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The Promising Practices Network (PPN) is dedicated to providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families.
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July 2008 What's New
What would you do with $25 million to prevent child abuse?
We asked six professionals knowledgeable about preventing child abuse and neglect to answer the following question: If you had $5 million to spend each year for the next five years to prevent child abuse and neglect in the United States, how would you spend it? We invite you to read their answers, submit comments, and offer your own ideas of how you would spend $5 million a year for five years to prevent child abuse and neglect. These papers are part of a project that PPN is conducting for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. If you haven't already completed our online survey on child abuse and neglect prevention, read more about it below.
Read the papers and submit your comments and ideas
Help shape the future of child abuse and neglect prevention!
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) is seeking your input on strategies and opportunities to prevent child abuse and neglect. Your responses to this survey will help shape their future grant-making strategies as well as inform the prevention field. The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey, you will have a chance to enter a random drawing to win one of five $50 gift certificates redeemable at Amazon.com. Your participation is entirely voluntary and anonymous, unless you choose to enter your name and contact information for the prize drawing. If you experience any difficulties or have any questions about this survey, please contact us at DDCFsurvey@rand.org. Thank you for your assistance!
Take the survey at SurveyMonkey.com 
Learn more about DDCF's Child Abuse Prevention Program
Developmental Delays and Participation in Early Intervention Services for Young Children
New research published in the journal Pediatrics estimates the prevalence of developmental delays in young children and examines their eligibility and access to early intervention services. Results suggest that 13% of the children in the study had developmental delays that would make them eligible for early intervention services, a much higher number than previously thought. Findings also suggest that, while children with developmental delays were more likely to receive services than those who do not have delays, only 10% of children with delays at age 24 months received any intervention services. In addition, black children were less likely to receive services than children from other ethnic groups. The authors suggest that strategies should be developed to monitor enrollment patterns in early intervention services and reach more minority children.
Read the journal abstract at pediatrics.org
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