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Published by the National Center for Children in Poverty. Part of the series Promoting the Emotional Well-Being of Children and Families, this report is a guide for community leaders and policymakers who want to craft policies to promote the healthy emotional development of children. It provides information about the kinds of children and families who are in need of preventative, early intervention or treatment services and highlights why policymakers should invest in such services. It also describes emerging strategies in early childhood mental health services and offers tips and recommendations from early leaders in this area.

Volume 1 of "Caring for Connecticut's Children" is a handbook on health and safety developed in collaboration with health professionals, child care providers and parents. This guide provides research-based, up-to-date information and local resources on early childhood health and safety issues like SIDS, oral health, nutrition, firearm safety, obesity and preventive care. The guide was published by the Training Resource Academy of the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut.
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A colorful, user-friendly handbook for parents and caregivers providing research-based, up-to-date information and local resources on promoting healthy social, emotional, cognitive and physical development in children ages 5 and under.
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This report summarizes data from the 1990 and 2000 Census about the distribution of child and family poverty among Connecticut’s 169 cities and towns and changes in this distribution over the 1990s. The report also places the findings in the context of other recently-released national reports on child and family poverty. Published in August 2002 by Connecticut Voices for Children.
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This report summarizes Census data on child poverty and explains the strengths and limitations of various measures of child poverty. Published in November 2003 by Connecticut Voices for Children.
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Published by Early Childhood DataCONNections and the Connecticut Early Childhood Indicators Team, this report highlights data on how young children are faring and how well the state is supporting their health, development and chances for school success. Topics covered include: receipt of preventive care, children in foster care, supply of quality child care and children in poverty.

Published by the National Center for Children in Poverty as part of the series Promoting the Emotional Well-Being of Children and Families. This report addresses the relationship between early academic learning and emotional development and the prevalence of emotional problems in preschool-aged children and young children who are exposed to multiple family and environmental risk factors. In addition, the report delves into the emerging but still limited research on early interventions explicitly targeted to address the social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties of young children, particularly in the context of early care and education settings. Full text can be found at [12] http://www.nccp.org/media/pew02c-text.pdf.