Improving the Lives of Children and Their Families: Child Trends Annual Report, 2002.

Autor/in	Scarupa, Harriet J.
Institution	Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	Improving the Lives of Children and Their Families: Child Trends Annual Report, 2002.
Quelle	(2003), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-932359-01-9
Schlagwörter	Annual Reports; Children; Family Support; Information Dissemination; Poverty; Program Descriptions; Public Policy; Research Projects; Welfare Reform; Well Being; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Annual report; Tätigkeitsbericht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Domestic assistance; Familienhilfe; Informationsverbreitung; Armut; Öffentliche Ordnung; Forschungsvorhaben; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	The overarching mission of the Child Trends organization is to improve the lives of children and families by providing research-based information to inform policies and programs affecting children's lives. This annual report details the organization's accomplishments for the year 2002. The report begins with a letter from the president and the board chair describing how the organization's research both confirms and challenges common perceptions related to children and generates new and surprising knowledge that can inform family life, public policy, and service delivery. The letter also accentuates the need for research on children during times of national uncertainty. Following introductory remarks, the report then presents a sample of recent work directed at: (1) supporting efforts to enhance school readiness, including evaluating South Carolina's First Steps program and providing information on indicators for the First 5 California program; (2) promoting positive youth development, including identifying promising youth development approaches and programs, and monitoring outcomes for participants in local youth programs; (3) advancing the use of indicators to monitor child well-being, including collecting state-level data on children to gauge the success of welfare reform; and (4) informing the public about critical trends and issues affecting children through an online data resource, web site and listserv, print research briefs and special reports, and media outreach. The report concludes with lists of recent Child Trends publications and additional publications with Child Trends authors, and lists of board of directors, executive staff, national advisory board members, major funders, and Child Trends staff. (Contains 14 endnotes.) (KB)
Anmerkungen	Child Trends, Inc., 4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20008. Tel: 202-572-6000; Fax: 202-362-5533; Web site: http://www.childtrends.org. For full text: http://www.childtrends.org/PDF/2002AnnualReport.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC