BELLEVILLE–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a $1.7 million state grant for the Illinois Community College Sustainability Network (ICCSN) to expand green educational and training offerings throughout Illinois’ community college network. Part of the funding will be used to establish Green Jobs Centers at three Illinois campuses, including[Read More…]
Day: January 14, 2010
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders Treats More Than 1,000 Patients; Inflatable Hospital on the Way
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams in Port-au-Prince are treating large numbers of people who suffered fractures, head injuries and other major trauma during and after the January 12 earthquake.More than 1,000 patients have received care in the four tented facilities MSF set up[Read More…]
American Red Cross Releases $10 Million to Help Haiti
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. With estimates that as many as three million people may be affected by the catastrophic earthquake which hit Haiti Tuesday, the American Red Cross is releasing an additional $9 million for earthquake relief, bringing its total commitment so far to $10 million to support relief efforts[Read More…]
UN Secretary-General Ban ‘Heartened’ By Scale of Global Response to Help Haiti Quake Victims
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 January 2010 – The international community’s outpouring of support to assist victims of this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti is encouraging, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, as rescue efforts are ramping up in the Caribbean nation with the arrival of teams and supplies from around the world. Although[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Agencies Ramping Up Response Following Deadly Quake
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 January 2010 – United Nations agencies are working around the clock to provide urgently needed assistance to the victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Tuesday, which is estimated to have affected one third of the Caribbean nation’s nine million people – a population that was[Read More…]
HHS Accelerates Head Start Quality Improvements and Submits Impact Study on 2002-2003 Head Start Programs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced plans to strengthen the Head Start and Early Head Start programs as part of an Administration-wide effort to close achievement gaps and promote early learning through the first eight years of life for the nation’s[Read More…]
AARP Tells Senate: Oppose Across the Board Cuts that Could Reduce Benefits for Millions of Americans
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. With the Senate expected to vote on several budget amendments next week, AARP CEO A. Barry Rand sent a letter to senators today, on behalf of the association’s nearly 40 million members, expressing opposition to three amendments that could jeopardize Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits[Read More…]
USDA Announces $25 Million for New School Food Service Equipment
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 14, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $25 million in grants to help schools operating a National School Lunch Program (NSLP) replace outdated equipment with new, energy efficient, appliances such as refrigerators, ovens, and other food service related equipment. The new funding, authorized in[Read More…]
REPORT: Closing the Health Care Workforce Gap
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. With the health care reform proposals currently moving through Congress expected to provide health coverage for over 30 million additional Americans, one aspect of health care reform that deserves further examination is how reform will affect the health care workforce. Today, the Center for American Progress[Read More…]
Senators Urge President Obama to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Haitians Living in U.S. in Wake of Devastating Earthquake
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010. In the wake of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, Senators John Kerry and Paul Kirk, together with 13 of their colleagues, today sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals currently living in the U.S. TPS is[Read More…]
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