State Partner Pages
Ohio
Kids Ohio has identified the following priority issue areas for Ohio:
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Academic SuccessSchool ReadinessCost-Benefit Analysis of Programs for Families and Children |
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Healthy Children and FamiliesChild and Family PovertyOther Resources |
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Programs that Work
Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success
Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Class Wide Peer Tutoring Program
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School
I CAN Learn Pre-Algebra and Algebra
Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program
Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)
Reading Mastery / SRA / McGraw-Hill
School Transitional Environmental Program
Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE)
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Team Accelerated Instruction: Math
University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Algebra
Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates
TopResearch in Brief
Children Succeeding in School outcome area
See all research briefs in this outcome area
Diplomas Count 2008: Ohio State Highlights — June 2008
Research brief at Education Week website
Diplomas Count: Ohio — June 2006
Prekindergartners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems (Ohio Fact Sheet) — May 2005
Why Rural Matters 2005: Ohio Results — May 2005
SCHOOL READINESS
Programs that Work
Infant Health and Development Program
Interactive Shared Book Reading
Parent Child Development Center
Phonological Awareness Training
Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training
Research in Brief
Children Ready for School outcome area
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Research in Brief
Economic Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SunWise Program: Sun Protection Education for Young Children — May 2008
Journal abstract at Pediatrics website
Medicaid-Based Child Restraint System Disbursement and Education and the Vaccines for Children Program: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness — Jan. 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost? — 2008
The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for America's Children — Feb. 2007
The Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California — Mar. 2005
Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development — Oct. 2004
What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five Cities — Mar. 2004
Postpartum Length of Stay and Newborn Health: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis — Apr. 2003
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Abecedarian Early Childhood Intervention — Dec. 2002
Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Statewide Universal Newborn Hearing Screening — Nov. 2002
The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children — Nov. 2002
What Are the Costs of Operating the Military's Child Care System? — July 2002
Cost-Benefit of Family Interventions Designed to Prevent Adolescent Alcohol Use — May 2002
Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions — Spring 2001
Benefits and Costs of Drug Use Prevention: Clarifying a Cloudy Issue — 1999
Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings — 1998
Diverting Children From a Life of Crime: What Are the Costs and Benefits? — May 1996
HEALTHY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Programs that Work
Aggression Replacement Training
Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence
Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices
Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids
Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Sexual Abuse (CBT-CSA)
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)
Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD)
Creating Lasting Family Connections
Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Family Effectiveness Training (FET)
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave)
Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP)
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT)
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace
Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education
Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Parent Child Development Center
Parenting With Love and Limits
Postponing Sexual Involvement/Human Sexuality Educational Series
Project STAR/Midwestern Prevention Project
Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND)
Project Toward No Tobacco Use (Project TNT)
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP)
Residential Student Assistance Program
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways
School Transitional Environmental Program
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Seattle Social Development Project
Second Step Violence Prevention
Self Center (School-Linked Reproductive Health Services)
Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families
Strengthening Families Program
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14
Strong African American Families (SAAF) Program
Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together Team (SMART Team)
Syracuse Family Development Research Program
Teaching Students to be Peacemakers
Teenage Health Teaching Modules
The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8
Too Good for Drugs and Violence
Research in Brief
Healthy and Safe Children outcome area
Unrealized Health Potential: A Snapshot of Ohio — Oct. 2008
Evaluation of Home Visitation Programs for New Parents Shows Promising Results — June 2005
CHILD AND FAMILY POVERTY
Programs that Work
Research in Brief
Strong Families outcome area
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Jan. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Ohio Fact Sheet — Jan. 2006
Survey Shows More Ohioans in Poverty — May 2005
OTHER RESOURCES
State High School Exit Exams: Moving Toward End-of-Course Exams — Aug. 2008
Childhood Obesity State Report Cards: Ohio — 2008
State-Specific Data from State Tobacco Settlement — Dec. 2007
Reports from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook for Ohio — Oct. 2007
Unregistered Deaths Among Extremely Low Birthweight Infants - Ohio, 2006 — Oct. 2007
Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2007: Ohio Profile — June 2007
2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results for Ohio — June 2006
2005 State Preschool Yearbook: Ohio Profile — Mar. 2006
State Differences in Rates of Overweight or Obese Youth — Mar. 2006
2006 State Fact Sheets: Ohio's Children — 2006
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006 — 2006
Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education (Ohio) — 2006
Obesity Report Card — 2006
Ohio State Juvenile Justice Profile — 2006
State Approaches to Promoting Young Children's Healthy Mental Development — Dec. 2005
Annie E. Casey Online Databases — Ohio
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides several online databases that allow people to create customized reports about children and about issues affecting children in different geographic areas. The links below provide information specific to Ohio:
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online — Ohio Profile
The Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online web site provides profiles of all 50 states and allows for comparison of information across all the states and compared to the country as a whole. The web site provides information on a state's demographic and economic profile; health care coverage; health status; participation and costs in the Medicaid, S-CHIP and Medicare programs; as well as health issues for specific groups (Minority Health, Women's Health, HIV/AIDS).
National Center for Children in Poverty — Ohio State Profile
The National Center for Children in Poverty provides access to state-specific data regarding demographics, economic conditions and child-related policies.
No Child Left Behind Database
The Education Commission of the States offers the No Child Left Behind Database on their website. The database provides state-specific information about how states are meeting the No Child Left Behind requirements.
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