Putting Human Needs on the National Radar Screen
The National Human Services Assembly has released a brief entitled, Putting Human Needs on the National Radar Screen, a brief on messaging and collaborative action for nonprofit human service and community development organizations.
The brief suggests language but also establishing new narratives about the collective contributions of related human service and community development programs.
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One in four young children under age 6 lives in a family earning just $60 a day
4/16/2012
- One in four young children under age 6 lives in a family earning just $60 a day, yet Early Head Start reaches less than 4 percent of eligible children. An analysis of enrollment, teachers, health, service provision and other data is in “Supporting Our Youngest Children, Early Head Start Programs in 2010.” (CLASP)
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Forty-eight percent of poor children – versus 75 percent of children from moderate- and upper-income families – are identified as school ready at age 5
4/16/2012
- Forty-eight percent of poor children – versus 75 percent of children from moderate- and upper-income families – are identified as school ready at age 5, says a new report from Brookings Institution on why poor children are less ready for school. Findings are based on a summary measure that looks at early math and reading skills, learning-related and problem behaviors, and overall physical health.
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Quality Early Child Care and Education (ECCE) programs come from having better educated and trained workers
4/16/2012
- Quality Early Child Care and Education (ECCE) programs come from having better educated and trained workers in the approximately 1.8 million ECCE workforce, says a new GAO report, which also acknowledges that gaps in ECCE workforce data exist and need to be addressed.
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