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CCStpa Blue Cross Contribute to New Regional Family Advocacy Center in Bemidji

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee
of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered in Chicago.

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Three generations of randomized field trials of the Good Behavior Game
have been conducted by the AIR team in partnership with the Baltimore City
Public School System. Kellam may contact Larry McQuillan at
(202) 403-5119, or Louise Kennelly (202) 403-5817.

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The results of the field trials
indicate that school-based interventions that address all children (not only
those at higher risk) can have short- and long-term benefits on aggressive,
disruptive behavior and its developmental outcomes.

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Bush has made dealing with adolescent
violence one of her priorities as first lady. Yet there are few resources for victims in
rural areas," said Lois Stevens, president of CCStpa .

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The Center itself will be opened and run by a partnership between the Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, North Country Health Services, MeritCare
Clinic, and Midwest Children's Resource Center of St.

Sites that deal with the issues of violence or abuse in our society, including violence against individual people or classes of people, violence in certain places, and the study of violence and violent behavior as well as non-violent forms of abuse such as psychological abuse or neglect .

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"The results are profound," the first lady told an audience assembled at
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First Lady Laura Bush Visits Baltimore Md. School Where AIR is Conducting Program to Reduce Adolescent Violence

Paul. Bruce Preece, chief of police in Bemidji;
Judy Roy, tribal secretary of the Red Lake band of Chippewa Indians; and Dr.

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(CCStpa) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Minnesota (Blue Cross) will help open an innovative new resource in Bemidji
for victims of violent crimes and domestic abuse.
Ted Will, Board of Trustees member for NCHS. Paul
suburb of Eagan, was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota's first health plan and
continues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, more
economical and timely availability of health services for the people of
Minnesota .

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"By focusing on the victim's own physical and mental recovery, rather than
the legal implications of the violence, this model empowers the victim and
helps break the cycle of violence that is all too common," said Hanko.6 million members in Minnesota and
nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated
companies.

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As part of the first lady's visit , she met with Dr.
The mission of AIR's Center for Integrating Education and Prevention
Research in Schools is to bring together concepts, methods, and substantive
findings from public health, prevention science and education research. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota estimated there
were 1,089 cases of child abuse and 885 cases of rape reported in northern
Minnesota in 2002, the most recent year for which numbers were available. It will operate
out of North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji, near the emergency room
facilities.com .

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The Center's Board of Directors includes Randy Beck, executive partner of
MeritCare - Bemidji; James Hanko, president and CEO of NCHS; Floyd Jourdain,
chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians; Dr.

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Carolyn Levitt,
pediatrician and executive director of the Midwest Children's Resource Center;
Earl Maus, Cass County attorney; Lori Petermeier, social worker with Itasca
County Health + Human Services; J. They hope it will
become a national model for other rural areas. Visit
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's web site:
http://www.

CCStpa, headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, is a full-service provider of
third -party administrative (TPA) services for medical, dental, life and vision
care plans. CCStpa has a local
network of more than 35,000 providers in Minnesota and its bordering states.

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"This model is simple and inexpensive, and it can work in schools
across the country.

AIR, founded in 1946, is a recognized leader in the behavioral and social
sciences., A joint $39,000 contribution from
Comprehensive Care Services, Inc.
Stevens added, "Supporting rural Minnesotans, especially the Native
American populations, is a strong business priority for CCStpa, so it's
exciting for us to contribute to a resource that will help victims of violence
in these communities overcome their trauma and be healthier.

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BALTIMORE, First lady Laura Bush on Tuesday visited
George Washington Elementary School, where the American Institutes for
Research has been working with the City of Baltimore on a pilot program aimed
at reducing violent behavior and drug abuse among adolescents .

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Called the Family Advocacy Center of Northern Minnesota, it will provide
medical care, counseling and social services to any Minnesota victims of child
abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault -- paying special attention to the
Native American communities of Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth.S.

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Kellam,
the director of AIR's Center for Integrating Education and Prevention Research
in Schools and a nationally recognized expert on the prevention of violent
behavior among adolescents .

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The
goal is to socialize children into the role of student and decrease
aggressive, disruptive behavior in first- and second-grade classrooms.

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It integrates the
Good Behavior Game with curriculum and instruction, and with parent/classroom
partnerships around homework and behavior.
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Kellam, a Senior Research Fellow at AIR, has been conducting
randomized field trials of a classroom behavior management technique
administered by teachers that is known as the Good Behavior Game (GBG ).

The Center is believed to be one of the first in the country to bring
together professionals from a variety of disciplines to address the immediate
medical needs of victims, in addition to public safety needs, said James
Hanko, President and CEO of North Country Health Services . Founded in 1982, CCStpa has more than 100 employees and provides
benefit administration solutions to companies interested in self-funding as a
way to balance benefit needs with financial concerns .

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The third-generation study is being conducted in 24 classrooms in 12
Baltimore schools, including George Washington Elementary.

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"It is estimated that domestic violence victims account for more than 25
percent of all violent crime victims in Minnesota, and Native Americans are
victimized at a much higher rate. A not-for-profit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest
health plan based in Minnesota, covering 2.

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It is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization engaged in
domestic and international research, development, evaluation, analysis,
product development, training and technical assistance and assessment."

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