This national profile aggregates the policy choices of the 50 states and the District of Columbia alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children. The first page presents demographic information on children younger than age 6, and subsequent pages profile the policy context related to their: (1) health and nutrition, (2) early care and education, and (3) parenting and economic supports
Summarizes new opportunities for states to develop a coordinated system of care for children receivi...
On March 17th, 2009, Helene Stebbins testified before the House Committee on Education and Labor abo...
After nearly a decade of decline, the number of children living in low-income families has increased...
Young children's health is essential to their overall development, well-being, and school readiness....
Young children in families experiencing deep poverty – those with incomes below 50 percent of the fe...
High quality early care and education can play a critical role in promoting young children’s early l...
A U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276. The struggl...
There is now substantial evidence that young children’s mental health plays a critical role in their...
Because the earliest years of life are a period of incredible growth, they present an opportunity to...
Early childhood is a time of great opportunity. State policymakers recognize this and some are tryin...
Quality early care and education and after-school activities help families' work and children succee...
In this brief, author Jessica Carson maps the distribution of children living with young adult paren...
Since the mid-1990s, states and local areas have been afforded more flexibility in creating and impl...
Outlines barriers to early identification of health, developmental, or behavioral problems. Recommen...
Traditional understandings of federalism suggest that states are likely to take varying approaches t...
Summarizes new opportunities for states to develop a coordinated system of care for children receivi...
On March 17th, 2009, Helene Stebbins testified before the House Committee on Education and Labor abo...
After nearly a decade of decline, the number of children living in low-income families has increased...
Young children's health is essential to their overall development, well-being, and school readiness....
Young children in families experiencing deep poverty – those with incomes below 50 percent of the fe...
High quality early care and education can play a critical role in promoting young children’s early l...
A U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276. The struggl...
There is now substantial evidence that young children’s mental health plays a critical role in their...
Because the earliest years of life are a period of incredible growth, they present an opportunity to...
Early childhood is a time of great opportunity. State policymakers recognize this and some are tryin...
Quality early care and education and after-school activities help families' work and children succee...
In this brief, author Jessica Carson maps the distribution of children living with young adult paren...
Since the mid-1990s, states and local areas have been afforded more flexibility in creating and impl...
Outlines barriers to early identification of health, developmental, or behavioral problems. Recommen...
Traditional understandings of federalism suggest that states are likely to take varying approaches t...
Summarizes new opportunities for states to develop a coordinated system of care for children receivi...
On March 17th, 2009, Helene Stebbins testified before the House Committee on Education and Labor abo...
After nearly a decade of decline, the number of children living in low-income families has increased...