HEALTH | Opinion: “It’s fortunate that the [community] health centers’ business models are well suited to scale up”…because in the wake of health reform, they’ll need to. (WaPo, 3/28)
> Learn about innovations in community-based care from the Regional Primary Care Coalition.
> April 5 at WG: Health Working Group monthly meeting
ENVIRONMENT | Big impact for bag tax: In 2009, food establishments handed out 22.5 million bags per month. In January, 2010: 3 million. (WaPo, 3/30)
DC SCHOOLS | DC a finalist, but not a winner, in the Race to the Top education competition (WaPo, 3/30) – “lost support because of lack of union support, poor data collection and questions about the sustainability of its test-score gains.” Rhee: “We are determined to reshape our application and submit for Phase Two.”
POVERTY | Petula Dvorak devotes today’s column to poverty in DC. “The recession has been a hurricane for these folks, and it exacerbates long-standing problems…” (WaPo, 3/30)
AIDS | Red tape holds up federal funding for local AIDS programs (WaPo, 3/30)
BROADBAND | Billionaire George Soros to Google: “Consider Baltimore” for “first pilot project for ultra-high-speed broadband access.” (BaltTech, 3/29)
A Happy Passover to all our friends who are celebrating–have a wonderful week!
-Nick
