Partnering with Medicaid to Advance and Sustain the Goals of the Child Welfare System This report, written as a practical guide for child welfare directors, outlines ways to partner with Medicaid to sustain or enhance high-quality services for children with behavioral health care needs. Read More
Factors Affecting State Differences in Child Well-Being A KIDS COUNT Working Paper This report uses KIDS COUNT data to identify how child well-being across states is linked to state-level policy and population characteristics. Read More
A Reference Manual for Child Tax Benefits This report summarizes the available tax benefits for different family structures, how each child policy is structured, the deductions or credits allowed and what changes to the tax code might be coming. Read More
Effective Language for Communicating Children’s Issues This report addresses the media’s depictions of children’s issues and outlines the effective use of strategic communications to change the way these issues are framed in order to support policy and outreach work. Read More
Building Community/University Partnerships Drake University and Trinity College This report describes the learnings from a gathering between Iowa’s Drake University and Connecticut’s Trinity College on how to improve university-community partnerships. Read More
Social Capital and Social Geography This report explores how social capital and social geography affect the economic and overall well-being of families. Read More
Child Advocacy Primer Tips and Tools for Improving Your Child Advocacy Skills This guide reviews 10 key child advocacy skills, such as setting an agenda, leveraging communication tools, and creating a coalition. At nearly every turn, readers will learn important questions to ask, examples of successful strategies and resources for learning more. Read More
Improving School Readiness Outcomes Lessons from Six Communities This report describes six local government efforts to achieve improved school readiness for young children. Read More
A Long Road Ahead Update on the Arkansas Child Welfare System This report examines the performance of the Arkansas child welfare system across a variety of key indicators, from January 2005 to March 2006. Read More
What Grantees Want Funders to Know Lessons From the Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt The SPRD initiative aims to alleviate burdensome debt for communities of color in the South. Read how it's working and where there's room to improve. Read More
