Table of Contents
Place, Race and Health Promoting Opportunities for Good Health for All Children
Brian D. Smedley
The Kids-First Agenda
David L. Kirp
Out of the Desert: An Integrated Approach to Ending Child Poverty
Elisabeth Mason and Julie Kashen
Paying for Investments in Children
Isabel V. Sawhill
The Case for Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children
James J. Heckman
Achieving a High Return on Early Childhood Investment: Scholarships for Early Childhood Development
Arthur J. Rolnick and Rob Grunewald
Evolving No Child Left Behind
Linda Darling-Hammond
Lessons for the United States from Other Advanced Economies in Tackling Child Poverty
Kate Bell, Jared Bernstein and Mark Greenberg
A Springboard to the Ownership Society
Katie McMinn Campbell and Jason D. Newman
Supporting Young Children and Families: An Investment Strategy that Pays
Julia B. Isaacs
2020 Vision for America’s Children
William C. Bell
A New Way of Thinking About Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
James M. Hmurovich
Cutting the Gordian Knot: National Reforms to Assure Coverage of Developmental Child Health Treatment
Sara Rosenbaum
How Policymakers Can Use Automation to Help Families and Children
Stan Dorn
Helping Parents Raise Healthy, Happy Productive Children
Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Children in Immigrant Families Key to America’s Future
Donald J. Hernandez
Making Work Pay – Again
Ron Haskins
A Big, New Investment in America’s Poorest (and Youngest?) Children: Conditional Cash Transfers
J. Lawrence Aber
Protecting Children from Firearm Violence
David Hemenway
Investing in Middle Class Families: The Case for a Much Expanded Child Tax Credit
James C. Capretta
Evidence-based Programs and Policies for Children and Youth
Carol Emig and Kristin Anderson Moore
Communicating About Children
Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research
