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  1. Medicaid Block Grants are Bad for Kids

    October 25, 2012

    By Peter Harbage, Sarah Arnquist, and Ashley Cohen, of Harbage Consulting

    Type: Report

    Commissioned by First Focus and authored by Peter Harbage, Sarah Arnquist, and Ashley Cohen this report describes the enormous success of Medicaid in increasing health insurance coverage among ...

  2. SPARC Brief: Privatization of Child Welfare Services: A Guide for State Advocates

    October 15, 2012

    By Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn Freundlich

    Type: Report

    Authored by consultants Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn Freundlich, this brief provides an overview of child welfare privatization and how advocates can be involved in efforts to privatize child welfare ...

  3. Privatization of Child Welfare Services: A Summary Checklist

    October 15, 2012

    By Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn Freundlich

    Type: Report

    This summary checklist accompanies a SPARC policy brief authored by consultants Charlotte McCullough and Madelyn ...

  4. America's Report Card 2012: Children in the US

    October 10, 2012

    Type: Report

    Commissioned by former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Sen. Casey (D-PA), America’s Report Card provides a holistic picture of unmet needs in five areas of a child’s life: economic security, early childhood education, K-12 education, permanence and ...

  5. Prospects for Continued Progress on Children’s Health Insurance in the Seven Southwestern States

    October 10, 2012

    By Eugene Lewit and Pilar Mendoza, of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, with Karen Crompton of Voices for Utah Children, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, Kelly Hardy of Children Now, Matt Jewett of the Children's Action Alliance and Bill Jordan of New Mexico Voices for Children

    Type: Report

    Creative, thoughtful, and tenacious advocacy has played an important role in securing significant improvements in health coverage for children in Southwestern states. This paper brings philanthropy and advocacy perspectives together to draw lessons ...

  6. Community Health Workers, Promotores, and Parent Mentors

    October 5, 2012

    By Glenn Flores, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Clinical Sciences, University of Texas - Dallas

    Type: Report

    Making health coverage available to uninsured children is great! But it doesn't help if parents don't know coverage is available, can't navigate often-complicated enrollment systems, or can't get connected to health care providers who can meet their ...

  7. Children’s Oral Health in New Mexico: Lessons from the Southwest

    October 5, 2012

    By Joanne M. Ray, D.O., F.A.A.P.

    Type: Report

    Dr. Ray discusses challenges and identifies efforts undertaken to improve children's oral health care in New Mexico. The paper provides an overview of best practices and offers policy recommendations that could help other states make progress in ...

  8. A Dream of Youthful Hopes

    September 27, 2012

    By Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff

    Type: Report

    The lack of action by federal policymakers to address immigration reform has resulted in the introduction of state laws around the country that have a direct impact on children of ...

  9. Families on the Front Lines

    September 27, 2012

    By Lindsay Marshall, Executive Director, The Florence Project

    Type: Report

    Increased rates of immigration enforcement and record numbers of parents of U.S. citizen children being deported have resulted in more children entering the foster care ...

  10. A True Texas Miracle

    September 27, 2012

    By Deborah Fowler, Texas Appleseed Deputy Director

    Type: Report

    By changing their juvenile justice policies and shifting funding priorities, states can dramatically alter their juvenile justice ...

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