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Patients beset with the nation's most serious health problems rely primarily on family physicians as their usual source of care. Number of Office Visits to Family Physicians Nearly one in four of all office visits in the United States are made to general and family physicians every year. In 2001, more than 210 million office visits were made to general and family physicians -- 76 million more than to any other specialty. Number of Physicians Who Are Family Physicians In 2002, family physicians comprised 12 percent of all patient care physicians in the United States. Geographic Spread of Family Physicians The geographic spread of family physicians across the United States more closely matches the geographic spread of the general population than any other specialty. The number of graduating seniors in the United States choosing family medicine has declined nearly 50 percent since 1997, with fewer than 10 percent of U.S. medical graduates choosing family medicine in 2003. Page 1 of 6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fibre Channel Switching Modules Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fibre Channel switching modules deliver the intelligence and advanced features required to make multilayer storage area networks a reality. All Cisco MDS 9000 Family switching modules are hot-swappable and include hot-swappable, small form-factor pluggable (SFP), LC interfaces. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fibre Channel switching modules are available in two configurations. With Cisco MDS 9000 Family switching modules, network architects can allocate bandwidth optimally to meet specific application requirements while decreasing the switching footprint and lowering overall storage network deployment cost. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switching Modules Deliver Intelligent Scalability The Cisco MDS 9000 Family offers industry leading port density, scaling from 16 to 256 ports per chassis. Virtual SANs, advanced traffic management, hardware enabled serviceability, and comprehensive security features make Applications must be postmarked by this date. To ensure your application is considered, please mail original pl us three copies of application and all supporting materials to: Award winners are encouraged to use their designation as a family friendly company for two full years. A panel of work/family advocates including past winners and other business leaders, human resources professionals and representatives of public service agencies will judge the applications and make the award selections. Option to buy/sell vacation time Exceptions allowed for mandatory overtime Paid leave available for personal or family reasons Resource and referral Employee training on choosing quality child care Employee training on child development Subsidies for child care Family child care network Sick/emergency child care Subsidies for sick care Respite care (for special needs children) Before- or after-school programs 1. Please describe your most significant family-friendly workplace policy brochureThe Department of Administrative Services has pre-pared this brochure to help State of Connecticut employees understand the federal and state laws governing family and medical leave. Legislation passed at both federal and state levels provides eligible employees with job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted by Congress in 1993. Connecticut's statute governing family and medical leaves for public sector employees (C.G.S. 5-248a) was enacted in 1988. To qualify for state family/medical leave, you must have perma-nent status with the state as defined in C.G.S. 5-196(20). Federal FMLA only, State family/medical leave only, or Both federal FMLA and state family/medical leave. If the leave qualifies for both federal FMLA leave and state family/medical leave, the leave may count against your entitlement under both laws and run concurrently. Federal FMLA (though not state family/medical leave) may runState Links - Family ViolenceRI : : SC : : SD : : TN : : TX : : UT : : VT : : VA : : WA : : WV : : WI : : WY Canada All States The resources included in this document include domestic violence court programs, domestic violence coalitions, and other domestic violence resources by state. If you would like to have us add a resource from your state, please contact Madelynn Herman at mherman@ncsc.dni.us. **Denotes a domestic violence court. This list is not exhaustive. Services for teen victims of domestic violence. Hears both civil and criminal cases. Miami Florida. This project, which began in 1997 as a national demonstration project, identifies and addresses domestic violence in the context of juvenile dependency court proceedings. An Overview of Florida's Criminal Justice Specialized Courts.The Family Health Insurance program provides access to health care for uninsured children in Santa Clara County by enrolling them in available no-cost and low-cost insurance programs that cover health, dental and vision care. A Family Health our program focuses on children in Insurance enrollment specialist will work families with incomes at or below 300 with you to determine which overall percent of the federal poverty level (equal program is appropriate, based on the to an annual income of $51,150 for a child's age, residency status, family size family of four). By reaching children and family income level. In addition to covering medical, follow-up to ensure that insurance cards dental and vision care, the Family Health are obtained, initial health assessments Insurance program also provides mental are scheduled, and insurance benefits health services (counseling), including are retained over time. enrollment specialists enrolled 3,300 Q: Who qualifies for Family Health GAO-04-333 Highlights, CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEWS: Better Use of Data and Improved Guidance CouldFamilies (ACF) implemented the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) to increase states' accountability. The CFSR uses states' data profiles and statewide assessments, as well as interviews and an on-site case review, to measure state performance on 14 outcomes and systemic factors, including child well-being and the provision of caseworker training. The CFSR also requires progress on a program improvement plan (PIP); otherwise ACF may apply financial penalties. GAO recommends that the Secretary of HHS ensure that ACF uses the best available data to measure state performance, clarify PIP guidance, and help regional offices better integrate their oversight activities. In commenting on this report, HHS generally agreed with GAO's findings and said that it is committed to continually monitoring and improving the CFSR process. www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-333. To view the full product, including the scope and methodology, click on the link above. Oversight of StateABC Family features quality, contemporary entertainment including original series and movies, acquired hits and special holiday events. ABC Family is reflective of today's families - with all of their diversity, dysfunction, humor and passion. Targeting Adults 18- 34, but family inclusive, ABC Family is the perfect bridge between Disney Channel viewers and the broad audience of ABC. ABC Family is currently available in over 88 million homes via basic cable. Original movies continue to garner ratings for ABC Family, and the channel's goal is to premiere one original a month. ABC Family finished 2004 posting double digit increases in primetime across all key demos. With this momentum, ABC Family will launch scripted and reality series in 2005. ABC Family is set to premiere the hybrid documentary/reality series GARDEN OF LOVE in first quarter '05. The Camdens are a close-knit family despite their occasional differences and the usual problems that every family faces. In recent years, with the introduction of welfare reform and renewed interest in working poverty, advocates around the country have developed what are called "basic family budgets," which attempt to measure the amount of income families require to meet their basic needs. First, they identify bud-get items necessary for a working family to maintain a safe and decent standard of living, then determine how much it costs to provide each item at an adequate level. How many bedrooms does a four-person family need? Moreover, it is important that each budget item be specific to family size and composition, work status of adults, and regional variations. Alternative poverty measures, such as that recommended by the Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance of the National Research Council (NRC), are a vast improvement over the current approach, and should be adopted by the federal government as the official measure; Except in the case where one parent stays home with the child, family Pathfinderresearch guide Child and Family Studies Reference Books Periodical Indexes The Parent's Desk reference Statistical Handbook on the Family Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America Handbook of Educational Psychology Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education Mayo Clinic Family Health Book The Small Business Information Handbook Call Number Areas BF HD Marriage and Family Psychology Family Adolescent Psychology Parent and Child Taking children seriously (video) Listening to children: a moral journey (video) Life's first feelings (video) Culture and education of young children (video) Make a family video album (video) Web Resources American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Mayo Clinic Family and Child HealthHealth Insurance Family Style: Public Approaches to Reaching the UninsuredOverview--This issue brief explores existing and potential opportunities to further expand the availabil-ity of health coverage for the uninsured and the underinsured, given the current economy and the resulting state budget shortfalls. The meeting will also address the cost implications of the differing perspectives in the context of the shifting economy. This is expected to lead to a discussion among presenters and participants of the future of and priorities for public financing of health insurance coverage. For example, options for universal coverage tend to be raised most often during periods of economic downturn and rapidly rising health care costs. However, repeated discussions of broad-based expan-sion or reform of public health financing programs have consistently resulted in incremental policy movements and carefully measured financial investments. While there is little reason to believe that the current administration and the Congress will now embrace universaltable1Separate benefits for children of public and private sector workers. Child benefit (administered by tax system) Universal a a a a a a income-related a a a a a a Is benefit taxed? No Youth allowance; child care benefit; No No a refundable & by age of child a youth disability supplement; large family supplement; multiple birth allowance. None Special needs child grant; dependent family benefit; infant allowances for year one when mothers stay at home; large family supplement; child care allowances. No None Additional means-tested benefits are for; a large families; single-parents; adoption; parental education; special education; and child disability. There are also school and housing allowances. No Tax allowances for children and lone aa refundable parents; special needs benefit; child care allowance for under 2 years if parent not or minimally working. Lone-parent and low-income hhs a supplements; adoptive benefit; multiple birth grant None Large family supplement; additionalESTATE TAX IMPACTS ON FAMILY FARMS Myth: Many family farmers and small business owners are forced to pay the estate tax. Reality: Most family farms and small business owners do not meet estate tax eligibility thresholds. The USDA's Economic Research Service reported that the average farm household net worth ranged from $576,400 for small farms to $1.5 million for very large family farms. The New York Times has reported that the American Farm Bureau could not cite a single case of a family farm lost due to the estate tax. In fact, family farms and small businesses already receive special deductions, valuation schedules, and long term payment options when taxed. Family farms and small businesses can be protected against unfair estate taxation through common sense reform and simplification, such as raising exemption levels high enough that virtually all will be exempt. Raising the exemption for these family-owned enterprises to $4 million ($8 million for couples), Family life education (FLE) is any organized effort to provide family members with information, skills, experiences or resources intended to strengthen, improve or enrich their fami-ly experience. Family life educators use many methods and innumerable settings to provide valuable training to people who want to be more effective family members. In Saratoga Springs, Utah, Paula Fellingham does a "Solutions for Families" radio show providing family information to listeners, writes columns for local newspapers, and has written two family books. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, besides teaching premarital and marriage education, step family strengthening, fathering and parenting seminars, Julie Baumgardner works with "First Things First" to promote family-friendly workplace policies and increase commu-nity awareness of the importance of strong marriages and families through public While there are various professions that help families in many ways such as clergy, social UltraSPARC Product Family BrochureUltraSPARC® is the industry-leading 64-bit processor family offering customers seamless binary compatibility at a variety of design points. And we listened. Providing computing solutions to enable Sun customers to maintain leadership positions in their fields is a challenge we enjoy. It requires unwavering customer-focus, unrelenting commitment to design engineering excellence and flawless execution. Sun has always distinguished itself by refusing to take a second-hand approach to providing customer satisfaction. Unlike some system repackagers, Sun conceives, designs and develops components critical to its products. Microprocessors, the software stack and system design are all fine-tuned through a synergistic development process to deliver maximum customer value. The UltraSPARC processor family is a key element of Sun's customer-driven design philosophy, and together with Sun's forthcoming processor family is designed for Blade Computing.Tools/FamiliesYour children can be meaningfully includ-ed as early as the preschool years. These meetings will teach your child to respect you and will give you an opportunity to demonstrate respect for your child. Family meetings also ensure that you will have an opportunity to instruct your child about your expecta-tions. Family meetings are a highly effective way of dealing with siblings' complaints about one another. Here are some suggestions for conducting effective family meetings: Make meetings official. Have meetings at a set time (ideally the same time every week), and end them on time. Be sure everyone follows some basic rules: Discuss family activities as well as problems so the meetings include something positive. Ask your children to suggest ideas for making the meetings a special time for the family.Tables FAMILYThe judge demonstrates familiarity with the case record and documents, and fairly weighs all evidence and arguments before rendering a decision. The judge clearly explains the basis for his or her decisions. The judge's professional conduct is free from impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. The judge's conduct is free from bias on the basis of race or ethnic origin The judge's conduct is free from bias on the basis of gender The judge's conduct is free from bias on the basis of religion The judge's conduct is free from bias on the basis of parties or attorneys involved in the action The judge issues orders, judgments, decrees or The judge is punctual in convening court, keeps business moving, and does an amount of work fair to taxpayers and to other judges. Taking everything into account, would you recommend retaining this judge on the bench? The adequacy score is a comparison rating calculated by taking the sum of all 'adequate and more than adequate' 1 | 2
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