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Articles in Dec, 2008 issue of Policy & Practice

• AMERIGROUP gets Nevada Medicaid contract
• Deloitte enters partnership with Teradata Corp
• Spiral Up … and Other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives
  by Frank Solomon
• James Harrison
• Anne Heiligenstein
• Nels Holmgren
• Janie Huddleston
• Stan Rosenstein
• Jashua Slen
• Hope and change
  by Jerry W. Friedman
• For those we serve indeed
  by Joe Valentine
• Challenges for our county
  by Sarah Kisner
• Unity of purpose
  by Frank Solomon
• Teen motherhood: celebrity buzz belies its cost
• Governors request $176B from economic stimulus package, including $40B for state Medicaid programs
• Medicare Part D providers reminded of obligations to nursing home residents
• New SAMHSA study on link between suicide and substance abuse
• Employment gap widens for workers with disabilities
• Indiana eases food stamp, welfare application procedures
• Lowa report: aging population could strain state budgets
• Act to help keep Louisiana children in families
• Ohio governor seeks federal aid to battle downturn
• Nebraska revises child safe haven law
• Oklahoma child welfare staff turnover dropping
• The American Association of public welfare Attoneys
• ISM appoints five new regional representatives
• Two 2009 NAPIPM conference registration scholarships to be awarded
• Wisconsin to expand Medicaid Services
• NSDTA honors awardees at the 2008 professional development institute in Atlanta
• Employing the unemployed, an untapped resource
  by Larry Temple
• Core
  by Heidi Goldsmith
• Intergenerational Caregiving
  by Alan Booth
• CLASP federal policy recommendations for 2009 and beyond
  by Alan W. Houseman
• Protecting children and strengthening families
  by Rutledge Q. Hutson
• Updated 'Winter Commission' report examines government performance
  by Nelson A. Rockefeller
• Paula Mckey
• Black residents
• Early childhood mental health
• Pregnancies
• American Indians and Native Alaskans
• Native American reservations
• New housing units
• Residential construction
• Per capita incomes/emissions
• Child support
• Child care and development block grant-funded
• Thank you volunteers
• Health care needs
• Staff spotlight
• Battling hurricanes together
  by Debra Nance
• A regional workforce and human services proposal
  by Brent R. Orell
• A new way of thinking about child abuse and neglect prevention
  by Jim Hmurovich
• The reality of fatherhood
  by David Levy
• Bull sells Medicaid business to Ingenix
• Curam, Children's Research Center partner on child welfare solution
• ACS picked to support FDA's 21st Century initiative
• Child welfare agency hires dozens of case workers
• AAFSD holds 33rd annual education conference, chooses new name
• Rob Hofmann
• Cheryl Stephani
• Drops out
• In our Do'ers profile, we highlight some of the hardworking and talented individuals in public human services. This issue features Bruce Wagstaff, Director, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance
• Reaping the winds of change—spiritual care to the Elvis generation
  by Arthur Steckel
• APHSA releases transition policy document
• Number of Americans on food stamps expected to top 30M
• Lagan ranked 12th in Deloitte Technology Fast 50
• Tell it all and tell it first
  by Kelly Bachman
• Mark A. Washington
• Working with EMAC: a first-timer's account
  by Ryan Vogt
• Lessons learned from the Hurricanes
  by Alison Neutrom
• A USDA FNS perspective on Louisiana Disaster and EMAC
  by Jo Ellen Collin
• Pennsylvania's Incremental Renewal Project
  by Mike Coulson
• CGI offer viewpoint to federal and banking sectors to gain taxpayer trust
• Overview of residential education in the United States