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.

Pew’s Fiscal Analysis Initiative has released new statistics showing that as of August 2010, 4.4 million people—roughly the population of Louisiana—had been out of work for a year or more; an increase of nearly 30 percent since December 2009.  In an update to the April 2010 report, A Year or More: The High Cost of Long-Term Unemployment, researchers also found that federal spending on unemployment benefits will total $160 billion in fiscal year 2010.   

This September 2010 report illustrated just how difficult it would be to tackle America’s fiscal problem by relying exclusively on any single strategy. 

In May 2010, the Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative released  Decision Time: The Fiscal Effects of Extending the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts, which examined four options for extending the tax cuts. Since then, another option has attracted attention: extending the tax cuts for only two years to individuals making less than $200,000 and  married couples earning less than $250,000. more

This 2010 report looked at how Montgomery County Public Schools used local and federal dollars to craft, implement and improve a system-wide education reform strategy built on a foundation of providing high-quality pre-k education.
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This 2010 report identified policies that can enhance family engagement in state pre-kindergarten and highlighted examples from states that are leading the way.
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This 2010 Pew Center on the States report looked at how dental care remains the greatest unmet need for health services among children.

Arkansas's prison population is projected to grow by as much as 43 percent over the next decade. Building and operating new prisons to accommodate this growth will cost approximately $1.1 billion between 2010 and 2020. With the state prison system already at full capacity, Arkansas policy makers are considering data-driven alternatives that will contain prison growth and corrections spending while protecting public safety. This June 2010 report detailed the steps state leaders took to advance public safety policy solutions.

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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