Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that Kevin Keegan, an official with the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR), has been selected to be the new President and Chief Executive of the Family League of Baltimore City Inc. Keegan succeeds Rafael Lopez, who is leaving the Family League to take a position at the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation. Keegan will begin work on August 2, 2010.
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The Baltimore Sun – John-John Williams IV (June 7, 2010)
Duzant received a special award last month at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in San Jose, Calif. The distinction, which was presented in recognition of his outstanding scientific ability and academic curiosity, also came with a full, four-year, $50,000 scholarship to the Florida Institute of Technology.
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The Baltimore Sun – Meredith Cohn (June 2, 2010)
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Baltimore officials have joined with a nonprofit group and a health care provider to launch a $3 million program aimed at reducing the city's high number of infant deaths.
The city's infant death numbers are among the highest in the nation. In 2009, the city saw the deaths of more than 120 babies younger than 1 year old, and officials believe a good number of those deaths were preventable. Many of the infants were underweight and born prematurely, two major factors in mortality.
The three-year program, called B'More for Healthy Babies, is backed by the city Health Department, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and the Family League of Baltimore City Inc., among others.
The program will employ education, community outreach and a media campaign that includes radio spots, bus posters, bumper stickers and videos to show new mothers. The first initiative is to promote safe infant sleep practices. Last year, 27 babies in the city died while sleeping, and nearly all were not put to sleep safely — alone and on their backs in a crib, according to city officials....
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