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Innovative Strategies Support Children and Families Coping with Welfare Changes. Public Policy Report.
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Knitzer, Jane; Cauthen, Nancy K. – Young Children, 2000
Highlights program strategies to support families as they adjust to changes in welfare policy. Core strategies noted include using early childhood programs as a resource, adapting early childhood programs to better meet family needs, promoting access to high-quality child care, linking early childhood programs and welfare agencies, and creating…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Needs, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions
Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services To Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children. Promoting the Emotional Well-Being of Children and Families Policy Paper.
Johnson, Kay; Knitzer, Jane; Kaufmann, Roxane – 2002
Drawing on lessons from six case studies, this policy paper highlights the most innovative approaches states and communities are currently using to finance preventive and early intervention services as well as more traditional treatment services for young children's mental health. The case studies are based on interviews with policy and program…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Health, Community Programs, Early Intervention
Using Mental Health Strategies To Move the Early Childhood Agenda and Promote School Readiness. Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children.
Knitzer, Jane – 2000
Noting that many young children are excluded from child care settings because of their behavior and that early emotional and behavioral problems are often ignored or misidentified, this issue brief highlights emerging strategies to promote the emotional wellness of young children and their families, including those most at risk. The brief further…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
Map and Track: State Initiatives for Young Children and Families. 2000 Edition.
Cauthen, Nancy K.; Knitzer, Jane; Ripple, Carol H. – 2000
This third biennial "Map and Track" examines state-level efforts to promote positive outcomes for young children, including efforts to enhance children's economic security, healthy growth and development, and school readiness. The report provides information about the following types of state-funded child development and family support…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Children, Comprehensive Programs
Map and Track: State Initiatives for Young Children and Families. 1998 Edition.
Knitzer, Jane; Page, Stephen – 1998
This report profiles state efforts to develop comprehensive programs and policies for young children and families, presents indicators of child and family well-being, and describes state investments in young children and families. Chapter 1, "Overview of Findings and Implications," identifies the research questions, describes data collection…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Map and Track: State Initiatives To Encourage Responsible Fatherhood. 1999 Edition.
Bernard, Stanley N.; Knitzer, Jane – 1999
This report focuses on fatherhood in its profile of state efforts to develop comprehensive programs and policies for young children and families, presents indicators of child and family well-being, and describes state investments in young children and families. The report provides national and state indicators of fathers and fatherhood, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Child Welfare, Comprehensive Programs