Contributing Authors

Brian D. Smedley
Place, Race and Health Promoting Opportunities for Good Health for All Children

David L. Kirp
The Kids-First Agenda

Elisabeth Mason and Julie Kashen
Out of the Desert: An Integrated Approach to Ending Child Poverty

Isabel V. Sawhill
Paying for Investments in Children

James J. Heckman
The Case for Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children

Arthur J. Rolnick and Rob Grunewald
Achieving a High Return on Early Childhood Investment: Scholarships for Early Childhood Development

Linda Darling-Hammond
Evolving No Child Left Behind

Kate Bell, Jared Bernstein and Mark Greenberg
Lessons for the United States from Other Advanced Economies in Tackling Child Poverty

Katie McMinn Campbell and Jason D. Newman
A Springboard to the Ownership Society

Julia B. Isaacs
Supporting Young Children and Families: An Investment Strategy that Pays

William C. Bell
2020 Vision for America’s Children

James M. Hmurovich
A New Way of Thinking About Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

Sara Rosenbaum
Cutting the Gordian Knot: National Reforms to Assure Coverage of Developmental Child Health Treatment

Stan Dorn
How Policymakers Can Use Automation to Help Families and Children

Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Helping Parents Raise Healthy, Happy Productive Children

Donald J. Hernandez
Children in Immigrant Families Key to America’s Future

Ron Haskins
Making Work Pay – Again

Lawrence Aber
A Big, New Investment in America’s Poorest (and Youngest?) Children: Conditional Cash Transfers J.

David Hemenway
Protecting Children from Firearm Violence

James C. Capretta
Investing in Middle Class Families: The Case for a Much Expanded Child Tax Credit

Youth Carol Emig and Kristin Anderson Moore
Evidence-based Programs and Policies for Children and Youth

Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research
Communicating About Children



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