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From: whatsnew@nccp.org To: "whatsnew@nccp.org".Net.GOV_MAIL Created: 7/1/2002 10:41 AM Subject: June/July News From NCCP Message: June/July News from the National Center for Children in Poverty -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The whatsnew@nccp.org listserv provides subscribers with monthly updates on the research, activities, and overall work of the National Center for Children in Poverty. Welcome to the June/July 2002 listserv. Here's what's new at NCCP: 1. New policy brief series focuses on improving children's economic security by supporting parental employment 2. Check out NCCP's Early Childhood Poverty: A Statistical Profile - UPDATED! 3. Check out NCCP's Child Poverty Fact Sheet - UPDATED! 4. NCCP Advisor LynNell Hancock Discusses American Attitudes Toward the Poor 5. We want your feedback, suggestions for improvement, and update mailing address! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. This important policy brief series focuses on state policy options that have the potential to improve children's economic security by increasing family income. More specifically, the series examines policies that seek to increase family income by encouraging, supporting, and rewarding work. Follow the link below to read the series introduction: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/improving_security_series.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Inadequate nutrition, environmental toxins, diminished interaction due to maternal depression, trauma and abuse, lower quality child care, and parental substance abuse. These are some of the risk factors associated with poverty in early childhood. Follow the link below to learn why the first years of life are more important than had been thought for children's emotional and intellectual development, and why millions of children in the United States are at developmental risk: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/ecp302.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Did you know that America's children are almost twice as likely to live in poverty as Americans in any other age group (16 percent compared to 9-10 percent for working and retired adults)? Follow the link below to learn more: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/ycpf.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Americans have long felt ambivalent toward those in poverty and who should qualify for government assistance. LynNell Hancock, author of Hands to Work: The Stories of Three Families Racing the Welfare Clock and assistant professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, discusses the various issues and shifting attitudes of both policymakers and the public in responding to the poor. Hancock is a member of NCCP's Council of Advisors, an advisory board that helps guide the work of NCCP. Follow the link below to view a 5-minute interview with LynNell Hancock: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/02/lynNellHancock/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. In an effort to serve your needs better, we ask that you please take a moment to complete the survey found here: http://www.nccp.org/survey.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send an e-mail message to: whatsnew-request@nccp.org, and put "unsubscribe" in the subject. Thank you. - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\June_July News From NCCP\TEXT.htm - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\June_July News From NCCP\Mime.822
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