Homeland Insecurity ... Why Children Must Be a Priority in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

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Homeland Insecurity
Why Children Must Be a Priority in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

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We all know the life chances of children are vastly improved when they are the top priority of supportive families and communities. However, millions of children are challenged by problems that should not exist in the world's wealthiest nation: health care, child abuse, poverty, and imprisonment of a parent. This booklet reviews the big issues affecting children and families and elected officials need to make them a political priority.

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Table of Contents

Where the States Rank

Special Taxes v. Overall Child Well-Being

1 . Overall Vulnerability Rank
2 . Uninsured Children
3 . Low Birth Weight
4 . Prenatal Care
5 . Infant Mortality Rates
6 . Child Deaths
7 . Teen Deaths
8 . Child Welfare Spending
9 . Child Fatalities 2004
10. Crime Rates
11. Incarceration Rates
12. Juvenile Incarceration
13. Teen Births/TANF "Welfare" Payment Rates
14. Child Poverty
15. Impact of Taxes & Transfers on Child Poverty
16. Federal Redistributive Policy at Work in the States
17. Relationship of the Tax Burden to Overall Child Well-Being

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