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Jan Chapin, social worker
Jan Chapin, a social worker who enjoyed the arts and sports, died March 14 from metastatic melanoma at her Cockeysville home. She was 65.
The daughter of a career Army officer and a homemaker, the former Elizabeth Jan Iaderosa, who was known as Jan,...Tags: DaVita Incorporated, Colleges and Universities, Everyman Theatre, Mount Vernon, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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More Than $15 Million Raised After Sandy Hook, But Keeping Track Of Cash A Challenge
The Hartford CourantIn the three months following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, people around the world have raised more than $15 million, spread out over more than 60 funds. The cash dwarfs fundraising totals that followed last year's movie theatre shooting...Tags: San Francisco Giants, Awards and Prizes, Local Government, Human Interest, Finance
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Cuts coming to In Home Support Services despite settlement
Staff WriterWashing dishes and cleaning the cat’s litter box are likely perceived as simple tasks, but for Meredith Chace these are challenging chores that require serious efforts. “There isn’t that much I can do myself around here,” said the...Tags: Christianity, Government Debt, Religion and Belief, Arthritis, Social Issues
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SD tribes to file lawsuit against social services
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two Native American tribes in South Dakota are expected to file a class action lawsuit Thursday alleging that the state's Department of Social Services has violated the Indian Child Welfare Act. The federal law requires...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice
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El Centro sets draft CDBG allocation
Staff WriterA draft one-year plan to allocate thousands of dollars in federal funding for various supportive services to residents was approved Tuesday by the El Centro City Council. The draft plan describing how Community Development Block Grant funding is...Tags: Christianity, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism
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Fixing Oliver
There's no magic bullet that will suddenly solve all the problems in a community like Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood, not even the small army of city officials who descended on the East Baltimore community this week. But the effort is still worth it if...
Tags: Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics, Alcohol Addiction, Healthy Diet
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'With Charity for All' looks beyond the glossy appeals
Americans just love feeling philanthropic. In any debate over cutting tax breaks in the income tax system, the deduction for charitable donations is always held sacred — even more than that other sacred cow, the mortgage deduction. It's a rare...
Tags: NPR, Radio, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Karl Rove
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Thomas Nelson Community College, General Practitioners, Government, Politics, Oceana
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Naperville considers ways to use surplus
Naperville may start to use its growing food and beverage tax revenue to not only fund cultural grants, but also social services and pension debt. The move, which City Council gave informal approval to Monday, could help save the city $65 million in...
Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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Wichita Open becomes Air Capital Classic
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsProfessional golf is staying in Wichita, but it has a new name. The Wichita Open will now be called the Air Capital Classic and will run from June 13-16 on the web.com Tour, formerly the Nationwide Tour. Tournament director Roy Turner made the...Tags: Small Businesses, Business, Sports, Golf, Social Issues
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Hospice Cares: Hospice social workers support patients and families
Contributing writerA lot of personal loss led Cathy Reeser to embark on a career as a hospice social worker. March is National Social Work Month and Reeser shares some of her thoughts about the 12 years she has worked with Heritage Hospice. Heritage Hospice welcomes...Tags: Human Interest, Hysterectomy, Eastern Kentucky University
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District 303 summit to tackle mental health as school security topic
The St. Charles community will soon begin discussions surrounding mental health – something social service leaders the say is a unique and necessary step. After the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., District 303...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Health and Safety at School, Mental Illness, Family, Health
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