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News Releases

• THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT
  Researchers Find Little to Celebrate 25 Years After Groundbreaking Child Mental Health Study Urged Federal Leadership
  News Release, November 2008
• New Findings on Nation’s Delivery of Children's Mental Health Care to be Released at Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy
  News Release, November 2008
• REPORT: STATE POLICY CHANGES NEEDED TO MAKE WORK SUPPORTS WORK FOR IOWANS
  Benefits Dilemma – What Happens When Eligibility Vanishes Before Families Can Make Ends Meet?
  News Release, October 2008
• For 1 In 10, It’s Not Exactly Back To School
  Researchers: Chronic Absenteeism Threatens Children’s Future But Can be Prevented
  News Release, September 2008
• Economy Not One-Size-Fits-All
  Study: State Policies Vary Widely
  News Release, August 2008
• Where's MY American Dream?
  Hard Work, Determination Aren’t Necessarily Enough Any More
  News Release, May 2008
• Researchers, Analysts Say Updated Poverty Gauge Long Overdue
  Measurement formula unchanged since 1960s
  News Release, April 2008

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NCCP in the News

Highlights of recent media coverage featuring NCCP.

• Poverty line numbers don’t add up in 2008
  November 2008
  Buffalo News
  Charity Vogel
• Schools address absenteeism through rewards, empowerment
  November 2008
  Jackson Hole Star Tribune
  JASA SANTOS
• Staying Afloat in Tough Times: States attempting to do more to help low-income families
  November 2008
  Times West Virginian
  Jessica Legge
• District 6 focuses on attendance
  October 2008
  The Tribune, Greeley, Colorado
  Christopher Ortiz
• Child Poverty Awareness Week at the U Oct. 20-24
  October 2008
  Media Newswire (service)
  
• What's Missing From Our Early Education Classrooms? An Awful Lot of Disadvantaged Kids Who Should Be There
  October 2008
  New America Foundation
  Sara Mead
• School absenteeism: Dropout road
  October 2008
  Jacksonville, Fla Times Union
  Tonyaa Weathersbee
• Absences in Early Grades Tied to Learning Lags
  September 2008
  Education Week
  Linda Jacobson
• "Reading First" is a costly failure
  September 2008
  
  
• Rethink Poverty Calculation
  September 2008
  The Lakeland (Florida) Ledger
  
• "Reading First" is a costly failure
  September 2008
  Fresno Bee
  Derek Boucher
• Educators won't let Ike stop enrollment work
  September 2008
  Houston Chronicle
  Jennifer Radcliffe
• Study: Chronic Absence Affects Academic Success
  September 2008
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Morris Ardoin (from his release)
• Conference centers on adolescent brain development
  September 2008
  
  Tammie Sloup
• How poor is poor?
  September 2008
  The Gainesville Sun
  Editorial
• Higher chances of poverty even with h.s. diploma
  September 2008
  
  Sara Goldenberg
• Tarrant County after-school programs put emphasis on homework, tutoring
  September 2008
  Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
  Patrick McGee
• Colorado poverty by the numbers
  September 2008
  Rocky Mountain News
  
• High employment cited as factor in low N.H. child poverty rate
  September 2008
  The Citizen / Laconia, NH
  
• Anti-Poverty Proposals
  August 2008
  Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
  
• Poverty's punch: Stress, uncertainty haunt children in poverty
  August 2008
  The Janesville Gazette
  Stacy Vogel
• Study: States differ widely on responses to wages vs. necessities gap
  August 2008
  Seacoastonline.com
  
• What is Poverty?
  August 2008
  Gazettextra.com
  
• Tough times in Happy Valley
  August 2008
  Vail Trail Weekly
  Tamara Miller
• City's Poor Look Different Through New Assessment
  July 2008
  City Limits Website
  Neil deMause
• Letters to the Editor: To Help Those on the Lowest Rungs
  June 2008
  New York Times (print and web)
  Nancy K. Cauthen
• Father's Day is more than a Sunday in June
  June 2008
  Beaufort Gazette (South Carolina)
  
• VIDEO: American Children Face Poverty
  June 2008
  CBS Early Show
  

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