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Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC) will present the Healthy Kids Collaborative (HKC) at the 26th Annual Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh on February 7, 2011. Selected for its leadership, innovative strategies and role in empowering communities to combat the...

Some in Congress have proposed cutting this fiscal year’s non-defense discretionary spending back to 2008 levels. According First Focus, that could mean children's spending takes a big hit. Returning spending back to Fiscal Year 2008 levels, along with the fact that ARRA...

Abstact exerpted from Phi Delta Kappan: New discoveries in neuroscience suggest that school readiness interventions might come too late if they start after the child is three years old. Many of the skills needed to succeed in school are shaped...

On Thursday January 13, leaders of the Children’s Defense Fund and the Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC) will release two studies showing the deepening crisis facing America’s Black children and young adults. Marian Wright Edelman and Geoffrey Canada...

Two organizations release new state data. The National Women's Law Center released state-by-state fact sheets, which include information about income eligibility limits and reimbursement rates. The Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Center has been updated to include poverty data...

While the year has been difficult and the road ahead will be challenging, Zero to Three reminds us that there were some policy improvements for infants and toddlers in 2010. Download Improvements in Infant-Toddler Policy: Top 10 Policy Achievements of 2010.

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From First Focus: A new report reveals that even temporary spells of poverty will have lifelong health implications for children as significant evidence was found linking poverty to poor child health. The synthesis, entitled The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being...

The Foundation for Child Development has released its 2010 Annual Report, Securing Our Future? Rethinking Public Investments in America's Children. In the annual essay, Ruby Takanishi and Lisa Chen make a case for a greater investment in our children's...

BCBSNC Foundation Reinvests $100,000 into the Organization The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC), the organization that oversees Smart Start, recently received a $100,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation. NCPC...