July 1, 1998
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Program Result
The Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington conducted two state leadership policy forums on systemic reforms to improve state and state-federal services for families and children.
August 30, 2010
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Program Result
RWJF provided four grants to enable the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices to enlist governors in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic and encourage state innovation in policies and programs.
July 1, 2009
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Issue Brief
A fact sheet from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America on the early years of life.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result
Researchers at the Hilltop Institute evaluated the implementation of Maryland’s tax-based outreach initiative, the Kids First Act, and how well the state achieved its goal of identifying and enrolling uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
October 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Expansion of WIC foods was associated with small positive externalities on the food environment.
November 1, 2011
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Report
California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but study shows successes are uneven.
March 1, 2009
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Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.
July 27, 2009
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Program Result
Georgetown University kept state-level officials and child health advocates apprised of important issues concerning health care coverage for children, with an emphasis on changes to the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program.
February 1, 2010
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Survey/Poll
Survey reflects overwhelming support for health coverage for children.
July 18, 2003
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Evaluation
This highlight memo synthesizes the information gathered from Covering Kids & Families (CKF) grantees about promising or successful outreach strategies for use in times of budget tightness.