Youth Transitions

Children´s Hospital Boston
Sponsorship of the "State of the Science Conference", including support for an evening Town Hall meeting with a keynote presentation by Greg Smith, a disability advocate, radio host, and motivational speaker.

Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso (FAN)
Program support for their Positive Youth Development, Youth Ensemble, and Transitions Programs.

Institute for Educational Leadership
Co-sponsorship of a June 2007 national symposium on high school reform, including the issue of diplomas versus certificates of completion.

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Co-sponsorship of an August 2007 National Youth Development & Leadership Summit to develop an action plan for improving policy and practice in the youth development and leadership field.

Disability Funders Network
Sponsorship of a series of informational teleconferences around topics relating to disability, including youth transitions.

Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School
Sponsorship of a study to determine the incidence, prevalence, and survival of selected chronic illnesses, followed by a final paper on study findings indicating the economic impact of youth with disabilities as they transition into adulthood.

Incenter Strategies
In collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, sponsorship of a national survey of pediatricians to ascertain their interest in expanding their practices to more fully serve transitioning adolescents and to determine existing transition policies.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Sponsorship of five internships for youth with disabilities within cultural organizations in the Washington metropolitan area.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington
Expansion of the vocational education series and outreach program.

National Council on Independent Living
Curriculum development and regional trainings for youth practitioners in community-based organizations.

Kingsbury Center
In partnership with The George Washington University, internship opportunities for students with severe learning disabilities.

The Washington Center
Expansion of the Public Service Internship Program for College Students with Disabilities.

Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program
Sponsorship of the youth transitions module for the October 2007 IDEA Celebration for youth.

The University of the District of Columbia
Sponsorship of scholarships for nine students, three in each of the following four-year undergraduate programs: Language and Speech Pathology, Special Education, and Nursing.

U.S. Business Leadership Network
Sponsorship of the formation of a Youth Advisory Council.

National Consortium on Leadership & Disability for Youth
Translation and printing of seven tools/guides for youth transitions in Spanish and English.

City Year
Three year grant to support the development of an infrastructure to become an inclusive service organization so they can best recruit, train, and support youth with disabilities to become successful City Year corps members. The HSC Foundation is joined by the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation as a funding partner in City Year’s inclusion initiative.

Incenter Strategies
Focus group study of inner-city adolescents and their parents to determine how best to address adolescents’ physical, behavioral, and reproductive healthcare needs.

Childhood Obesity

National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality
Support of the activities around the Childhood Obesity Action Network; sponsorship of the 6th Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Health Care.

Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
Expansion of The HSC Foundation’s Community Services Resource Directory to include obesity prevention related information and resources for consumers, families, and providers.

Family Supports

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.

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

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.

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.

Awards

Abilities Network
The Arc of Northern Virginia
The Arc of Virginia
Community Lodgings, Inc.
The Harbour School at Annapolis
The Harbour School at Baltimore
Kids Feeling Fit Foundation, Inc.
Maryland Therapeutic Riding, Inc.
Melwood
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Of Metropolitan Washington
St. Coletta of Greater Washington
St. Coletta of Greater Washington, Adult Services Division
The Coordinating Center
Training Grounds, Inc.
TransCen, Inc.
WVSA arts connection
Youth Villages
Support to community-based organizations that distribute goods and services through the LEAP Awards to their clients who are transitioning youth.