PPN Newsletter June 2007
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
PPN Announces Launch of New KIDS COUNT Pages
PPN is pleased to announce the launch of new KIDS COUNT pages developed for the states of Georgia, Iowa, and Kansas. These pages offer convenient access to the evidence-based information on PPN that is related to outcomes seen in KIDS COUNT data. Each KIDS COUNT page contains information specific to its state indicator areas, thanks to help from our project partners: Family Connection Partnership in Georgia, the Child and Family Policy Center in Iowa, and Kansas Action for Children. PPN is grateful to the Annie E. Casey Foundation for their support in making this pilot project possible.
Tell Us What You Think!
After viewing the KIDS COUNT pages, please be sure to complete our brief survey to give us your feedback. It only takes 5 minutes! You'll find a link to the survey on each of the KIDS COUNT pages.
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all in this area » Healthy and Safe Children
Using the "Getting To Outcomes" Approach to Help Communities Prevent Underage Drinking
— June 2007
Research brief at RAND Corporation website
Extensive Television Viewing and the Development of Attention and Learning Difficulties During Adolescence
— May 2007
The Impact of Retail Cigarette Marketing Practices on Youth Smoking Uptake
— May 2007
Small Infants Have Greater Survival Rate in High Level Intensive Care Facilities
— May 2007
Comparison of Indicators for a Primary Care Medical Home Between Children with Autism or Asthma and Other Special Health Care Needs
— Apr. 2007
Maternal and Paternal Age and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders
— Apr. 2007
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
The Nation's Report Card: Civics 2006
— May 2007
The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History 2006
— May 2007
ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generosity of our supporting organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
The Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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