Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBv7611494 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311157.f7VBv7611494@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from f04n07.cac.psu.edu (f04s07.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.35]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7RLkdf01648 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:46:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [146.186.96.31] (rack31.ed.psu.edu [146.186.96.31]) by f04n07.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA76600 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:46:26 -0400 X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Message-Id: <p0500190fb7b06fcaad4e@[146.186.96.31]> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:46:25 -0400 To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> Subject: HandsNet resources Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:57:07 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 2048 Lines: 44 The WebClipper Digest is HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ AUGUST 17, 2001 STRONGER EFFORTS NEEDED TO ENSURE CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH SCREENING SERVICES - Families of children enrolled in Medicaid are not sufficiently informed of their entitlement benefits and many children are not receiving mandated care, according to a GAO report on EPSDT (Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis & Treatment). Under federal law, Medicaid enrolled children must be provided with preventive health care and receive periodic screening, such as vaccinations and age appropriate laboratory tests, as well as vision, dental, and hearing services, even if such benefits are not required for the rest of a state's Medicaid population. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01749.pdf DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY - The National Health Law Program announces its latest civil rights initiative. Through national surveys and in-depth assessments of selected programs, this project will explore current models, best practices, and sources of funding to provide language assistance to limited English proficient individuals in the health care context. http://www.healthlaw.org/pubs/20010810announce.html -- ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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