Author: Mercedes Ekono

Using Medicaid to Help Young Children and Parents Access Mental Health Services: Results of a 50-State Survey (Updated March 2017)

Post author Sheila Smith, Maribel R. Granja, Mercedes Ekono, Taylor Robbins, Mahathi Nagarur
Project Medicaid Coverage for Key IECMH Policies: Results of a Series of 50-State Surveys;
Publication Type Report
Post date March 1, 2017

Learn about our Supporting Young Children’s Mental Health project. As states work to strengthen supports for young children’s mental health, often with the goal of reducing the incidence of costly conditions at later ages, they face the question of how to finance new or expanded services. This brief examines states’ use of Medicaid as a […]

Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children Under 3 Years, 2014

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date February 1, 2016

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]

Basic Facts about Low-income Children: Children Aged 6 through 11 Years, 2014

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
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Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date February 1, 2016

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2014; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income […]

Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date February 1, 2016

To find comparable information for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2014; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic […]

Basic Facts about Low-income Children: Children Aged 12 through 17 Years, 2014

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date February 1, 2016

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2014; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts […]

Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date February 1, 2016

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic […]

Young Children in Deep Poverty

Post author Mercedes Ekono, Yang Jiang, Sheila Smith
Project Early Childhood Two-Generation State Policy Profiles; Two-Generation Policies for Young Children and Families in Deep Poverty;
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date January 1, 2016

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. A U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276. The struggle to raise children on such a meager income is not a rare circumstance among U.S. families, especially those with young children. Currently, 11 percent of young children […]

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2013

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date January 1, 2015

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2013; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2013; for adolescent children, see Basic […]

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Under 3 Years, 2013

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date January 1, 2015

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2013; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2013; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children: Children Aged 12 through 17 Years, 2013

Post author Yang Jiang, Mercedes Ekono, Curtis Skinner
Project
Publication Type Fact Sheet
Post date January 1, 2015

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2013; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2013; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]