As President Obama and the 111th Congress struggle with worldwide economic problems, ending two wars, and rebuilding the nation's physical infrastructure, it would be easy to postpone the critical new investments America needs to make in its children. And an already challenging situation is compounded by state budgets staggering under the recession and the cuts in social spending which follow. But make no mistake, the development of human capital is central to U.S. global competitiveness, increased productivity, caring for an aging population, and fulfilling the moral obligation every generation has to leave the world a better place for the one that follows. This is not the time to take a step backwards.
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Presidents Helping Children
Highlighting improvements in national child well-being by past presidents and illustrating the challenges facing the next president and the 113th Congress. This pamphlet is meant to remind us all of the central role past presidents have played in improving child well-being. Please take a minute to read this brief, illustrated history of important social legislation.
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We Can Do Better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in America
In late October 2009, Every Child Matters released a report “We Can Do Better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in America” during a public rally on the lawn of our nation’s capitol. According to the report, nearly five children die in America every day from abuse or neglect. In fact, federal data show that 10,440 children in the U.S. died from abuse and neglect between 2001 and 2007, but experts say the real number may be as many as 5,000 higher. A weak economy and resulting state budget cuts are putting even more children at risk, as evidenced by the multitude of newspaper stories from across America that link an increase in child abuse to the worsening recession.
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Geography Matters
We all know the life chances of children are vastly improved when they are the top priority of supportive families and communities. While all states provide a basic network of social programs to assist vulnerable children and families, a huge gap exists on a wide variety of child well-being indicators. The state they live in should not adversely influence the life and death of children—but it does. Such inequalities affect all Americans, rich and poor alike, and weaken both our economy and our democracy.
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The Self-Sufficiency Standard for New York State 2010
New York joins 36 states in calculating The Self-Sufficiency Standard to chart the actual cost of living and working in NY. The Standard measures the costs of housing, food, childcare, healthcare, transportation and taxes based on thenumber and ages of children in each household, where the family lives and assumes no assistance from relatives, friends or the government.
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Child Care Matters: Building Economic Security for Low-Income Women, Sept. 2010
This report from the Women's Economic Security Campaign provides an overview of why quality early care and education is vital to improving economic security for low-income women.
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The Racial Equity Report Card: Fair Housing on Long Island
A new study by ERASE Racism has found that when it comes to fair housing, Long Island receives a failing grade. As the third most racially segregated suburban community in the country, Long Island’s housing discrimination is a long unsolved problem. Detailed findings in its report reveal that there are problems with laws, with their enforcement (or lack of enforcement), with the policies and practices of government agencies (federal, state and local) and with the practices of real estate and other businesses.
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Long Island Cares, Inc. Annual Report 2009
Long Island Cares, Inc. plays a major role in ending hunger on
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The Health and Welfare Council of Long Island
The Health and Welfare Council of Long Island is a private, not for profit, health and human services planning, research/public education and advocacy organization that serves as the umbrella for public and voluntary agencies serving Long Island's poor and vulnerable individuals and families.
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2011
US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced the release of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the federal government's evidence-based nutritional guidance to promote health, reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity through improved nutrition and physical activity.
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InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development
This edition of the InBrief series addresses basic concepts of early childhood development, established over decades of neuroscience and behavioral research, which help illustrate why child development—particularly from birth to five years—is a foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society.
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The Early Care & Learning Council's Guide for Voters and Candidates
This guide is a way for voters and candidates to understand the issues that face young children in New York State.
In this guide you will find information about trends in child well-being in New York State from The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s latest KIDS COUNT® Data Book. The Data Book shows both promising progress and discouraging setbacks for the nation’s children. In this guide you see both positive and negative trends for New York State. By addressing these areas of focus, the negative trends in the Data Book could be turned around and the positive trends could continue on their trajectory.
An informed voter is a powerful voter. It is their hope that this guide will provide you with a path to the information you need to make a vote for children on November 6th.
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Long Island Education Costs and Outcomes
This ninth update of Long Island Education: Costs and Outcomes is the joint work product of the Long Island Education Coalition (LIEC) and the Long Island Association (LIA). From day one it has been found that Long Island students outperform students from across New York State, and that regional cost differences disadvantage Long Island when it comes to state aid allocations, and presentation of comparative expense data. As a result of this work, it has opened the door to having regional cost differences factored into the state aid formulas. Although these differences are now being acknowledged, they are not being fully accounted for. In addition, this work has caused us to take a closer look at the inequities that exist within the region based upon school district wealth. Now, more than ever, as New York State faces unprecedented fiscal challenges, it is important that we focus on the facts to craft meaningful strategies to address these needs. This report prepared the latest update to help inform the discussion that will continue as they work together to assure that our region’s most prized asset, our schools, can continue to prepare our children for the future.
