In the past decade, there has been a sharp increase in awareness of how interventions that address multiple risk factors and target both children and their families can help ensure that children grow up healthy and able to learn. In 1995, the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) undertook a project to "map" state initiatives for young children and families and to develop a framework to "track" changes in initiatives over time. This report, the first of a planned biennial series, describes the project's findings on these special, state-initiated, comprehensive program and cross-system planning efforts. The report's executive summary highlights findings indicating that three-quarters of states are supporting one or more state-funded, comprehensive program strategies, but relatively few have developed comprehensive initiatives; much more typical are parallel program and planning efforts without a clear vision or goals. Following the executive summary, chapter 1 of the report presents an overview of the framework that guided the way data were gathered and organized. Chapter 2 highlights the findings from a national perspective, synthesizing the information provided by the states and discussing some of the key lessons and implications. States' activities are illustrated in boxed text throughout the first two chapters. Chapter 3 presents detailed profiles of each state. Appendices include backup charts and maps and a list of state contacts for the programs described. Contains 86 references. (BGC)