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Home Visiting Inventory
The following data from the 2010 Pew Center on the States home visiting survey of agency leaders provide an inventory of FY 2009-2010 state home visitation programs, models, and funding.
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- Stateline Story
Food Stamp Rolls Reach Historic Levels
More Americans than ever before are getting federal help to buy groceries. Which state is seeing caseloads grow the fastest? You might be surprised to find out. more
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- Home Visiting Campaign
Home Visiting: A Closer Look
Extra support from voluntary, high-quality home visiting services can lead to improved family health and substantial savings for taxpayers. more
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- Home Visiting Campaign
States and the New Federal Home Visiting Initiative
In 2010, the Pew Center on the States surveyed state agency leaders in an effort to inventory state home visiting programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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The Case for Home Visiting
This 2010 report examined how voluntary home visiting programs match parents with trained professionals to provide information and assistance during pregnancy and throughout their child's first three years. The report found that this support not only helps families thrive, but saves states money on costly social problems.
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- Stateline Story
Tracking the Recession: Tuition Programs in Danger
As the Obama administration addresses the rising cost of college, many of the prepaid college tuition programs that help keep prices down have been damaged by the weak economy.more -
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States Move to Regulate Senior Guardians
As the U.S. population ages and families scatter across the country, the frail elderly increasingly end up relying on court-appointed guardians when they can no longer take care of their personal affairs. California just joined six other states in watching over these professionals charged with protecting society's most vulnerable adults.more -
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Silver Alert Helps Rescue Lost Seniors
(Updated 9:30 a.m EST, May 8, 2008)When an elderly person with dementia is lost, eight states can trigger an alert to let the community know. Proposals in Congress would expand the successful missing persons program to all 50 states.more -
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Some states reconsider youth sex laws
Lawmakers across the country continue to mete out harsh punishments to sex offenders - from satellite tracking to the death penalty - but a handful of states have eased up on penalties in cases of youths prosecuted for consensual sex.more -
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States Expand Kinship Care Programs
As the rolls of orphaned and neglected children swell, states increasingly are turning for help to grandparents and other family members, who now are providing homes for some 2.5 million children whose parents can no longer care for them. But the federal government hasn't made it easy.more