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June 10, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
The stress and limitations that often accompany childhood poverty can influence children’s life trajectories, change their dispositions, blunt their brain development, and even alter their genes.
December 15, 2004 | Program Results Report
In January and February 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation aired a three-part Frontline series called "Failure to Protect," which addresses problems with the child welfare system in America.
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Topic page on RWJF's investment in programs focused on childhood trauma.
December 1, 2004 | Program Results Report
The 1996 federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (known as welfare reform) changed the focus of welfare from providing open-ended financial aid to providing transitional assistance while the head of household secures work.
August 26, 2008 | Program Results Report
RWJF has provided 12 grants totaling $26.8 million to support development of David L. Olds' home-visiting model and its national replication as the Nurse-Family Partnership.
February 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
Families and Work Institute, a New York-based nonprofit organization, coordinated a national campaign to promote young children's healthy development.
June 1, 2000 | Program Results Report
From 1995 to 1997, staff at the Citizen's TennCare Review Commission undertook a number of analyses to examine the effectiveness of the TennCare program, which in 1994 had replaced Tennessee's Medicaid program.