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A

• Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Children in the Child Welfare System
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Report, September 2010
• Adolescent Mental Health in the United States
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, June 2009
• Adolescent Obesity in the United States
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, November 2010
• Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, April 2010
• Adolescent Substance Use in the U.S.
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, May 2011
• Adolescent Violence and Unintentional Injury in the United States
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, October 2009
• An Annotated Bibliography on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  July 2010
• Annotated Bibliography
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, May 2008
• Another Milestone: 20 Years of NCCP
  2008 Annual Report
  Brochure, January 2009
• Assessing Initiatives for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care
  Brief, March 2007
• Asset Poverty and Debt Among Families with Children
  Brief, February 2010

B

• Basic Facts About Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States, 2008
  Fact Sheet, August 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Aged 12-17
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Aged 6-11
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Under Age 18
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Under Age 3
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008
  Children Under Age 6
  Fact Sheet, November 2009
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Aged 12 through 17
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Aged 6 through 11
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Under Age 18
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Under Age 3
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009
  Children Under Age 6
  Fact Sheet, October 2010
• Budgeting for Basic Needs
  A Struggle for Working Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Building Strong Systems of Support for Young Children’s Mental Health
  Key Strategies for States and a Planning Tool
  Report, June 2011

C

• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for Houston's Families
  Fact Sheet, November 2008
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families
  Fact Sheet, September 2008
• Challenges and Opportunities in Children’s Mental Health
  A View from Families and Youth
  Report, July 2006
• Changing Children’s Trajectories of Development
  Brief, December 2003
• The Changing Demographics of Low-Income Families and Their Children
  Brief, August 2003
• The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California
  Fact Sheet, August 2002
• Child and Youth Emergency Mental Health Care
  A National Problem
  Brief, July 2007
• Child Care in Colorado
  Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
  Report, November 2007
• Child Poverty and Intergenerational Mobility
  Brief, December 2009
• Child Poverty in States Hit by Hurricane Katrina
  Fact Sheet, September 2005
• Childhood and Intergenerational Poverty
  The Long-Term Consequences of Growing Up Poor
  Brief, November 2009
• Children in Urban Areas are Increasingly Low Income
  Fact Sheet, November 2005
• Children of Immigrants
  A Statistical Profile
  Brief, September 2002
• Children of Low-Income, Recent Immigrants
  Fact Sheet, December 2004
• Children of Recent Immigrants
  National and Regional Trends
  Report, December 2004
• Children, Social Security, and Private Accounts
  10 Questions for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, February 2005
• Children’s Mental Health
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, April 2010
• Circumstances Dictate Public Views of Government Assistance
  Report, October 2003
• Coaching and Quality Assistance in Quality Rating Improvement Systems
  Approaches Used by TA Providers to Improve Quality in Early Care and Education Programs and Home-based Settings
  Report, January 2012
• Common Purpose
  Sharing Responsibility for Child and Family Outcomes
  Brief, October 2006
• Continuity and Stability
  Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use in Oregon
  Report, August 2002
• The Costs of Cutting Health Care
  An Analysis of Recent Changes to New Jersey FamilyCare
  Report, November 2011

D

• Debt and Assets Among Low-Income Families
  Brief, October 2003
• The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
  Short Take No. 1: Opportunities and Challenges for ECCS Initiatives
  Brief, June 2006
• Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the United States
  Brief, August 2008
• Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence
  Little is Known About Co-Occurrence and Combined Effects on Low-Income Families
  Brief, June 2004
• Developing Fiscal Analyses and Children’s Budgets to Support ECCS and Children
  Short Take No. 3
  Brief, September 2006
• Domestic Violence and Welfare Policy
  Research Findings That Can Inform Policies on Marriage and Child Well-Being
  Brief, December 2002
• The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use
  A Collaborative Study of Five States
  Report, August 2002

E

• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems that Spend Smarter
  Maximizing Resources to Serve Vulnerable Children
  Report, February 2006
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, July 2007
• Earned Income Tax Credits
  Brief, June 2002
• The Economic Crisis and the Health, Well-Being and Security of New York’s Children and Families
  Report of a Meeting, March 13, 2009
  Report, September 2009
• Economic Insecurity
  Implications of Federal Budget Proposals for Low-Income Working Families
  Brief, April 2005
• Effective Preschool Curricula and Teaching Strategies
  Report, September 2006
• Efforts to Promote Children’s Economic Security Must Address Needs of Hard-Working Immigrant Families
  Fact Sheet, October 2005
• Employment Alone is Not Enough for America’s Low-Income Children and Families
  Report, August 2003
• English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development
  Brief, June 2010
• Environmental Health in Early Childhood Systems Building
  Opportunities for States
  Brief, December 2010

F

• Facts About Trauma for Policymakers
  Children's Mental Health
  Fact Sheet, July 2007
• Family Child Care in the United States
  Brief, April 2007
• Family Support
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, April 2007
• Features of Professional Development and On-site Assistance in Child Care Quality Rating Improvement Systems
  A Survey of State-wide Systems
  Report, October 2010
• Federal Policies Restrict Immigrant Children’s Access to Key Public Benefits
  Brief, October 2005
• Financing Mental Health for Children, Youth and their Families
  Testimony, October 2007
• Forced Family Breakdown
  Opinion, June 2007

G

• Geography of Low-Income Families and Children
  Fact Sheet, November 2003
• Guide to Datasets for Research and Policymaking in Child Care and Early Education
  Bibliography, January 2009
• A Guide to Understanding State Child Care Subsidy Programs Through Analysis of Public and Non-public Use Datasets
  Bibliography, August 2009

H

• Healthy Kids and Strong Working Families
  Improving Economic Security for North Dakota Families with Children
  Brief, April 2011
• Helping the Most Vulnerable Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families
  Report, January 2006
• Homeless Children and Youth
  Causes and Consequences
  Brief, September 2009
• How Belief in a Just World Influences Views of Public Policy
  Report, October 2003
• How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, February 2008

I

• Immigrant Children
  America’s Future
  Opinion, March 2006
• Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers
  Brief, August 2005
• The Impact of Work Supports
  A Snapshot from Detroit
  Fact Sheet, August 2007
• Improving Supports for Parents of Young Children
  State-level Initiatives
  Report, September 2010
• Improving the Odds for Adolescents
  State Policies that Support Adolescent Health and Well-being
  Report, July 2011
• Improving Work Supports
  Closing the Financial Gap for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
  Report, October 2007
• Indicators for Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  A Guide for Local Stakeholders
  Report, November 2009
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, August 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Quality
  Brief, August 2005
• The Influence of Maternal & Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling
  Report, January 2008

J

• Juvenile Justice in the U.S.
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, July 2011

K

• Key Readings on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• Key Readings on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, July 2010

L

• Linking Health and Child Care and Early Education Services
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, April 2007
• Linking Home-Based Child Care And State-Funded Preschool
  The Community Connections Preschool Program (Illinois Action for Children)
  Report, May 2011
• Linking Mental Health and Child Care and Early Education Services
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, August 2007
• Local Systems Development
  Short Take No. 6
  Brief, August 2007
• Looking Forward, Looking Back
  Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of Welfare Reform
  Opinion, August 2006
• Low Income and Hardship Among America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, September 2003
• Low Income and the Development of America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, November 2003
• Low-Income Children in the United States (2005)
  Fact Sheet, September 2006
• Low-income Children in the United States
  National and State Trend Data, 1998-2008
  Report, November 2009
• Low-Income Families in Alabama
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, January 2005
• Low-Income Families in Connecticut
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, February 2004
• Low-income Families in Delaware
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, November 2004
• Low-Income Families in Georgia
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, May 2004
• Low-Income Families in Illinois
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, September 2004
• Low-Income Families in Massachusetts
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, September 2004
• Low-Income Families in Pennsylvania
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, June 2004
• Low-income Families in the District of Columbia
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, February 2005

M

• Making Dollars Follow Sense
  Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children
  Report, August 2002
• Making Maternal and Child Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, March 2009
• Making Parents' Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, April 2009
• Making Work Pay for Iowa’s Families
  Report, September 2008
• Making Work Pay in Montana
  Brief, June 2011
• Making Work Supports Work
  Tools for Policy Analysis
  Fact Sheet, February 2010
• Making Work Supports Work
  A Picture of Low-wage Workers in America
  Report, January 2010
• Many Children with Married Parents are Low Income
  Fact Sheet, October 2005
• Marriage Not Enough to Guarantee Economic Security
  Brief, October 2005
• Maximizing the Use of EPSDT to Improve the Health and Development of Young Children
  Short Take No. 2
  Brief, June 2006
• Measuring Poverty in the United States
  Fact Sheet, May 2009
• Measuring Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Conceptual and Practical Issues
  Brief, April 2007
• Most Low-Income Parents Are Employed
  Fact Sheet, November 2007

N

• National Early Childhood Policy Profile
  Fact Sheet, June 2007
• A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades
  Brief, October 2007
• NCCP Perspectives
  Youth Employment
  Opinion, April 2010
• The New Poor
  Regional Trends in Child Poverty Since 2000
  Report, August 2006
• The New Poverty Wars
  Debating the Frame(s)
  Opinion, April 2007

O

• On the Edge in the Empire State
  New York’s Low-Income Children
  Fact Sheet, May 2006

P

• Paid Leave in the States
  A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
  Brief, June 2006
• Parental Employment Does Not Guarantee Health Insurance for Children
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Parenting Education
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, May 2007
• Parents’ Low Education Leads to Low Income, Despite Full-Time Employment
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Pediatric Medical Homes
  Laying the Foundation of a Promising Model of Care
  Report, October 2011
• Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children
  Brief, April 2002
• Poor Children by Parents’ Nativity
  What Do We Know?
  Brief, April 2011
• Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use
  Brief, January 2006
• Present, Engaged, and Accounted For
  The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades
  Report, September 2008
• Privatizing Survivors, Abandoning Children
  Opinion, March 2005
• A Profile of Disconnected Young Adults in 2010
  Report, December 2010
• Promoting Effective Early Learning
  What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know
  Brief, January 2007
• Promoting Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
  Brief, April 2004
• Promoting Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Project Description
  May 2008
• Promoting Social-emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services
  A Fifty-state View
  Report, September 2009
• Promoting the Social-emotional Wellbeing of Infants and Toddlers in Early Intervention Programs
  Promising Strategies in Four Communities
  Report, June 2010
• Promoting Young Children’s Health and Development
  Taking Stock of State Policies
  Brief, May 2010
• Putting the Pieces Together
  New York Early Learning Program Data Systems
  Report, February 2011

Q

• Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Settings
  Report, May 2011
• The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings
  Brief, June 2007
• Quality Stars NY
  Field Test Evaluation Report
  Report, April 2011

R

• The Racial Gap in Parental Education
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• Racial Gaps in Early Childhood
  Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys
  Report, May 2011
• Rate of Children in Low-Income Families Varies Widely by State
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Ready to Enter
  What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
  Report, July 2002
• Receipt of Government Supports Varies Widely by State
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Reducing Disparities Beginning in Early Childhood
  Short Take No. 4
  Brief, July 2007
• Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children
  Toward a Responsive Early Childhood Policy Framework
  Brief, January 2008
• Report of a Meeting, June 25, 2007
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Report, May 2008
• Resources to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness in Young Children and Families
  A Community Guide
  Report, November 2005

S

• School-Age Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, October 2006
• SNAP Take-up Among Immigrant Families with Children
  March 2011
• Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, August 2009
• Spending Smarter
  A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness
  Report, November 2005
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Report, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Executive Summary
  Brief, June 2007
• State Indicators for Early Childhood
  Short Take No. 7
  Brief, June 2008
• State of the States’ ECCS Initiatives
  Short Take No. 5
  Brief, July 2007
• State Policies Can Promote Immigrant Children’s Economic Security
  Brief, October 2005
• State Policy Choices
  Assets and Access to Public Assistance
  Fact Sheet, October 2003
• State Policy Choices
  Child Support
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Supports for Low-Income Working Families
  Fact Sheet, May 2004
• State-based Home Visiting
  Strengthening Programs Through State Leadership
  Report, March 2009
• State-level Indicators for Social-emotional Development
  Building Better Systems
  Report, February 2011
• Statement on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure
  Statement, July 2008
• Staying Afloat in Tough Times
  What States Are and Aren't Doing to Promote Family Economic Security
  Report, August 2008
• Strengthening Policies to Support Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Trauma
  Report, July 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Illinois and Chicago
  Fact Sheet, April 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Michigan and Detroit
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• Support Working Families
  Opinion, October 2005
• Supporting Parents of Young Children in the Child Welfare System
  Report, February 2010
• Supporting Work in Illinois
  The Challenges Ahead
  Report, April 2007

T

• Ten Important Questions About Child Poverty and Family Economic Hardship
  Brochure, December 2009
• Testimony on Measuring Poverty in America
  Testimony, August 2007
• Testimony on the Economic and Societal Costs of Poverty
  Testimony, January 2007
• Testimony on the State of State Early Childhood Policies
  Testimony, June 2009
• Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Brief, September 2006
• Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and their Families
  Financing that Supports Knowledge
  Report, February 2008
• Trauma Faced by Children of Military Families
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, May 2010

U

• Unclaimed Children Revisited
  California Case Study
  Report, April 2010
• Unclaimed Children Revisited
  Focusing on Outcomes - A Case Study of the Michigan Level of Functioning Project
  Report, May 2010
• Unclaimed Children Revisited
  The Status of Children's Mental Health Policy in the United States
  Report, November 2008

V

• A View from the Field
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Report, May 2008

W

• Welfare Research Perspectives
  Past, Present, and Future, 2002 Edition
  Report, August 2002
• When Work Doesn’t Pay
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, June 2006
• When Work Supports Don’t Support Work
  A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi
  Brief, May 2011
• Where Do Children in Low-Income Families Live?
  Report, November 2003
• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Brief, January 2010
• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Brief, March 2011
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States
  Report, August 2010
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States
  Report, January 2011
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
  Report, July 2011
• Whose Security? What Social Security Means to Children and Families
  Brief, February 2005
• Why Social Security Matters to Children and Families
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Fact Sheet, February 2005

Y

• Young Children in Immigrant Families
  The Role of Philanthropy
  Report, May 2006