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Today, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, with our partners at Manatt Health, are excited to release a new resource, Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: A Blueprint for Leveraging Medicaid and CHIP to Finance Change, which is designed as a practical guide for advancing action in the pediatric primary [...]

The more things change the more they stay the same. The Trump administration and its divisive policies reflect the natural evolution of our shared national history. Racism is embedded in every fiber of our national narrative…but we continually imagine (and often claim) to live in a post-racial world. We are a country divided—one torn between [...]

Being a parent is hard at any age, but it can be even harder for younger moms and dads. And harder yet for young parents in foster care. To support these young parents and their families, systems leaders—ranging from child welfare to education to juvenile justice—need reliable data to guide policies and practices. Yet, according [...]

Did you know that children’s earliest experiences—with their families and caregivers, and in their neighborhoods—establish the foundation for their health, learning and future success? In turn, parents’ and caregivers’ abilities to provide the best possible experiences for young children are influenced by the communities in which they live. Read the full post on Early Learning [...]

Our health system is failing women, with research indicating that women in the United States (U.S.) are more likely to die from childbirth or other pregnancy-related complications when compared to women in other developed countries. In fact, the U.S., Afghanistan, and Sudan are the only countries in the world where the maternal mortality rate is [...]

Alex* was adopted from foster care at age two, and came out to her adoptive family when she was 14. After that point, Alex never felt safe at home. Immediately after coming out, her adoptive family began calling her names, making derogatory comments about her sexual orientation, and prohibiting her from participating in age-appropriate activities, [...]

On April 24, CSSP Executive Vice President Judy Meltzer was interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting for an episode of their program, Think Out Loud. The following is the segment description and the interview segment featuring Judy. Nearly 20 years ago, Tennessee and its child welfare department faced a class action lawsuit on behalf of all [...]

As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, I can attest to the omnipresence of air pollution. For the inner cities or inland desert communities, summer days are planned around pollution alerts, courtesy of the news. For those with deeper pockets, coastal living provides a privileged escape away from the harmful air. [...]

On December 7th, 2018 the California’s Hoopa Valley Tribal Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the County of Humboldt by and through its Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Division (Parties). On February 5, 2019 the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved this Government to Government Memorandum [...]

Over the past decade, increasing numbers of early childhood leaders across the country have been working to build systems with two distinct features. First, they take as their mission the well-being of all of the young children in the community, not just those enrolled in a specific program or service.  Second, they bring together what [...]