Years of effort brought down the number of infant deaths in Hamilton County to a record low in 2020, the nonprofit group leading the campaign reported Monday.
Cradle Cincinnati, an 8-year-old collaboration across the county, said in its annual report that 76 babies died before their first birthdays last year, the lowest number since modern records were established in 1968. The infant mortality rate was 7.4 deaths for every 1,000 births, an 18% drop from the combined rate of the previous five years.
Hamilton County’s rate still exceeds the national infant mortality rate, which in 2018 was 5.7 deaths for every 1,000 births. But when Cradle Cincinnati was created in 2013, Hamilton County saw more than 10 baby deaths for every 1,000 live births.
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Financial aid vote key to a more educated, better trained workforce
Tim McCartney
When the State Board of Education voted last week for a new policy that ensures students complete or opt-out of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Alabama took an important step toward building a more educated workforce.
FAFSA is the form colleges use to determine a student’s eligibility for federal financial aid, including Pell grants, work-study programs, and loans. Colleges and universities are also increasingly requiring FAFSA completion to receives scholarships from the institution, as well. That includes not only an education at traditional four-year colleges and universities, but also other postsecondary education opportunities such as two-year colleges, certificate programs and associate degrees. In fact, roughly 36 percent of Federal Pell grants are awarded to help students enroll in certificate and associate degree programs.
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A Gadsden man has filed complaints with the Alabama Ethics Commission claiming the directors of the Gadsden Airport Authority are being paid more than the bylaws of the authority call for, and that Mayor Sherman Guyton has used his authority to nominate directors and the over-compensation to influence them.
Lance B, Koury filed the complaints. One names the current members of the GAA board of directors: Chairman Harry McLendon, Chad Hare, Jonathan M. Welch, Robert Turk, Tim McCartney and Spencer Williams.
The complaint says the directors have been receiving $120 per member for monthly board meetings, while the authority s bylaws and Alabama Code Section 4.-3.5 allow for directors to be reimbursed for actual expenses, and to be compensated by the authority in an amount not to exceed $20 a month, at a rate not to exceed $10 for each board meeting they attend.