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ED398997 PS024121
Title: The State of America's Children Yearbook: 1996.
Author(s): Finlay, Belva, Ed.
Author Affiliation: Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC.(BBB13369)
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 1996
Notes: For the 1995 Yearbook, see ED 390 526.
ISBN: 1-881985-11-3
ISSN: 1084-3191
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Children's Defense Fund, 25 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001 ($14.95, plus $3 shipping and handling).
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJAN1997
The Children's
Defense Fund (CDF) 1996 report on the state of America's children
highlights the critical need for renewed commitment to children
by early childhood advocates, parents, and all sectors of society.
The introduction describes in general the crises faced by children
and calls for adults to recommit their energies to providing solutions
to the problems faced by America's children. The report focuses
on the following: (1) Congressional movements to reduce and/or eliminate
family and children's program funding; (2) family income and child
poverty statistics and reforms; (3) child health status and areas
for improvement; (4) child care and early childhood development
problems and possible solutions; (5) education problems and inequities;
(6) adolescent pregnancy and youth development; (7) violence against
and by children; and (8) children and families in crisis. A lengthy
appendix provides tabulated data on children in the nation and in
the states, covering areas such as poverty, health, childbearing,
unemployment, child support, infant mortality, Head Start enrollment,
disability, nutrition, and victims of crime. (SD)
Descriptors: *At Risk Persons; Child Abuse; *Child Development;
*Child Health; Child Welfare; *Childhood Needs; Day Care; Early
Parenthood; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education;
Employed Parents; Equal Education; Family Environment; Family Income;
Family Problems; Family Violence; Federal Aid; Federal Legislation;
Finance Reform; Financial Support; Government Role; Hunger; *Poverty;
Preschool Education; Social Problems; State Programs; Victims of
Crime; Violence; *Well Being
Identifiers: Childrens Defense Fund; Project Head Start
