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To break the link between poverty and poor health by mobilizing
college students to provide sustained public health
interventions in partnership with urban medical centers,
universities, and community organizations.
- Expanded programs to Baltimore and Chicago in fall
2006, serving a total of 2,329 children and families
through 18 Family Help Desks in six cities and 16 afterschool
programs in four cities.
- Grew fundraising 23 percent from $627,000 in FY2006
to $774,000 in FY2007.
- A review of Family Help Desk cases from June 2006
to January 2007 found that 57 percent of clients who
needed food assistance received it; 43 percent who
needed help accessing childcare, Head Start, or afterschool
programs obtained these services; and 42 percent
requiring employment-related assistance successfully
found jobs or enrolled in adult education or job search
training programs.
- In fall 2006, Asthma Swim Program participants
demonstrated an average 25 percent increase in asthma
management knowledge, and Girls FitNut participants
reported an average 44 percent increase in the number
of times they exercised in the last seven days, and a 57
percent reduction in time spent watching television.
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In 2007, Project HEALTH will add four Family Help Desks
in Baltimore, Providence, and New York City while planning
expansion to new cities. Over the next three years, Project
HEALTH also plans to “go deep” in Boston by adding eight
new Family Help Desk sites at Boston Medical Center and its
affiliated community health centers.
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