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Policy Priorities

Develop eligibility and enrollment standards across all income-based children’s programs and facilitate more effective inter-agency cooperation.

Establish a Children’s Cabinet.

Promote health homes for children.

Provide school-based preventive health care and other support services to children.

Allow counties and local agencies to blend funding streams that serve children.

Strengthen the linkage between environmental protection and children’s health initiatives.

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Youth and Work: Restoring Teen and Young Adult Connections to Opportunity

Dec 03, 2012

This report by The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT spotlights the nation’s disconnected youth, describes the barriers they face towards becoming financially stable, and draws attention to the supports they need to become engaged and connected.

Download file: casey_youth_report_2012.pdf

Improving Young Children's Success: California's Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, 2012

Nov 08, 2012

This fact sheet covers California’s unique approach towards implementing its federal Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant, which builds on local and statewide successes.

Download file: early_learning_factsheet_112012.pdf

2012 California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being

Oct 09, 2012

An interactive, online report, the 2012 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being delivers a current and comprehensive picture of children’s condition in every one of California’s 58 counties.