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KIDS COUNT Data Book, 2013

California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being, 2012-13

California Report Card, 2011-12

The Impact of Industry Self-Regulation on the Nutritional Quality of Foods Advertised on Television to Children, 2009

Educationally/Insufficient? An Analysis of the Availability & Educational Quality of Children’s E/I Programming, 2008

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Quality teacher training that responds to current, evidence-based research is crucial to offering the best learning environment for students. Social and emotional learning incorporated into instructional strategies increases achievement and positive classroom behavior.

Staff turnover is a critical threat to sustaining supportive relationships. Program operators struggle to retain staff at every level, which often results in poor continuity with respect to program goals and relationships with children and collaborating agencies.

Asthma hospitalizations and deaths are largely preventable and can be avoided with proper prevention and management. Only 35% of children with asthma, however, have received an asthma management plan from their health care provider.

Over one-third (39%) of California’s zero-to-five population live in families where the most knowledgeable adult does not speak English well.

For every $1 spent on immunizations, as much as $29 can be saved in direct and indirect costs.

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Children Now Praises FCC for Adoption of Kids' Digital Television Agreement

Sep 26, 2006

The following statement was issued by Patti Miller, vice president of Children Now, in reaction to today’s Federal Communications Commission adoption of rules governing children’s television programming and advertising.

“This is a great victory for children. We are so pleased by the FCC’s unanimous vote today; it demonstrates the Commission’s commitment to children and their needs in a rapidly-changing technological environment. By adopting rules along the lines proposed by advocates and media industry representatives, the FCC has taken a great step towards ensuring that children will be provided for and protected in the digital age. These rules will provide children with more educational programming and also will serve to protect them from the harmful effects of excessive advertising. We thank the FCC for prioritizing the needs of children as we transition to digital television.”

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