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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
Budget Cuts to Programs for Elderly May Cost Money Later
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: Programs for the elderly are cut back in California and Illinois ... legislators quarrel with the governor over reductions to senior citizen care in New Jersey ... state monitoring of some elder facilities is eliminated in New Hampshire, and other social policy news.more -
- Stateline Story
Abortion Laws Blocked in Indiana, Kansas and South Dakota
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: States enacted a record number of restrictions on abortion this year, but some of the most-closely watched new laws are on hold until the courts determine if they are legal. 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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- State Fact Sheet
- States' Fiscal Health
Measuring Transportation Investments: South Dakota
A May 2011 report, Measuring Transportation Investments: The Road to Results, found considerable differences among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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