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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Child Trends $2.2 Million, Four Year Grant
Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES AWARDS CHILD TRENDS $2.2 MILLION, FOUR–YEAR GRANT Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development Washington, DC— Child Trends announced today that it will receive a $2.2 million,…
Author: Child Trends
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New Survey Finds that State Child Welfare Budgets May Face Perfect Storm
Washington, DC — Although child welfare spending has increased for at least a decade, several factors driven by the current recession may be converging to threaten states’ capacity to serve abused and neglected children.A new Child Trends study, Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address…
Author: Child Trends
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Child Trends Introduces New Series of Fact Sheets on "What Works" and LINKS Evaluations Database
Child Trends is pleased to introduce a new series of Fact Sheets on “what works” to improve outcomes for children and youth. With the support of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the Stewart Trust and under the direction of Senior Scholar Kristin Moore, Child…
Author: Child Trends
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New Study Finds Nearly One-Half of Children in Immigrant Families Live in Poverty
Child Trends is an Atlantic grantee. Washington, DC- Nearly one-half (47.9 percent) of children in immigrant families live in poverty when basic living and child care costs are taken into account, according to a new research brief from Child Trends and the Center for Social…
Author: Child Trends
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Latest State Data on Teen Birth Rates, Abstinence, and Contraception
Washington, DC — The 2008 edition of Child Trends’ annual Facts at a Glance contains a state-by-state list of teen birth rates as well as data on the percentage of teens in grades 9-12 who abstain from sex or use contraception. Among the findings: Texas…
Author: Child Trends
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Among Poor Families, Greater Work Effort Associated With Better Child Outcomes
Greater work effort by poor families is associated with better child outcomes, according to new Child Trends analyses of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The Well-Being of Children in Working Poor and Other Families: 1997 and 2004 finds: • Between 1997 and 2004,…
Author: ChildTrends
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SA in danger of not reducing child mortality
Original Source By Yugendree Naidoo Health experts have warned that South Africa’s chances of meeting United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to child mortality are becoming increasingly slim. The warning is the latest red light on child mortality after a Medical Research Council study…
Author: The Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Report Sounds Alarm on Child Accidents
by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Around the globe, accidents kill 830,000 children — the equivalent of all the children in Chicago — every year, according to a report issued Tuesday by the World Health Organization and Unicef. The report, the first to collect all known…
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Raising awareness of need for child helmets
Original Source NHA TRANG – The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP Foundation) organized a concert promoting the Helmet for Kids (HFK) campaign in Nha Trang City on Monday, sending out the message “Put a Helmet on your Child”. The HFK proceedings were dedicated in honor…
Author: Vietnam News Service
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Achievement gaps narrowing in US schools since No Child Left Behind
The Center on Education Policy is an Atlantic grantee. A new study looked at student performance in all 50 states since 2002, when No Child Left Behind Act took effect. The focus: achievement gaps for minority and low-income students. By Amanda Paulson, Staff writer of…
Author: Christian Science Monitor