Carolina, texas, kentucky, maryland and West Virginia plus an overview report on the region. Next month, we will publish reports on northeastern and midwestern states. The researchers who have produced the reports come from a variety of disciplines. Some are political scientists, economists, sociologists, Public Health specialists and some of many other nationalities, i suppose. All of them have a deep understanding of the states they are studying, because they live in these states and have studied the states for many years. They share a deep interest in understanding and documenting the changes produced by the aca. Some of you know, conducting Field Research by coordinating longtime tradition at the Rockefeller Institute. We have studies, welfare reform, medicaid and many othernnational incentives. The studies vary a lot. A few basic elements are found in all of them. Yp8n first, they focus on implementation, on how state and local bureaucracies and private organizations put the new r
Back in the 1950s, Prince Philip started the duke of Edinburgh Awards. Its goal was to encourage young adults around the world to embrace selfirovement. Er the years, millions f young adults from more than 140 countries have participated in the program. And that brings us back to prince edward. He travels the world, personally attending the award ceremonies. Thats why hes here at the governors residence in nashville, tennessee. It is an honor to have you here today and twelcome his Royal Highness the prince edward, the earl of wessex. Award winners, as well. All the the Award Winners included students, scouts, members from boys girls clubs, as well as teens from miss america. Six years ago, we started this program. Ive bn involved for three and in that tie grown from one program in california, our pilot, to 30 states and the district of columbia part this year. G people taking this afternoon, we celebrate 85 recipients from tennessee nashville and the grea r area who have dedicated the