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Smith, Sheila; Granja, Maribel; Ekono, Mercedes; Robbins, Taylor; Nagarur, Mahathi – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2017
As states work to strengthen supports for young children's mental health, often with the goal of reducing the incidence of costly conditions at later ages, they face the question of how to finance new or expanded services. This brief examines states' use of Medicaid as a key source of funding for early childhood mental health (ECMH) services. It…
Descriptors: Social Services, Financial Support, Young Children, Mental Health
Belfield, Clive; Garcia, Emma – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2011
This report sets out to estimate the total annual expenditures on children in New York City and to create a "fiscal map" to detail them. This fiscal map describes these expenditures according to a series of classifications, including age of child (early childhood, elementary, and high school); source of funding (public, tax-related, and…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Low Income Students, Expenditures, Urban Areas
Rothstein, Richard; Wilder, Tamara; Allgood, Whitney – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2011
The inability of the United States to narrow the achievement gap stems to a large extent from school reform initiatives that neglect the specific conditions in the lives of low-income students that contribute heavily to inadequate school performance. A new consensus is emerging that a more effective approach would be to prevent the achievement gap…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Low Income Students, Costs, Prenatal Care