Publication Type: Report

Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and their Families: Financing that Supports Knowledge

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  • Project  Unclaimed Children Revisited; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date February 1, 2008

Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. Executive Summary The money trail in children’s behavioral health leads to strange and unexpected places. In a time of more and more information about effective practice and historically high levels of child behavioral health funding, it leads to community-level service shortages and poor quality combined with inadequate mechanisms […]

Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children: Toward a Responsive Early Childhood Policy Framework

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  • Project  Project Thrive; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date January 1, 2008

Learn about our Project Thrive project. Executive Summary Maternal depression is a significant risk factor affecting the well-being and school readiness of young children. Low-income mothers of young children experience particularly high levels of depression, often in combination with other risk factors. This policy brief provides an overview of why it is so important to […]

The Influence of Maternal & Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date January 1, 2008

This is an excerpt from the full report. This analysis is part of Pathways to Early School Success, a project central to NCCP’s larger goal to promote strategies that improve the social, emotional and physical health of low-income children in the U.S. An extensive body of research in the past two decades has established the […]

Child Care in Colorado: Making Care More Affordable for Working Families

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date November 1, 2007

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Nearly 250,000 of Colorado’s children live in families that are low income, despite having a parent who works full-time, year-round. One of the largest expenses these families face is the cost of child care. Reliable child care is critical […]

Improving Work Supports: Closing the Financial Gap for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date October 1, 2007

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. Commissioned by the Economic Policy Institute for its Agenda for Shared Prosperity, this report describes why work support benefits are critical for low-wage workers. It explains the current state of work supports in the U.S., highlighting the need to address benefit “cliffs” and high marginal tax rates; […]