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Across the U.S., large numbers of young children are affected by one or more risk factors that have been linked to academic failure and poor health. This fact sheet highlights important findings about the prevalence of children experiencing risk factors in the U.S. These findings were produced with the Young Child Risk Calculator, a tool of the National Center for Children in Poverty.

Other Publications

• What Can CCDF Learn from the Research on Children’s Health and Safety in Child Care?
  Brief, May 2012
• Preconception Health and Health Care and Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
  Opportunities for Collaboration
  Report, May 2012
• Paid Family Leave
  Stengthening Families and Our Future
  Report, April 2012
• Comprehensive Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood
  Promising Federal and State Initiatives
  Report, March 2012
• Coaching and Quality Assistance in Quality Rating Improvement Systems
  Approaches Used by TA Providers to Improve Quality in Early Care and Education Programs and Home-based Settings
  Report, January 2012
• Rent Burden, Housing Subsidies and the Well-being of Children and Youth
  Report, November 2011
• Pediatric Medical Homes
  Laying the Foundation of a Promising Model of Care
  Report, October 2011
• Racial Gaps in Early Childhood
  Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys
  Report, May 2011
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States
  Report, January 2011
• Environmental Health in Early Childhood Systems Building
  Opportunities for States
  Brief, December 2010
• Features of Professional Development and On-site Assistance in Child Care Quality Rating Improvement Systems
  A Survey of State-wide Systems
  Report, October 2010
• Improving Supports for Parents of Young Children
  State-level Initiatives
  Report, September 2010
• Key Readings on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• Key Readings on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  July 2010
• English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development
  Brief, June 2010
• Promoting the Social-emotional Wellbeing of Infants and Toddlers in Early Intervention Programs
  Promising Strategies in Four Communities
  Report, June 2010
• Promoting Young Children’s Health and Development
  Taking Stock of State Policies
  Brief, May 2010
• Indicators for Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  A Guide for Local Stakeholders
  Report, November 2009
• Promoting Social-emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services
  A Fifty-state View
  Report, September 2009
• Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, August 2009
• Testimony on the State of State Early Childhood Policies
  Testimony, June 2009
• Making Parents' Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, April 2009
• Paid Leave in the States
  A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
  Brief, March 2009
• State-based Home Visiting
  Strengthening Programs Through State Leadership
  Report, March 2009
• Making Maternal and Child Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, March 2009
• Promoting Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Project Description
  Fact Sheet, May 2008
• Report of a Meeting, June 25, 2007
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Report, May 2008
• A View from the Field
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Report, May 2008
• Annotated Bibliography
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, May 2008
• Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and their Families
  Financing that Supports Knowledge
  Report, February 2008
• Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children
  Toward a Responsive Early Childhood Policy Framework
  Brief, January 2008
• Strengthening Policies to Support Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Trauma
  Report, July 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Executive Summary
  Brief, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Report, June 2007
• National Early Childhood Policy Profile
  Fact Sheet, June 2007
• Common Purpose
  Sharing Responsibility for Child and Family Outcomes
  Brief, October 2006
• Developing Fiscal Analyses and Children’s Budgets to Support ECCS and Children
  Short Take No. 3
  Brief, September 2006
• Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Brief, September 2006
• Maximizing the Use of EPSDT to Improve the Health and Development of Young Children
  Short Take No. 2
  Brief, June 2006
• The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
  Short Take No. 1: Opportunities and Challenges for ECCS Initiatives
  Brief, June 2006
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems that Spend Smarter
  Maximizing Resources to Serve Vulnerable Children
  Report, February 2006
• Helping the Most Vulnerable Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families
  Report, January 2006
• Spending Smarter
  A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness
  Report, November 2005
• Resources to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness in Young Children and Families
  A Community Guide
  Report, November 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, August 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Quality
  Brief, August 2005
• Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers
  Brief, August 2005
• Parental Employment Does Not Guarantee Health Insurance for Children
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence
  Little is Known About Co-Occurrence and Combined Effects on Low-Income Families
  Brief, June 2004