Publication Type: Report

Poor Children by Parents’ Nativity: What Do We Know?

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  • Project  Promoting Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date April 1, 2011

Learn about our Social Inclusion & Respect for Diversity project. Immigration in the United States has held a longstanding and transformative role in shaping the country’s social and economic landscape. State and local policies have, likewise, responded to the changing presence and composition of immigrants in American society. Yet, significant gaps in policies that address […]

Quality Stars NY: Field Test Evaluation Report

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date April 1, 2011

Background QUALITYstarsNY is New York State’s Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). The current QUALITYstarsNY standards were developed to apply to programs and providers under the regulation of one of New York’s public agencies – the State Office of Children and Family Services, the State Department of Education, or the New York City Department of […]

SNAP Take-up Among Immigrant Families with Children

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

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Immigration is rapidly changing the face of young America. More than one child in four aged 18 years old or younger was either born abroad or lived with a foreign-born parent in 2009 and this ratio is expected […]

Who are America’s Poor Children?: The Official Story

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date March 1, 2011

Over 15 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, which is $22,050 a year for a family of four. The number of children living in poverty increased by 33 percent between 2000 and 2009. There are 3.8 million more children living in poverty today than in 2000. Not only […]

Director’s Report 2011

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date March 1, 2011

Putting the Pieces Together: New York Early Learning Program Data Systems

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

Learn about our Project Thrive project.  Across the country, states are recognizing the great value of coordinated data systems to inform and improve their early childhood policies and programs. Prepared for New York’s Early Childhood Advisory Council, this report represents a big first step toward creation of a coordinated early childhood data system for that […]

State-level Indicators for Social-emotional Development: Building Better Systems

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

Learn about our Project Thrive project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Research repeatedly suggests that experiences and skills acquired early in life have a long lasting effect. Many interventions that promote social-emotional well-being and preventing mental health problems in children and their caregivers are clinically sound and cost effective. Social-emotional well-being […]

Who Are America’s Poor Children?: Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date January 1, 2011

This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Good health goes a long way, as research suggests that poor health in childhood not only impedes early child development, but can also have lasting consequences on children’s future health and wellbeing. Although many would agree that a health is a fundamental right, children born into […]

Environmental Health in Early Childhood Systems Building: Opportunities for States

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  • Project  Project Thrive; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date December 1, 2010

Learn about our Project Thrive project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Exposure to environmental hazards has negative outcomes for healthy child development. Household and community pollutants affect people of all ages, but for a number of important reasons young children face a significantly higher risk of developing disease and experiencing cognitive […]

A Profile of Disconnected Young Adults in 2010

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  • Project  Improving the Odds for Adolescents; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date December 1, 2010

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction The purpose of this report is to highlight a growing segment of the population who are arriving at young adulthood disconnected from the main pathways leading to economic independence. Arriving at young adulthood in a state of […]