Press Releases
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- Project Update
- Home Visiting Campaign
Arkansas Passes Legislation to Strengthen Home Visiting
On March 28, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed into law a measure that sets up one of the strongest home visiting systems in the country by ensuring investments are directed to programs that are proven to achieve successful results for children and families. more
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- Project Update
- Children's Dental Campaign
Working With Midlevel Providers: Dentists' Perspectives
Midlevel dental providers perform preventive care and routine restorative duties, such as filling cavities. Although they work in more than 50 countries, including Canada and Britain, Minnesota and Alaska are the two states in which midlevel dental providers are licensed to work as part of the dental team. In Minnesota, dental therapists work in a variety of settings. Two dentists who supervise these practitioners in Minnesota share their perspectives. more
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- Project Update
- Fiscal Federalism Initiative
Sequester's Impact on Unemployment Insurance
This Pew Charitable Trusts report looks at the sequester's impact on unemployment insurance in the states.
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- Economic Mobility Project
Pew Explores Damaging Effects of Unemployment & Unexpected Wealth Losses on Mobility and Economic Security
A new study from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Hard Choices: Navigating the Economic Shock of Unemployment, examines how American families cope with unexpected financial setbacks and how those periods of economic uncertainty draw down financial resources. The report studies families across race and income levels, revealing different experiences resulting from unemployment and the difficult choices many of them face. more
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- Project Update
- Public Safety Performance Project
U.S. Prison Count Continues to Drop
After nearly four decades of explosive growth, the U.S. prison population declined for two years in a row, according to the Justice Department. Inmate counts fell in about half the states in each year from 2009-10 and 2010-11.
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- Home Visiting Campaign
Video Highlights from 2013 Home Visiting Summit
On Feb. 13–14, 2013, The Pew Charitable Trusts co-hosted the Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs with Every Child Succeeds and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. On this page, videos from five of the presenters show highlights of their remarks. more
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- Press Release
- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
Pew Survey: Payday Loans Fail to Work As Advertised
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Payday Lending in America: How Borrowers Choose and Repay Payday Loans, sheds light on the decision 12 million Americans make every year to use a payday loan.
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- Project Update
- Home Visiting Campaign
White House Pushes to Expand Home Visiting
President Obama today released details of the early childhood agenda outlined in his State of the Union Address. more
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- Economic Mobility Project,
- Election Initiatives
Pew Experts Respond to President's State of the Union Address
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama raised two issues that are relevant to the work of The Pew Charitable Trusts: economic mobility and elections.
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- Project Update
- Home Visiting Campaign
Home Visiting Researchers, Service Providers, Policymakers, and Advocates gather for Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs
Today, more than 500 home visiting researchers, service providers, policymakers, and advocates are gathered for the Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs in Washington, D.C. more