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Information Request Regarding Fatherhood Initiatives at the State and Local Level

Annually, I assist in Title V Block Grant Reviews of State Programs.  Today I received a request for information.  I immediately thought you might be able to help me. I received this from HRSA.  If you have something you want to share, send me an email.  carl@clientfactor.com For those that don’t know acronyms: HRSA : Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB : Maternal/Child Health Bureau MIECHV : Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting ============================== Today, we are pulling together a list of things that MCHB is doing around fatherhood. As I know this is a topic of interest for you . . .I wanted to share a few of these things we have found so far. MCH Library literature review http://bit.ly/VQ97Ri Resource Guide- http://www.mchlibrary.info/guides/fatherhood.html If you have any activity at the state or community level you would like to report, please let me know. This is the description of

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School Board Election

It’s official.  I dropped off the letter of intent and statement of interests today.  I am seeking a 3 year term on the school board for our district.  Wish me luck. Given my background in technology, I imagine that if I get elected, I will be on the technology committee.  Anything that we can do to prepare students for the future, be it technology or what have you, we need to find a way to do it. It will be interesting to see what happens.  Since we placed David in the psychiatric facility last fall, our interactions with the school have been largely nonexistent.  Other than parent teacher conferences, or IEP meetings for our other children at the high school, things have been for the most part positive. With that, there will be little for me to write about our district.  If I don’t win election, it will seem like

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Let’s redefine what is important in society

LL is late for court. Ron Jeremy is in the hospital with chest pains… the bad economy is blamed on a cut in defense spending. Miley is on the cover of some rag wearing a blazer. I would rather read about things like: tornadoes in Alabama agent orange related birth defects carly getting a perfect score on a high school paper (she is non-verbal and autistic.) other life events that do not involve inane topics about celebrities. We have a bad economy because people don’t have any extra cash to spend. Let’s worry about the important things. Why do we idolize sports stars who use drugs to enhance their performance? does that quarterback really need to earn 2.2 million dollars per touchdown? deer antler velvet extract? What in the hell is that and why would someone want it under their tongue? Tweet #fighting4answrs