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News Releases

• REPORT: FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES NEEDED TO MAKE WORK SUPPORTS WORK FOR AMERICANS
  Benefits Dilemma – What Happens When Eligibility Vanishes Before Families Are Self-Sufficient?
  News Release, January 2010
• State of the Union: Columbia University Think Tank Urges President to Declare War on Economic Insecurity for America’s Families
  News Release, January 2010
• NO EASY FIXES: DISPARITIES IN HOW AMERICA ADDRESSES CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH ABOUND
  Statement, December 2009
• Statement on President Obama's Speech on Job Creation (Dec. 8)
  Statement, December 2009
• EL 62% DE LOS NIÑOS HISPANOS DE LOS EE.UU. VIVE EN FAMILIAS DE BAJOS INGRESOS
  A medida que el final de la década se acerca, un 20% más de niños de los EE.UU. vive en la pobreza
  News Release, December 2009
• AS DECADE’S END NEARS, 20 PERCENT MORE AMERICAN CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY
  South leads nation in percentage of poor/low income families
  News Release, November 2009
• Equity in Education a Focus of New Researcher at National Center for Children in Poverty
  News Release, October 2009
• RESEARCHERS: HALF OF AMERICA’S ADOLESCENTS TEXT WHILE DRIVING
  Host of behaviors and developmental factors make this age group more vulnerable to violence and injury
  News Release, October 2009
• HOW THE ECONOMY AFFECTS CHILDREN’S HEALTH
  National Statistics Tell a Mixed Story
  News Release, September 2009
• National Center for Children in Poverty Welcomes Expert Demographer
  News Release, September 2009
• Family Poverty Experts Available for Comment on Annual Statistics
  New Census Numbers Out Today: One Third of America’s Poor Are Children
  News Release, September 2009

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Media Coverage

• Day care issue is a game of numbers
  January 2010
  Buffalo News
  Matt Spina
• Medfield helps children in need with Cradles to Crayons
  January 2010
  
  
• Number of Children in Poverty in U.S. Increases By 2.5 Million Since 2000
  January 2010
  Democracy Now
  
• Who Are America’s Poor Children? The Official Story
  January 2010
  Docuticker - Docuticker is a daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo’s, think tanks, and other groups.
  
• Three Things You Can do Now to Help Kids and Families
  January 2010
  Child and Family Blog
  Christine Johnson-Staub
• “Dnt Txt & Drv” Program Aims to Teach Youth about Dangers of Texting while Driving
  January 2010
  Injury Board.com
  Jim Lewis
• Presidential lecture coming up at Tougaloo
  January 2010
  
  
• Students get lesson in 'dnt txt & drv'
  January 2010
  
  Meghan Cooke (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama hosts Big Brothers military mentors to celebrate nonprofit mentoring
  January 2010
  The Daily Tell
  Charlie Curnow
• Students get lesson in 'dnt txt & drv'
  January 2010
  
  Meghan Cooke (McClatchy Newspapers)
• There's No Place Like Home
  January 2010
  Center for American Progress
  Alexandra Cawthorne, Jessica Arons
• Encuentro para Enfrentar la Pobreza en Delaware
  January 2010
  El Tiempo Hispano
  
• One in four local kids in poverty, report says
  December 2009
  Daily Comet (Thibodeaux, La)
  Abby Tabor
• Child poverty rates highest in decade
  December 2009
  Ball State Daily News
  Holly Gilham
• Using Part C Services for Social-Emotional Well-Being
  December 2009
  Children's Bureau Express
  U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Students go through texting-and-driving program
  December 2009
  Arizona Republic
  Meghan Cooke (McClatchy Newspapers)
• The Status of States' Policies to Support Evidence-Based Practices in Children's Mental Health
  December 2009
  Psychiatric Services (APA)
  Cooper, Aratani
• Child poverty rate on the rise
  November 2009
  Democrat and Chronicle (ROC Now website)
  Gary McLendon
• Children living in poverty increases in Middle TN
  November 2009
  Nashville Tennessean
  Janell Ross
• As decade’s end nears, 20 percent more U.S. children live in poverty
  November 2009
  The Louisiana Weekly
  NCCP (release picked up verbatim)
• Capt. Tim Hegarty of Riley County Police Department : Problem with driving 'divided attention'
  November 2009
  Kansas State Collegian
  
• Column: A plethora of pet peeves
  November 2009
  
  
• HALF OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN WILL GET FOOD STAMPS
  November 2009
  truthdig (blog)
  
• Bridging the Divide: In Search of Common Ground in Mental Health and Education Research and Policy
  November 2009
  Psychiatric Services (APA)
  Kataoka, et. al.
• Students get lesson in 'dnt txt & drv'
  November 2009
  Charlotte Observer
  Meghan Cooke
• Texting and the city teen: One local college freshman wrecked his first car - Will others learn?
  October 2009
  NY Daily News
  Gina Salamone
• Bridging the Divide: In Search of Common Ground in Mental Health and Education Research and Policy
  October 2009
  APA - Psychiatric Services
  Multiple
• Poor do not deserve negative stereotypes...
  October 2009
  Kansas State Collegian
  Bobby Gomez
• Poverty Study Receives Praise
  October 2009
  The Advertiser (Lafayette, La.)
  Amanda McElfresh
• Opening Doors
  October 2009
  Alton, Illinois Telegraph
  
• Many just can't resist texting while driving
  October 2009
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Anya Sostek
• Teen Texting While Driving Seen as Widespread
  October 2009
  Education Week
  Katie Ash
• Half of America's Adolescents Text While Driving
  October 2009
  
  NCCP (release picked up verbatim)
• Auto Repair and Maintenance Shops Launch Annual Snug Hugs for Kids™ Winter Clothing Drive
  October 2009
  Reuters
  
• Teens Text While Driving
  October 2009
  Nebraska State Paper
  
• Más pobres en Georgia
  October 2009
  Mundo Hispanico (Georgia)
  Linda Carolina Perez
• They Want to Save Our Kids from an Education
  September 2009
  Bellingham Herald
  Leonard Pitts Jr.

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