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June 14, 2005

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The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured

Families USA has released a new report that quantifies, for the first time, the price we all pay for the high number of uninsured Americans. This new report, Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured, finds that premiums for employer-provided family health insurance will cost, on average, an extra $922 in 2005 to cover the unpaid expenses of health care for the uninsured. That figure will increase to $1,502 by the year 2010.

The report includes state-by-state numbers on the amount added to premiums for both family and individual coverage in 2005 and 2010. In addition, there are state-specific fact sheets that include a national summary and the state numbers.

A free copy of this report and state-specific fact sheets are available online.

http://www.familiesusa.org/site/PageServer

Civil Rights Compliance for the 21st Century

The Department of Health and Human Services through the Office for Civil Rights promotes and ensures that people have equal access to and an opportunity to participate and receive services in all HHS programs without facing unlawful discrimination. The HRSA Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (OEOCR) works in partnership with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to ensure compliance with the civil rights statues that are administered by the Department. OCR is the ultimate responsible agent for ensuring that recipients are aware of obligations with respect to the civil rights statues. HRSA, however, has a role to play. One of the objectives in the HRSA Strategic Plan is to Improve Access to Health Care. A barrier to equal access is discrimination. It is mission-critical for HRSA staff to be cognizant of civil rights requirements so that they can inform recipients of those requirements and recognize potential discriminatory practices, policies, and procedures. Eliminating discrimination from the issue of access to health care will greatly enhance the delivery of services to those vulnerable populations.

Please review the United States Commission on Civil Rights link below to see the 2004 publication, "Ten-Year Check-Up: Have Federal Agencies Responded to Civil Rights Recommendations?"

http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/10yr04/10yr04.pdf

Mattie J. T. Stepanek Intergenerational Scholarship

Before his untimely death last year, poet and peacemaker Mattie J. T. Stepanek provided inspiration to the J&J/RCI Caregivers Program, serving as honorary co-chair of the Program's Intergenerational Caregiving expert panel. His inspiration lives on through this new scholarship for students of any age and at any level who are wither pursuing a career in a caregiving field or who are already working as a paid caregiver and wanting to receive further training.

Four $2,000 scholarships will be given this calendar year. Applications will be reviewed by the Mattie J. T. Stepanek Intergenerational Scholarship Committee.

Applicants should submit the following by July 15, 2005:

  • Scholarship application form
  • If currently a student enrolled in college; official grade transcripts.
  • If currently working, most recent performance appraisal.
  • A resume that includes extracurricular activities, community involvement, volunteer work, etc.
  • A one page description of your interests and aspirations in providing care to others.
  • Two letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the applicant academically, professionally, or within the community.

Award recipients will be announced in August, 2005. Application and materials should be sent to:

Laura J. Bauer, Program Director
J&J/RCI Caregivers Program
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
800Wheatley Street
Americus, GA 31709

Download scholarship application form.

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The Champions for Progress Newsletter if funded as part of the Leadership Development for Implementation of Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Cooperative Agreement (#U42MC00241), funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS) to the Early Intervention Research Institute at Utah State University.

The Champions for Progress Center would like to thank John Reiss of the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida for his work collecting newsitems for this Newsletter.