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Doing the Math

The 4 M's of Quality: Quality Matters, is Measurable, Moveable and Malleable
A Connect for Kids Web story about a 2006 Iowa initiative on building quality youth programs grabbed our attention, so we quickly hit the link to the exciting detail captured by the 4M's of Quality
The results are in: Adult leaders let teens down
The Teen Report Card on Adults from UCAN of Chicago, and the Child Welfare League of America, grades adults impacting teenagers' lives, from parents to teachers to politicians.
Playing Russian roulette with children's lives
About halfway through his op-ed piece in Tuesday's New York Times, columnist Bob Herbert says, "10 billion dollars a year is considered a pittance when it comes to funding wars and tax cuts for the very wealthy."
Doing the Math: Sobering Facts on Child Poverty, Criminal Justice and Foster Care
Judge Kaye opened her Remarks at the Harvard conference with a compelling context of grim, wrenching data on child poverty, criminal justice for young blacks and foster care.
Top Seven Facts About Children's Health in the U.S.
Facts and figures from the Children's Defense Fund
Checking in on a Health Check for America's Children
"There are currently nine million uninsured children in America. The time is long overdue for every child in America to be provided affordable and comprehensive health and mental health coverage." Source: Children's Defense Fund Health Facts
What's Your Governor Saying About Kids?
We did our own 'combing' of the 2006 Study in search Gubernatorial priorities in support of our most vulnerable children-those who endure abuse, neglect, poor housing , inadequate health care, and general poverty. We found little that impressed us. On the other hand, 35 governors spoke with some precision on past tax cuts or proposed new ones.
America's Children: A Powerful Snapshot 2006
As an Annual Reference Point, the National Fact Sheet from Child Welfare League of America (www.cwla.org) might just be the best Math 101 on child abuse and neglect we have encountered.
Doing the Math of Child Abuse & Neglect: The Road Ahead
With so much good data from U.S government agencies and foundation-sponsored research, it nonetheless appears to us as child advocacy journalists that no one has ever fully calculated the economic cost of unconscionable damage to innocent children from abuse and neglect, miserably managed foster care programs, and failed child welfare systems. Even so, the data we have speaks powerfully to the issues at hand.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

New Research Reveals Power of "Who's Doing What That Works" Messaging

Child Advocacy 360's national research is complete, and we can now say with certainty that "good news" about programs that improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged kids - helping them to become responsible citizens - can make a significant difference in building stronger neighborhoods, villages and cities.

What the research tells us:

We see and hear so many "problem stories" about youth in the media - and so few "good news" stories about rewarding work being done with and for young people.
The research is a call to "Give good news a chance! Tell stories about "Who's Doing What That Works." Why not, at long last, highlight solutions and not problems?
And don't, according to the research, depend on the press to get your message out. In fact, the press is plagued with reduced staffs, meager resources and, for the most part, continues to believe: "If it bleeds, it leads."

What can we - ordinary citizens, parents, family members - do to make a difference where we live and work? more »

Hershel Sarbin, editor and publisher

About Hershel Sarbin

Gardens for Growing

Gardens for Growing, a project of Child Advocacy 360 Foundation, is a virtual community garden where every flower you plant helps to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth from 'Inner City' America. Donate $5 or more to plant a flower or build a gazebo. One hundred percent of your donation helps to sustain the non profit Earth School program at Hanover Hill Farm in Westchester County, New York, founded and directed by educator Barbara Sarbin for the past 12 years.

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Doing the Math

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