As a new school year approaches, get the information you need about immunizations, financial assistance, good nutrition, and more.
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- Back to School and Immunizations It’s mid-August and many families are in the middle of the mad dash to get the kids ready for the coming school year. There are school supplies and clothes to buy, forms to fill out, busing/carpool schedules to arrange, and, if needed, ensuring that after school childcare is in place. Then of course, there is […]...
- How Can the Government Help You? Six weeks ago, we launched Help for Difficult Financial Times to highlight government resources that can make your life easier during tough times. As part of this effort, we ran a poll asking: What helps you most when money is tight? 5,352 of you responded: Savings 44% Family 21% Credit cards/loans 20% Government assistance […]...
- National Council on Aging Assistance Program Help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (the new name for the federal Food Stamp Program) helps low-income individuals and families buy the food they need for good health. Although SNAP is the national name, your state may use a different name. To learn more about SNAP and […]...
- Medicare Decisions Can Provide Healthier School Lunches The peanut butter and jelly sandwiches served at my high school were epic. Using THREE slices of white bread with peanut butter spread on both the top and bottom, it was like a little slice of heaven at 11:30am. Looking back, it's a marvel that I made it out of there alive....
- Medicare, Updated NDEP guide helps keep children with diabetes safe at school School-age children with diabetes face unique challenges and sometimes dangerous situations tied to their oftentimes unpredictable glucose levels. To help teachers, principals and others ensure the safety of youngsters with diabetes during the school day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program has updated its manual, Helping the Student with […]...
- Medicare: Employment Resources in New York State for People with Vision Impairments New York Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped is the State Vocational Rehabilitation agency that serves individuals who are legally blind. Services include adaptive skills related to vision loss, vocational assessment and counseling, assistance with transition from school to work, job training and placement, job follow-up and other programs that help people get jobs....
- Prescription Drug Resources Visit USA.gov’s Prescription Drugs page for a variety of resources to help you learn more about the medications you’re taking; verify how your pills should look; check drug interactions; see if you qualify for assistance with drug plan costs; and more....
- Effort seeks to identify measures of nutritional status The National Institutes of Health has undertaken a new program to discover, develop and distribute measures of nutritional status. The Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) Program brings together experts in the field of nutrition to provide advice to researchers, clinicians, program- and policymakers, on the role of food and nutrition in health promotion and […]...
- Funded study uses planning prompts to enhance vaccination rates We all have good intentions, but sometimes we need a nudge to turn those intentions into actions. According to a new study, encouraging people to write down the date and time when they plan to get their flu shot increased the number of people who were vaccinated. MedicareCard.com has been serving consumers for several years […]...
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- Feed Your Family Healthy Foods on a Budget By Lorelei Jones, North Carolina State University, part of the USDA Extension Program. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is a federally funded nutrition education program conducted through the Cooperative Extension Service in every state and US territory. The program serves limited resource families and school-age youth, including those who qualify for other food […]...
- Make More Money…Stay in School! For our third birthday we launched the Share Your Story: GovGab Guest Writer Challenge. We’re proud to showcase our winning posts, which will run this whole week. Richard Groves manages a public library outside Nashville, TN where he connects people with the information- both educational and recreational- that improves their lives. I work in a […]...
- Women’s Health Week Make your health a top priority through good nutrition, regular exercise, preventive screenings, and stress management....
- Find Out How to Feed Your Family on a Budget With the rising cost of food, feeding a family on a budget isn’t easy, but there are resources that can help. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, provides eligible families with help purchasing food. Find out if you’re eligible and apply for the SNAP program. If you’re eligible, you’ll […]...
- Depression high among youth victims of school cyber bullying, NIH researchers report Unlike traditional forms of bullying, youth who are the targets of cyber bullying at school are at greater risk for depression than are the youth who bully them, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health....