Children’s National Hospital is launching a drive-up COVID-19 test site just for pediatric patients. It’s designed for children who are showing coronavirus symptoms but are not ill enough to warrant admission to the hospital.
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Children’s National Hospital to offer speedy COVID-19 tests for doctors, nurses
The machine takes 90 minutes and has room for three tests, the hospital said. Dr. Meghan Delaney, division chief of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of transfusion medicine at Children’s National Hospital, discussed the hospital’s COVID-19 test machine and the importance of donating blood during the COVID-19 outbreak
School closings are hard on kids, so here’s how to talk to them about it
Dr. Laura Gray, a clinical psychologist at Children’s National Hospital, provided tips for parents on how to work together with their kids during COVID-19 shutdowns.
How to deal with your kid ‘colleagues’ during coronavirus shutdowns
Dr. Laura Gray, a clinical psychologist at Children’s National Hospital, provided tips for parents on how to work together with their kids during COVID-19 shutdowns.
The Impact Of Coronavirus On The Education System
Dr. Nathaniel Beers, president of the HSC Health Care System and pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital, spoke about the impact of COVID-19 on education and school districts.
Coronavirus Response and Children
Dr. Roberta DiBiasi, the division chief of infectious diseases at Children’s National Hospital, provided comments on monitoring children for symptoms of COVID-19.
It’s Still Safe To Donate Blood During The Coronavirus Pandemic. Hospitals Wish You Would
Individuals are not at risk of contracting coronavirus through the blood donation process or through blood transfusion.
Children’s National Blood Donor Center strongly encouraging healthy, eligible donors to give blood and assures donors there is no risk of contracting coronavirus through the blood donation process or through blood transfusion
Children’s National Hospital Launches Pediatric Drive-Up COVID-19 Specimen Collection Site
Children’s National has opened a drive-up/walk up location where primary care doctors in the Washington, D.C. region can refer young patients for COVID-19 specimen collection and testing.
Primary care doctors can refer children through young adults up to age 22 for COVID-19 specimen collection/testing. This is the first such drive-up site to open in Washington, D.C.
DC Initiatives
Giving Back to Our Community
For over 30 years, the Clark Foundation has invested in schools and nonprofits serving the Washington, DC region. Among the Foundation’s top priorities is ensuring its grantees are in the strongest possible position to grow and serve their communities. Through significant multi-year investments, the Foundation has supported leadership transitions, strategic planning, stronger infrastructure, and promising new initiatives.
In addition to its longstanding support of the region’s schools and community anchors, the DC Initiatives portfolio centers on improving parent and child health, and supporting the persistence of DC students through college.
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Strong Schools and Community Anchors
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Supporting DC High School Graduates to and through College
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Strong Schools and Community Anchors
The Clark Foundation invests in the capacity-building and sustainability of the DC region’s schools and nonprofit community anchors. We aim to ensure that DC students have educational opportunities that set them on the path to fulfilling careers by investing in public and charter school growth and infrastructure.
In addition, we support community-based organizations in fulfilling their long-term missions by investing in the capacity and infrastructure of dozens of the region’s nonprofits providing health care, food access, youth development, and other essential services.
Investments to Date
$192,900,000+
in 188 schools, school-support organizations and community anchors across the DC region
College Persistence
The Foundation invests in organizations that prepare students for the challenges of earning a four-year degree through individual, specialized transition, and persistence support. Our goal is to make sure students throughout the city who choose to pursue a college degree have the support they need to graduate.
Investments to Date
$21,400,000+
in college persistence support for DC students
11,600+
DC-area students have received comprehensive academic, financial, and social supports
Parent-Child Health Initiative
Healthy brain development in a child’s early years is crucial to their academic and economic success in life. By investing in hospitals, early learning programs and other crucial community supports, we are creating opportunities for all children to grow, learn, and reach their full potential.
Our grantees are leaders in their fields. They operate major hospitals, community health programs, early learning centers and research initiatives. Their innovative work is transforming the opportunity landscape for children and families at both the neighborhood and citywide level.
The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation is investing in local health care providers to improve the quality of perinatal and early pediatric health care for families in Washington, DC. These investments will not only enhance innovation and integration of health services, they will also strengthen collaborations among hospitals and community health providers.
On October 1, 2020, leaders in hospital-based care, community health providers, health advocates, and members of the philanthropic community convened to discuss a vision of a comprehensive, integrated, culturally responsive system of support serving all families in the District of Columbia.
Investments to Date
$103,400,000+
in organizations supporting parent-child health
Over 38,000
moms and babies have received high-quality perinatal and pediatric health care and mental health screenings
$54,400,00+
in hospital- and community-based perinatal health services
$20,400,000+
in mother-baby wellness, early identification and intervention, and wrap-around services
$13,500,000+
in new buildings, facilities, and telehealth and electronic health record systems
Parent-Child Health Initiative Resources
Featured Grantees
Tutoring makes math fun
A year ago, if you talked to DC ninth-grader Jah’ere Kelley about math, he likely would have shrugged and grudgingly admitted he was stressed about school and, by extension, his future. Though the bright freshman at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School in Washington, DC, is just beginning to think about what he wants to […]
Community of Hope
During her first pregnancy, Mercedez Milling-Robinson realized that she needed a different sort of care if she were ever going to have another child. Her first born, Marcus S. Robinson is doing well today, but throughout her pregnancy Mercedez felt her care was too impersonal — at times, even disrespectful. The ability to have caregivers […]
Latin American Youth Center
Based in Columbia Heights, Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) is a multi-service community anchor that has been supporting the social, academic, and career needs of young people since the late 1960s. In 2018, Lupi Quinteros-Grady took the reins as President and CEO. Ms. Quinteros-Grady has a 20-plus year history with the organization: she was a […]
DCPS Persists
As part of its broader commitment to support DC public and charter school graduates succeed in college, the Foundation invested $10 million in the DC Public Education Fund to launch DCPS Persists, a new program that provides college-bound DC Public Schools graduates with a support network to help them graduate from college. Starting with the class of 2020, students will be […]
Additional Grantees
‘For black and brown boys’ | This DC school is changing the way students of color are educated
When Statesmen College Preparatory Academy was enrolling students for the fall of 2018, Kevin and Satira Corbitt weren’t completely sold on the new school.
“It was a startup and what we know about startups is, it’s hard. Those first couple of years, you don’t have any cred. There’s no history. No test scores,” Satira said.
After several meetings with Statesmen’s founders, the Corbitts decided to take a risk and let their oldest son, Kiye, be part of the school’s inaugural class.