http://speakunited.org/blog/Clare+Sanford/2007/%2A xx http://speakunited.org/blog/clare+sanford/2007/11/ma-dead-last-new-child-wellbeing-rankings <p>As you may have heard, a new <a href="http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx">Kids Count </a>report about to be released by the <a href="http://www.aecf.org/">Annie E. Casey Foundation</a><br /> places Massachusetts dead last (that would be number 50, el finito, the worst, bad news bears, etc.) in a state-by-state ranking of how low-income children fare in six areas, including social and emotional wellbeing and health... <span class='read-more'><a href="http://speakunited.org/blog/clare+sanford/2007/11/ma-dead-last-new-child-wellbeing-rankings">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://speakunited.org/blog/clare+sanford/2007/11/ma-dead-last-new-child-wellbeing-rankings#comments Healthy Child Development kids count Massachusetts rankings Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:26:25 -0500 Clare Sanford 954 at http://speakunited.org http://speakunited.org/blog/clare+sanford/2007/11/youth-violence-prevention-its-not-all-about-teenagers <p>When communities are confronted with the issue of violence (particularly among youth), the usual suspects are  called upon for answers.  What are the police doing?  The mayor?  The courts? The schools?  The parents?  These questions are legitimate, as all of these groups have significant parts to play in the production of healthy and safe adolescents.  Yet I wonder why more people aren't asking about what's being done for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers... <span class='read-more'><a href="http://speakunited.org/blog/clare+sanford/2007/11/youth-violence-prevention-its-not-all-about-teenagers">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://speakunited.org/blog/clare+sanford/2007/11/youth-violence-prevention-its-not-all-about-teenagers#comments Healthy Child Development early childhood Out of Harm&#039;s Way violence Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:12:58 -0500 Clare Sanford 952 at http://speakunited.org