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- Analysis
- Children's Dental Campaign
Reimbursing Physicians for Fluoride Varnish
For young children, the medical office is an ideal place to deliver a set of preventive dental services—including the application of fluoride varnish.
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- Stateline Story
Governor Candidate Makes History in Mississippi
TODAY'S TAKE: Johnny DuPree, the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, won a Democratic runoff for governor on Tuesday (August 23), making him the first African-American nominee for either party in state history. more
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- Stateline Story
Mississippi Lieutenant Governor May Succeed His Boss
TODAY'S TAKE: Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant became the Republican choice for governor on Tuesday (August 2) and awaits the winner of a Democratic runoff election later this month. more
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- Report
- Children's Dental Campaign
The State of Children's Dental Health
More than 16 million children still lack access to basic dental care despite efforts by states to improve their dental health policies, according to the 2011 50-state report card from Pew.
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- Featured Collection
- Children's Dental Campaign
Fact Sheets: The State of Children's Dental Health
In the face of major budget shortfalls, 22 states were able to improve their dental polices from 2010. See how all the states did in our collection of state factsheets. more
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- Data Visualizations
- Children's Dental Campaign
Children's Dental Health
Pew assessed and graded all 50 states and the District of Columbia, using an A to F scale, on how well they are employing eight proven and promising policy approaches to strengthen dental health and access to care for disadvantaged children. more
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- Analysis
- Economic Mobility Project
Economic Mobility and the American Dream: Where Do We Stand in the Wake of the Great Recession?
The Pew Economic Mobility Project conducted an update to its 2009 national poll to reassess the public's perceptions of economic mobility and the American Dream two years later, as the nation emerges from the Great Recession.
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- Data Visualizations
- States' Fiscal Health
Measuring Transportation Results
States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating. more
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- Report
Measuring Transportation Investments
States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating. more
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- Press Release
- States' Fiscal Health
Many States Fail to Measure Performance of Transportation Dollars
States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation. more
