RICHMOND Key legislators say funding for public education and health care will not be immune from budget cuts when lawmakers return to Richmond in January to work on a state spending plan in the face of a worsening economy.

This week is Children's Mental Health Awareness week. One in five children in the U.S. has a mental health disorder. The Iowa Federation of Families hosted a children's mental health conference Monday afternoon in Waterloo.

Poor education, poverty and lack of health care access in the black community must end, a Virginia college professor and CEO and state NAACP leaders said Saturday.

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The Georgia Department of Community Health has launched a $1.2 million initiative that will provide grants to groups offering breast cancer education, screening and treatment to low-income and minority women, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.