourages Citizens to Have an Emergency Plan for Earthquakes
St Thomas, USVI (MMD Newswire) March 9, 2011 — Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urge residents to prepare a Family Emergency Plan in case of a disaster, especially those that occur without notice, such as earthquakes. “When earthquakes occur, it’s too late to prepare for them. You might not be with your [...]
Far too Many People with Autism Face Abuse, Bias, Stigma, Secretary-General Says in Message for …
March 25, 2011 (MMD Newswire) — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Autism Awareness Day, to be observed on 2 April: The number of children and people with autistic conditions continues to rise — in every nation and in every racial, ethnic and social group. Although the recognition of autistic conditions among [...]
US Teen Birth Rate Fell to Record Low in 2009
Still, more than 400,000 teen girls give birth each year in United States WASHINGTON D.C. (MMD Newswire) April 5, 2011 — Teen birth rates have decreased by 37 percent in the last two decades, though U.S. rates are up to nine times higher than in other developed countries, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs [...]
