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Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.

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Aug 28, 2017

Strong Roots: Home Visiting Programs Expand Medical Care into Communities

The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses home visits to low-income families and integrating them into pediatric care.

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Aug 21, 2017

Brain Matter Matters: Should We Intervene Well Before Preschool?

A Brookings Institution blog post cites Nurse-Family Partnership as a prime example of a program that can positively affect the cognitive development of at-risk infants.

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Aug 8, 2017

First Statewide Pay-for-Success Program Helps At-Risk Moms

Governing magazine reports on South Carolina’s innovative public-private initiative to quadruple the number of low-income families Nurse-Family Partnership serves.

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Jul 25, 2017

Website Helps Delaware Women Get Free Birth Control, Rides to Health Clinics

The Be Your Own Baby website is a part of the $10 million Delaware Contraceptive Access Now initiative, started by the nonprofit Upstream USA with no government funding.

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May 24, 2017

After College, Youth Villages Grad Goes On to Help Other Children

Hannah Harrison accomplished her dream and graduated from ETSU. Just two days later she started working full time at Youth Villages, helping kids going through some of the same things she went through.

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May 24, 2017

“I have everything I need to be this child’s mother.”

Learn how HealthySteps helps parents trust themselves to know what is best for their children.

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May 8, 2017

Dave Thomas Foundation Wants to Take its Adoption Program Nationwide

Rita Soronen shares with Columbus CEO magazine her Foundation’s 12-year plan to save children's lives—and U.S. taxpayers' money.

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Apr 20, 2017

Rising Number of NC Teens Age Out of Foster Care

The Charlotte News & Observer describes how CHSNC is partnering with Wendy’s Wonderful Kids to help older kids find adoptive families.

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Apr 13, 2017

America Has to Close the Workforce Skills Gap

Writing in “Bloomberg View,” the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas cites Year Up’s community college-based program as the kind of public-private partnership that is essential to growing middle-class jobs.

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Apr 13, 2017

Getting High-School Grads Into the Closed-Off World of Tech

The Atlantic highlights how Year Up matches young, lower-income workers with employers eager to diversify their ranks.