Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Taking Action

First Focus Unveils Interactive Children’s Budget Website

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:45:34 -0500

Looking for details on federal investments benefiting children? This new interactive website has customable information on more than 160 federally funded programs.

A Toolkit for Funding

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:06 -0500

Whether you're just getting started in your hometown or are part of a group already at work on behalf of kids and families, you can make a difference—but not without adequate funding. Here are some ideas Connect for Kids has compiled, with help from our online community, to get you started.

Parents Design L.A. Parent Involvement Model

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:28:49 -0500

In 2009, the Los Angeles Unified School District launched a new model for parent involvement that specifically addresses the needs of "parents of color with kids who struggle in urban schools." It's designed by and for parents to improve learning and connection to schools. Get the story.

One More Time: Don’t Pit Preschoolers Against Teens

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:25:40 -0500

States are struggling. Children’s lives, too often, are truly in the balance as states and localities decide where to make cuts, often sacrificing long-term investments to achieve short-term cost savings. And a new National League of Cities report, City Fiscal Conditions 2009, suggests that the situation will worsen over the next two years.

For Young Americans, Health Care Reform is Our Fight

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:59:26 -0500

CNN’s poll released [in August] shows a striking generational divide over support of Obama’s health care plan, with the reform being significantly more popular among young people than among adults over the age of 50. Nevertheless, every day I try new responses to those that ignorantly assume I don’t care about health care reform because I’m under 30 and supposedly invincible.

Feeding Our Future: Growing Up Healthy with WIC

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:54:52 -0500

This report by Children’s HealthWatch highlights the implications of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on very young children. The report details rese

Child Trends Fact Sheet: Neighborhood Support and Children’s Connectedness

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:44:43 -0500

This fact sheets provides information as to whether children’s outcomes are better if they live in environments that are supportive in terms of family, peers, and community. Results indicate that ch

Engaging in Sustainable Community Change: A Community Guide to Working with a Coach

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:40:32 -0500

This guide is a resource for coaches who are currently working on or are planning to work with communities to promote change.

Engaging Youth in Community Change

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:34:18 -0500

This Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match report summarizes the learnings from a meeting of two Making Connections sites -- Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island -- when ke

Harlem Children's Zone

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:32:10 -0500

Harlem Children’s Zone,®Inc. has experienced incredible growth - from the number of children we serve to the breadth of our services. But one thing has stayed the same: the agency’s “whatever it takes” attitude when it comes to helping children to succeed.

Family Economic Success Newsletter

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:51:00 -0500

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s quarterly Family Economic Success (FES) Newsletter provides updates on activities, developments, and resources in the three major areas of FES—workforce development, family economic supports, and asset building.

The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book Launched on Tuesday, July 28

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:47:03 -0500

The “Counting What Counts” Media Webinar, hosted by Laura Beavers, coordinator of the national KIDS COUNT project and Patrick McCarthy, senior vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, covered the latest state-by-state indicators of child well being, why data-driven decision making is critical for improving the futures of those children and families most in need, and the features of the new KIDS COUNT Data Center.

Los Angeles Healthy Kids Improves Access to Care and Health Status

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:38:37 -0500

The Los Angeles Healthy Kids program provides health insurance to low income children in the county who have no other source of coverage (including undocumented children and children above the income limits for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families).

Residential Segregation and Low-Income Working Families

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:28:24 -0500

Historically, residential segregation constrained where minorities could live, contributing to disparities in education, employment, and wealth. Researchers interested in the well-being and future prospects of low-income working families have not yet explored how their residential patterns may vary across racial and ethnic lines or considered the implications of these patterns.

Youngest Children Are Underrepresented in Federal Budget

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:12:42 -0500

Despite extensive research documenting the benefits of investing in young children, infants and toddlers are underrepresented in the federal budget, a new study from the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution found.