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		<title>Recognize Foster Care Awareness Month with Muskie</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/05/15/celebrate-foster-care-awareness-month-with-muskie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From May 14-18, the Muskie School’s Children, Youth, and Families program and its partners will honor National Foster Care Awareness Month with a community discussion, art exhibition, and film presentation.]]></description>
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		<title>Muskie School&#8217;s Population Health and Health Policy Program Granted Funding to Evaluate Maine Families Program</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/04/16/muskie-schools-population-health-and-health-policy-program-granted-funding-to-evaluate-maine-families-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Muskie School of Public Service and USM’s Department of Applied Medical Sciences (AMS) have received funding to evaluate a Maine Office of Child and Family Services project resulting from a federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Expansion grant. Maine will use funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Fall and Summer Course Schedules</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/04/05/new-fall-and-summer-course-schedules-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New course schedules for summer and fall 2012 have been posted- check out the wide variety of classes available for Muskie School undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs. Visit:  http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/academics/students/course-schedule.jsp]]></description>
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		<title>Muskie Professor, Public to Discuss Sea Level Rise Planning in Bayside</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/02/17/muskie-professor-public-to-discuss-sea-level-rise-planning-in-bayside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kradke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the USM Muskie School’s Environmental Finance Center (EFC) on February 24 for a presentation and discussion on sea level rise adaptation in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood. The event is free and open to the public.]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Charlie Colgan presents 2012 Maine Economic Forecast</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/01/10/professor-charlie-colgan-presents-2012-maine-economic-forecast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 10, Professor Charlie Colgan presented his 2012 economic forecast for the state of Maine at the annual event &#8220;Breakfast with Charlie.&#8221; Colgan is a former Maine state economist and current chair of the Muskie School of Public Service Community Planning &#38; Development master&#8217;s program. Presentation slides and audio from this morning&#8217;s presentation are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRCOI Launches New Online Tool</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/01/04/nrcoi-launches-new-online-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2012/01/04/nrcoi-launches-new-online-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of data collection on how states train and support child welfare supervisors, the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) recently introduced the Supervisor Training Project.]]></description>
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		<title>Disability &amp; Aging Program to Serve as Evaluator for National Dual Eligible Demonstration Program</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2011/11/04/disability-aging-program-to-serve-as-evaluator-for-national-dual-eligible-demonstration-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2011/11/04/disability-aging-program-to-serve-as-evaluator-for-national-dual-eligible-demonstration-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a subcontractor for the national Dual Eligible Demonstration Program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the Muskie School&#8217;s Disability &#38; Aging program will serve as lead contact and evaluator for four states participating in the program. The Research Triangle Institute is the prime contractor and winner of the five-year, $15 million contract. Additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Policy Program Receives Legal Assistance for Victims Grant</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2011/11/04/justice-policy-program-receives-legal-assistance-for-victims-grant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>slitwiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Muskie School&#8217;s Justice Policy Program (JPP) within the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy has received a Legal Assistance for Victims grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women. The $400,000 award will fund the Tri-County Advocacy Partnership (TCAP) in its efforts to enhance and expand the availability of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Child Welfare Workforce Institute Receives Quality Award</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2011/09/09/national-child-welfare-workforce-institute-receive-national-quality-award/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2011/09/09/national-child-welfare-workforce-institute-receive-national-quality-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>slitwiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI), a partnership between the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, the National Indian Child Welfare Association, and eight universities throughout the nation, has been awarded the 2011 Quality Award by the National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA). Given annually in recognition of outstanding performance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Muskie School Celebrates 2011 Baron Award Recipients</title>
		<link>http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/muskie/2011/08/09/the-muskie-school-celebrates-2011-baron-award-recipients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 5, the USM Muskie School of Public Service staff and faculty gathered in the Wishcamper Center to celebrate this year’s Catherine A. Baron Endowment award recipients: Sun Young Yoon, Kyle Radke, and Diane Gout. Created in 2006 in honor of former Muskie senior staff member Catherine Baron, the Baron Endowment supports the professional [...]]]></description>
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