In an effort to improve the quality of health communication and health journalism in Los Angeles and across the country, The California Endowment has awarded two major grants to programs directed by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
The awards include a $3.5 million grant over three years to the USC [...]
Citing the proven benefits of preschool education, an official from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee Chairman urged Los Angeles area business leaders today to support efforts to expand access to Early Childhood Education throughout Los Angeles County.
Rob Grunewald, Associate Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank, and Assemblyman Dave [...]
MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services, announced today that it received exceptional results under an independent review performed by The Lewin Group for its administration of California’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Healthy Families program with an error rate of just 0.04%.
Under the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program administered by the Centers [...]
Insight Systems Exchange (ISE), a division of Insight Investments Corp., today announced its “green” state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot Tech Center at 7012 Belgrave Ave. in Garden Grove, California, is now operational. To commemorate this landmark occasion, ISE will host an Open House tomorrow afternoon that is open to the public and will be attended by many local [...]
Open to Latino high school seniors and full-time undergraduates students who plan on pursuing careers in journalism. Your selection for this award will be based on commitment to journalism, community awareness, scholastic achievement and financial need. In order to apply, you must be a resident of California or attend an accredited school in California. You [...]
Mendocino County shined at the 2006 Miss California Scholarship Program held June 27 through July 1. Miss Mendocino County 2006 Kaleena Quarles was an outstanding contestant and performed beautifully in all aspects of competition. She performed a vocal to “Time to Say Goodbye/Con Te Partiro” sung in Italian and looked absolutely beautiful in evening gown [...]
Thirty $2,000 scholarships are available to African-American graduating high school seniors and college students who are pursuing careers in the health care industry.
The scholarships, funded by the United Health Foundation and PacifiCare Foundation, are offered on behalf of the African American Scholars Program.
Starting this fall, the $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school [...]
For the first time in the history of the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) Youth Scholarship Award program, two students have tied for first place. Jordan Biltoft, Spokane, Wash., and Ryan Patton, Yorba Linda, Calif., were this year’s winners and will receive $5,000 each.
Scholarship recipients are chosen on a combination of academic achievement, [...]
California Credit Union is pleased to announce the winners of its second annual California Credit Union College Scholarship Program. In an awards ceremony on Saturday, June 3, the credit union awarded $1,000 college scholarships to 35 deserving students. Two of the winners are already California Credit Union members.
Begun in 2005 with 25 scholarships, the California [...]
In response to online training course demand, California State University, Fresno has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide programs in healthcare and video game design and development. The healthcare courses include administrative medical specialist; advanced coding for the physician’s office; advanced hospital coding and CCS prep; ICD-10 medical coding: preparation and instruction for implementation; [...]