Publication Type: Report

The Costs of Cutting Health Care: An Analysis of Recent Changes to New Jersey FamilyCare

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date November 1, 2011

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Across the country, states grapple with the reality of unflagging unemployment and weak revenues. Fiscal prudence competes with an unprecedented need for public services as poverty rates continue to rise. In 2010, 15.4 percent of children living in poverty were […]

Rent Burden, Housing Subsidies and the Well-being of Children and Youth

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date November 1, 2011

This is an excerpt from the full report. What is rent burden? Rent burden is defined as spending more than 30 percent of household income on rent. In 2009, more than half of renter-occupied households with children (54 percent) experienced rent burden. Between 2002 and 2009, the proportion of households with children affected by rent […]

Pediatric Medical Homes: Laying the Foundation of a Promising Model of Care

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  • Project  Project Thrive; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date October 1, 2011

Learn about our Project Thrive project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction In recent years the nation’s health care system has accelerated the development and implementation of a new model of patient care – the medical home. States, insurers, health care delivery systems, and individual practices are increasingly exploring ways to leverage medical […]

Who Are America’s Poor Children?: Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date July 1, 2011

This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Good health in childhood both reflects and predicts full social and economic participation. Conversely, social divisions by race and income are often associated with health disparities, which inhibit children from achieving their full potential. Although many would agree that health is a fundamental right, children subject […]

Improving the Odds for Adolescents: State Policies that Support Adolescent Health and Well-being

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  • Project  Improving the Odds for Adolescents; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date July 1, 2011

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. Executive Summary For policymakers, adolescence presents an invaluable opportunity to ensure that all young people can access the high-quality services and supports they need to improve their odds of becoming successful, healthy, productive adults. At an historic moment when the provisions and breadth of health care […]

Building Strong Systems of Support for Young Children’s Mental Health: Key Strategies for States and a Planning Tool

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  • Project  Supporting Young Children's Mental Health; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date June 1, 2011

  Learn about our Supporting Young Children’s Mental Health project. What’s Inside… This report describes key strategies for creating a comprehensive system of supports for young children’s mental health and provides examples from states using these strategies. It also includes a tool that state planners can use to assess progress and plan steps toward building […]

Making Work Pay in Montana

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date June 1, 2011

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. In Montana, 44 percent of children live in low-income families—defined as income below twice the federal poverty level (FPL). Despite 86 percent of these children having at least one parent who is employed, many of their families struggle to make ends meet on earnings alone. Work support […]

When Work Supports Don’t Support Work: A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date May 1, 2011

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. The recession has wreaked havoc on America’s workforce, putting pressure on states to make difficult budgetary choices. As the perennial concern of balancing the budget takes hold of state government, recessionary spending cuts further jeopardize the health and economic security of families. An increasing number of Americans […]

Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys

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  • Project  Early Childhood Two-Generation State Policy Profiles;  Unclaimed Children Revisited; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date May 1, 2011

Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction The aims of this study are to examine racial gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development among boys in early childhood and to identify factors that contribute to early resilience […]

Linking Home-Based Child Care And State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program (Illinois Action for Children)

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  • Post date May 1, 2011

Introduction to the Community Connections Program Model The Community Connections preschool program (herein referred to as Community Connections) was developed to help prepare children in home-based child care for success in school and in life. It has three goals: (1) to make state prekindergarten classroom experiences available to children in home-based care, (2) to extend […]