| JANUARY, 2004 | HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 104 | Strauss | $5M for Food Left Unused by DC--fewer used FY03 nutrition programs: problems in DC State Ed Office? |
| 107 | Chan | DC Social Services Getting Interim Head--mayor to appoint deputy mayor: widely experienced lawyer |
| 107 | Staff | Greater Southeast Hospital Receives Re-Certification--but extensive improvements still required |
| 109 | Chan | Group Homes Contractor Owes Taxpayers, Others $7.7 Million--DC firm's care of retarded decried |
| 115 | Nakamura | Humane Society Gets DC Animal Shelter Contract--3-yr contract starts at $2.2M--option for 2 more yrs |
| 124 | Barker | Senior DC Official to Watch Over DC Retarded--judge orders mayor to make assignment within 10 days |
| 125 | Staff | Proposed Howard U Hospital on DC Gen'l Site Grows--now 200-300 beds, vice 110, include HU 291 beds? |
| 125 | Siansky ltr | ...And the Need to Focus on the Homeless--looking out for our most vulnerable neighbors can't be shelved |
| 130 | Schmidt ltr | Homelessness in DC, Beyond--can't blame police, mayor for mental illness, addictions--need public instit'ns |
| FEBRUARY, 2004 |
HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 201 |
Wiggins |
Pr. George's Hospital Awaiting Promised
Funds--county pledged $10M in emergency aid effort last fall |
| 202 |
Goldstein |
Effort Aims to Ease DC Doctor Shortage--old/new
clinics need millions: Bobb to go for $21M over 3 yrs |
| 212 |
Stein |
US Infant Mortality Rate Rises 3%--first increase
since '58 surprises officials; other health indicators up |
| 213 |
Santana |
Child Welfare Agency Showing Progress, Says
Monitor's Rpt--caseload, licensing, hiring improving |
| 218 |
Goldstein |
DC Hires Interim Medical Officer--for DC's Health Dept--new
'chief doctor' is immunologist |
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| 219 |
Staff |
Southeast Hospital to Lay Off 62 workers--save $2M by cutting
staff to 800 for 120-130 inpatients |
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| 220 |
Aizenman |
Pr. George's Hospital Wins a 3% Rate
Increase--should raise $10M: caps deal months in negotiation |
| 221 |
Schulte |
Plan for Saving Pr. George's Hospital Signed--Gov and Cnty
Exec agree on cash, consultants |
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| 222 |
Littner ltr |
Saving One Child at a Time--DC tries poorly to help
abused/neglected kids: 'Beacon House' new approach |
| 223 |
Editor |
When Plan A Fails--FDA right to delay Plan B OK 90
days, but must be made on safety/impact, not politics |
| 224 |
Williams |
DC Police Announce PSA Staffing Numbers--to be
proportional to all major crimes in each of 43 PSAs |
| 225 |
Staff |
Child Welfare Chief to Resign--Golden leaving to
'write book' , mayor say agency turnaround 'astonishing' |
| 226 |
Dvorak |
Powder at DC Station Disrupts Evening Rush on
Metrorail's Red Line--station shut 3 hrs, 30 min delay |
| MARCH, 2004 | HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 302 | Wiggins | Pr. George's Council Contests Hospital Bailout--deal could be at risk: unit treats 75% of county's uninsured |
| 302 | Staff | GW Hospital Chief Exec to Depart--leaving to supervise 6 Texas hospitals after 3.5 yrs, $100M expansion |
| 303 | Wiggins | Pr. George's Council Opposes Hospital Bailout--voted 6/3 against MOU: would go ahead with lesser plan |
| 303 | Santana | DC Council Approves Seniors' Drug Plan--city's poor (HI<$42K) would be in line for discounts to city's rate |
| 307 | Perlstein | Cnty Exec Johnson Lashes Out at Council over Pr. George's Hospital Audit--up to 3000 jobs now at risk? |
| 314 | Moreno | DC's Anti-Poverty Agency's Leader Placed on Leave--boards actions probed along with staff trips, expenses |
| 323 | Moreno | DC Anti-Poverty Agency Asks for Director's Resignation--action follows audit alleging dubious spending |
| 324 | Labbe | Mayor Urged to Keep Shelter Open--protesters want full-funding of social programs in '05 budget |
| 326 | Goldstein | DC to Oust Health Chief Over Response to Lead Problem--Bobb finds deep mgmt problems in 1400-man org |
| 329 | Editor | Revolution from Below--states and locals, incl DC, pressing for imports, Medicare help: drug industry take note |
| JUNE, 2004 | HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 610 | Otto | Number of Homeless Up Slightly for 4th Year--up 1.8% to 14,537: 3151 'permanently' in shelter |
| 615 | Goldstein | Cancer Screening of Poor DC Women Cut--city didn't spend grant $; fed program halted: worst cancer stats in US! |
| 617 | Wilgoren | Williams Offers Plan to House Homeless--funds for 10-yr strategy questioned: 6000 hi-subsidy housing units? |
| 619 | Woodlee | Mental Health Facility Opens--U Street corridor gets local services at walk-in, low-profile store front |
| 625 | Goldstein | DC Infant Mortality Rate Up, But Not for Blacks--slight increase in whites, latinos--all now at nat'l averages..., |
| 625 | Goldstein(cont) | ...DC live births continue to decline from 7621 in '01 to 7474 in '02, 57% unmarried moms: 81.3% in Ward 7 |
| 627 | McDonough ltr | Triage for East of the Anacostia--new Howard U campus public hospital bad idea: fix Grtr Southeast instead... |
| 627 | McD. ltr cont) | ....need for hospital beds keeps declining but GSE equipment outdated: DC uninsured down from 19.2% to 9% |
| 630 | Labbe | Report Says 1 in 4 in DC Foster Care Aren't Adopted--almost half of DC's 2800 kids are 13 or older |
| NOVEMBER, 2004 | HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 1021 | Schwartzman | Reluctant Migration--old Randall School SW shelter closure forces 100 homeless farther from downtown |
| 1104 | Labbe | City Seeks to Stem Social Worker Loss--program pays part of college loans for DC's CFSA w/6000 kids |
| 1105 | Levine | Hospital with up to 300 Beds Proposed--DC-Howard U plan for SE may not be economically sound |
| 1109 | Cauvin | Patients at St. E's 'In Peril' Report Says--lack safety, sanitation, and 'therapeutic environment' |
| 1117 | Fernandez | DC Family Faces Second Displacement--forced from condemned SE apt and now evicted from hotel |
| 1123 | Strauss | Chevron/Texaco Gives $1M for DC Youth Counseling--initiative will pay anti-violence aides at 4 schools |
| 1128 | Milloy OpEd | Homeless Could Use More Reason to Give Thanks--over 2500 got dinner, etc. at Fed'l City homeless shelter |
