The HSC Foundation is committed to supporting families and other individuals who are providing care for infants, youth, and adults with chronic illness, disabilities, at-risk for disabilities, or who have unique health care needs.

The purpose of the Foundation’s Family Supports Initiative is to:

• Provide knowledge regarding systems of care, home and family care practices, and community resources;
• Support family needs through technical training, counseling, and peer support;
• Strengthen skills in the areas of negotiation, conflict management, and advocacy; and
• Support related research, development, and evaluation.
  

Partnering with Your Child’s School: A Guide for Parents

Information and Resources for Families of Children with Health and/or Mental Health Care Needs. This is designed to help parents of children who have been diagnosed with health or mental health care needs to learn about available resources and to develop a partnership with their children’s school.

• Download the Partnering with Your Child's School booklet (English version) as an Adobe PDF file
• Download the Partnering with Your Child's School booklet (Spanish version) as an Adobe PDF file
• Download the Partnering with Your Child's School booklet as a Microsoft Word file

Copies of Partnering with Your Child's School are available in English and Spanish at no cost by using the order form (Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file).

Lead Awareness Campaign

A public awareness campaign about the dangers of lead poisoning for children. The messages encourage parents to get their children tested for lead poisoning and outline the dangers of lead exposure. The campaign is targeted to communities east of the Anacostia River, utilizing transit advertising, community newspapers, and radio.

Click here for sample campaign messages:

• Download “Lead Awareness – Test Children” (English version) as an Adobe PDF file
• Download “Lead Awareness – Test Children” (Spanish version) as an Adobe PDF file

Male Caregiving Conference: Creating a Research, Programmatic, and Policy Agenda for an Emerging Public Health Issue

There is a dearth of research about male caregivers, including the ways in which they are similar to and different from their female peers. Studies of male caregivers from families and communities of color are almost nonexistent. To address the present knowledge gap, The HSC Foundation, in partnership with the University of Maryland, College Park, convened a conference in the fall of 2007 on this important but often overlooked issue.

• Download the Male Caregiving Conference Briefing as a Adobe PDF file

Grantees

Prince George´s Community Foundation
Contribution to the Partnership for Prince George´s County Funding Collaborative. The Funding Collaborative is a pooled fund from which grants will be awarded for the purpose of strengthening the ability of nonprofits to achieve greater performance and impact both individually and collectively in Prince George´s County.

DC Pediatric Palliative Care Collaborative
Sponsorship of second Annual Pediatric Palliative Care Conference, "Quality of Life for the Children."

The Summit School
Grant to provide four (4) full scholarships to the Summit Outreach Camp for children from the African-American community in Anne Arundel County whose academic needs are underserved.

University of Maryland, Department of Family Services
Co-sponsorship of a national conference on male caregivers in September of 2007.

The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Sponsored a multiple case study investigation to learn how three selected school districts in two states are serving children with special health and mental health care needs, the extent and nature of interaction between education and health or mental health care professionals, and challenges schools face in serving this population.

• Download the Full Report (June 2007) as a Microsoft Word file

Sponsored the creation of an informational brochure entitled "Partnering with Your Child's School: A Guide for Parents".

National Child Research Center
Program support for the organization’s SOS Team, a support system for the Early Intervention Program.

Coalition for Environmentally Safe Communities
Research and update the Environmental Resource Guide which provides information and resources to help families in the District of Columbia to identify health problems caused by environmental conditions in the home and to help them find ways to fix environmental problems in their homes.

Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center-Adelphi
Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center-Takoma Park
Washington Highlands Library (in partnership with Health Information Partners)
The Reginald S. Lourie Center
Support to community-based organizations that host and maintain Resource Corners in their facilities that provide families online access to community resources.

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