Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003
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Created: 4/23/2002 11:12 AM
Subject: April News From the National Center for Children in Poverty
Message:
April News from the National Center for Children in Poverty
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Welcome to NCCP's April listserv!
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.
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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. Understand the role of community development corporations in supporting
young children
5. NCCP staffer testifies before New York City Council in child care issues
6. NCCP hosts book discussion with acclaimed author David Cohen
7. New chapter posted from Chasing the Red, White, and Blue
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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. Read the series introduction here:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/improving_security_series.html
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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. Visit here 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
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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)? Visit here to learn more:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/ycpf.html
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4. The National Center for Children in Poverty reviews what community-based
organizations in low-income communities and neighborhoods are doing to
promote the healthy development of low-income young children and
families through child development and family support strategies. Visit
here to learn more:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/roleCDC.html
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5. Kimberly Barnes-O'Connor, chief operating officer of LIFT, testified
before the New York City Council on March 6 in the City Council Chambers
at City Hall in New York City. The hearing focused on child care for the
working poor and for individuals transitioning off welfare in New York,
and specifically on supplantation of federal child care funds. Read her
testimony at:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/kboc-testimony.html
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6. NCCP hosted an event entitled, "What Would Tocqueville Say Were He to
Return to America Today?" on Columbia University's Morningside Heights
campus on April 8. David Cohen, author of Chasing the Red, White, and
Blue: A Journey in Tocqueville's Footsteps Through Contemporary America,
led a provocative discussion on the modern-day "haves" and "have-nots"
in the United States. To read some of Chasing the Red, White, and Blue,
please visit:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/chasing/index.html
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7. Read David Cohen's observations of the "haves" and "have-nots" in
America on his journey through the Rust Belt in Flint, Michigan. Don't
forget to follow the Chasing links and read our Q&A with David.
Chasing the Red, White, and Blue Chapter 2:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/chasing/chasing-2-0.html
Talking to David Cohen:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/chasing/qa.html
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