In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation Foundation explores the increased number of children living with extended family and close friends, a longtime ...
The Basic Center Program funds community-based programs that address the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Basic center projects aim ...
We live in an age of great technology, when information can be shared instantly. And yet, our current models of determining eligibility for public benefits like ...
The purpose of this funding is to address significant and pressing capital needs to improve delivery and support expansion of services at school-based health centers. ...
New Research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire shows that access to state-level Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) results in healthier ...
AMCHP has released a fact sheet about budget sequestration and the impact this will have on the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant and other MCH ...
While the nonprofit KaBOOM! helps communities build playgrounds in a matter of weeks, the impact goes beyond a healthy play space for kids. This new report finds that ...
Nutrition policy can be confusing, especially with all the changes that are happening with school meals. There is an easier way to write, review, and revise ...
Five years after California started cracking down on junk food in school cafeterias, a new report shows that high school students there consume fewer calories and ...
Research into postnatal depression in particular has underscored the importance of checking up on parents’ mental health in the first months of a baby’s ...
Expecting Better: A State-by-State Analysis of Laws That Help New Parents is a comprehensive look at federal and state laws that provide the kind of support ...
The Trust seeks to foster healthy development and future independence by increasing opportunities for children and youth up to age 25. Organizations should strive to ...
The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards funds to nonprofit organizations targeting children under the age of 21 with disabilities, projects focusing on ...
The Safeway Foundation is partnering with Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland to develop community and clinic-based programs designed to reduce the ...
A new, rigorous study from Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University found that a Playworks recess transforms school climates -- reducing student ...
The House Agriculture Committee found nearly all of its savings ($33.2 billion over 10 years) from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food ...
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation seeks to provide other nonprofit organizations with the means to educate the public about the special needs of children ...
In response to reports of growing childhood hunger and a plateau in the nation’s elevated childhood obesity rate, National League of Cities is holding a webinar ...
To help educate policymakers and advocates about what it’s like to start life without a home, ZERO TO THREE has produced a short video with highlights from a ...
At a White House forum on women and the economy in April 2012, President Obama addressed concerns of equal pay for equal work, affordable heath care for the fully ...
