State Partner Pages
Georgia
Georgia Family Connection Partnership, one of the founding partners of PPN, has identified the following priority issue areas for Georgia:
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Early LearningFamily SupportFamily Self-SufficiencyChild Abuse and Neglect |
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School SuccessLow Birth WeightOther Resources |
EARLY LEARNING
Programs that Work
Class Wide Peer Tutoring Program
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Infant Health and Development Program
Phonological Awareness Training
Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training
TopResearch in Brief
Examining Different Forms of Implementation and in Early Childhood Curriculum Research — Oct. 2010
Journal abstract at Early Childhood Research Quarterly website
Schools' Mental Health Services and Young Children's Emotions, Behavior, and Learning — Oct. 2010
Preschool-to-Third Grade Programs and Practices: A Review of Research — Aug. 2010
A Review of School Readiness Practices in the States: Early Learning Guidelines and Assessments — June 2010
Highlights at Child Trends website
Link Between Child Care and Academic Achievement and Behavior Persists Into Adolescence — May 2010
Undercover Testing Finds Fraud and Abuse at Selected Head Start Centers — May 2010
Word Learning From Baby Videos — May 2010
Teacher Quality Moderates the Genetic Effects on Early Reading — Apr. 2010
Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today — Mar. 2010
Effects of a Preschool Music and Movement Curriculum on Children's Language Skills — Oct. 2009
Early Emergence of Behavior and Social-Emotional Problems in Very Preterm Infants — Sep. 2009
Promoting Social-Emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services: A Fifty-State View — Sep. 2009
Prenatal Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure and Child IQ at Age 5 Years — Aug. 2009
Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know — Aug. 2009
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 — July 2009
Early Care and Education Quality and Child Outcomes — May 2009
A Stimulus for Second-Generation QRIS — Apr. 2009
Early School-Age Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants — Apr. 2009
Findings from the ABCD Screening Academy: State Policy Improvements that Support Effective Identification of Children At Risk for Developmental Delay — Mar. 2009
Household Language, Parent Developmental Concerns, and Child Risk for Developmental Disorder — Mar. 2009
Parents of Preschoolers: Expert Media Recommendations and Ratings Knowledge, Media-Effects Beliefs, and Monitoring Practices — Mar. 2009
Television Viewing in Infancy and Child Cognition at 3 Years of Age in a U.S. Cohort — Mar. 2009
Long-Term Academic Effects of Child's ADHD May Extend to Siblings — Dec. 2008
The State of America's Children 2008 — Dec. 2008
New Program Teaches Preschoolers Reading Skills, Getting Along With Others — Nov. 2008
Reading First Impact Study, Final Report — Nov. 2008
Stability of Psychiatric Outcomes of Low Birth Weight — Sep. 2008
Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How? — Aug. 2008
School Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants: Special Needs and Challenges for Infants Born at 32 to 36 Weeks Gestation — July 2008
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime — June 2008
Prevalence of Developmental Delays and Participation in Early Intervention Services for Young Children — June 2008
Social-Emotional Screening Status in Early Childhood Predicts Elementary School Outcomes — May 2008
Talking to Children: Why Some Mothers Do It More — May 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers — Feb. 2008
Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects — Feb. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems — Jan. 2008
Assessing Child Care Quality — 2008
Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel — 2008
Room for Improvement in the Use of High-Quality Preschool Programs for California's Children — 2008
An Effectiveness-Based Evaluation of Five State Pre-Kindergarten Programs — Dec. 2007
Predicting Language at 2 Years of Age: A Prospective Community Study — Dec. 2007
Preschool: First Findings From the Third Follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) — Oct. 2007
Caregiver Well-Being Affects Academic Achievement — Aug. 2007
National Evaluation of Early Reading First: Final Report to Congress — May 2007
Family Characteristics Have More Influence on Child Development than Does Experience in Child Care — Oct. 2006
Public Schools with Prekindergarten and Special Education Prekindergarten Programs — June 2006
Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care for their Preschool-Aged Children — Spring 2006
Early Intervention in Low Birth Weight Premature Infants: Results at 18 Years of Age for the Infant Health and Development Program — Mar. 2006
A Portrait of Pre-Kindergarten — Feb. 2006
PK-3 Education: Programs and Practices that Work in Children's First Decade — Jan. 2006
Full-day Kindergarten — 2006
Preschool and Prekindergarten Programs — 2006
Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond — Dec. 2005
Children Born in 2001: First Results From the Base Year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study — Dec. 2005
Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions — Dec. 2005
Developmental and Behavioral Needs and Service Use for Young Children in Child Welfare — Oct. 2005
Scaling Up High-Quality Pre-K: What Can Be Learned From States' Efforts To Date? — Aug. 2005
Association of Television Viewing During Childhood With Poor Educational Achievement — July 2005
Children's Television Viewing and Cognitive Outcomes — July 2005
The Brookline Early Education Project: A 25-Year Follow-up Study of a Family-Centered Early Health and Development Intervention — July 2005
Head Start Impact Study: First Year Findings — June 2005
Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade — June 2005
Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Programs — May 2005
The Costs and Benefits of Universal Preschool in California — Mar. 2005
Delaying Kindergarten: Effects on Test Scores and Childcare Costs — Feb. 2005
Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development — Oct. 2004
Parent Involvement and the Social and Academic Competencies of Urban Kindergarten Children — Oct. 2004
Effect of a Clinic-Based Referral System to Head Start — Aug. 2004
Full-day and Half-day Kindergarten in the U.S. — June 2004
Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children — Apr. 2004
Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke Greater for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children — Mar. 2004
Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children — Dec. 2003
Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring? — Dec. 2003
Low Income and the Development of America's Kindergartners — Nov. 2003
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry — Oct. 2003
Parent Involvement and Early Literacy — Oct. 2003
Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers — Oct. 2003
Class Size: Counting Students Can Count — Fall 2003
Can Music Instruction Affect Children's Cognitive Development? — Sep. 2003
Opportunity Deferred or Opportunity Taken? An Updated Look at Delaying Kindergarten Entry — Sep. 2003
A Snapshot of Head Start Children, Families, Teachers, and Programs: 1997 and 2001 — Mar. 2003
Mothers' Leaving Welfare Had No Effect on Preschoolers, Slight Improvement Seen for Young Adolescents — Mar. 2003
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Abecedarian Early Childhood Intervention — Dec. 2002
A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being — Nov. 2002
The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families — Nov. 2002
Impacts of a Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Program on Children at School Entry and Beyond: Findings from the NEWWS Child Outcomes Study — Oct. 2002
Behavioral Correlates of Television Viewing in Primary School Children Evaluated by the Child Behavior Checklist — Sep. 2002
Child Care: States Have Undertaken a Variety of Quality Improvement Initiatives, but More Evaluations of Effectiveness Are Needed — Sep. 2002
Instructional Models for Early Childhood Education — Sep. 2002
Making Child Care Choices: How Welfare and Work Policies Influence Parents' Decisions — Aug. 2002
Welfare Policies Matter for Children and Youth: Lessons for TANF Reauthorization — Aug. 2002
Recess in Elementary School: What Does the Research Say? — July 2002
Child Neglect: Outcomes in High-Risk Urban Preschoolers — June 2002
How Good is the Evidence Linking Breastfeeding and Intelligence? — June 2002
Student Mobility and Academic Achievement — June 2002
Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know About Their Well-Being? — May 2002
Cognitive and Motor Outcomes of Cocaine-Exposed Infants — Apr. 2002
New Lives for Poor Families: Mothers and Children Move through Welfare Reform — Apr. 2002
Prevalence, Correlates, and Trajectory of Television Viewing Among Infants and Toddlers — Apr. 2002
Children and Welfare Reform — Winter/Spring 2002
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk — Mar. 2002
Undersize Infants Score Higher on IQ Tests If Breast Fed Exclusively — Mar. 2002
Community Interventions to Promote Healthy Social Environments: Early Childhood Development and Family Housing — Feb. 2002
Lack of Appropriate Research Leads to Gaps in Knowledge About Children in Immigrant Families — Feb. 2002
Symptoms of Depression Among Welfare Recipients: A Concern for Two Generations — Dec. 2001
Academic Effects of After-School Programs — Nov. 2001
School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children — Oct. 2001
Which Welfare Reforms Are Best for Children? — Sep. 2001
The Condition of Education 2001 — 2001
Home Visiting: Recent Program Evaluations — Spring/Summer 1999
Domestic Violence and Children — Winter 1999
Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings — 1998
FAMILY SUPPORT
Programs that Work
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)
Families And Schools Together (FAST)
Infant Health and Development Program
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Parent Child Development Center
Parenting With Love and Limits
Seattle Social Development Project
Strengthening Families Program
Research in Brief
Enrollment Decisions in a Child Development Accounts Program for Low-Income Families — Nov. 2011
Reliance on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continued to Rise Post-Recession — Fall 2011
More Than One in Ten American Households Relies on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits — Dec. 2010
Health Reform: What's in it for Adolescents? — Oct. 2010
Health Reform: What's in it for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs? — Oct. 2010
Enduring Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Home Visiting by Nurses on Maternal Life Course and Government Spending: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Among Children at Age 12 Years — May 2010
The Importance of Context in Fostering Responsive Community Systems: Supports for Families in Systems of Care — Apr. 2010
Hunger in America 2010 — Feb. 2010
Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay More Disproportionately for Child Care — Winter 2010
Do Benefits of U.S. Food Assistance Programs for Children Spillover to Older Children in the Same Household? — Dec. 2009
Income Volatility and Family Structure Patterns: Association with Stability and Change in Food Stamp Program Participation — Dec. 2009
Recent Trends in State Children's Health Insurance Program Eligibility and Coverage for CSHCN — Dec. 2009
Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood — Nov. 2009
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 — July 2009
Helping Each Other in Times of Need — June 2009
Dynamics of WIC Program Participation by Infants and Children, 2001 to 2003 — Apr. 2009
Measuring Poverty in the United States — Apr. 2009
State-Based Home Visiting: Strengthening Programs Through State Leadership — Mar. 2009
The Effects of Varying Periods of Uninsurance on Children's Access to Health Care — Mar. 2009
Breaking the Link Between Special Health Care Needs and Financial Hardship — Feb. 2009
A Ten-Year Review of Family Preservation Research: Building the Evidence Base — Jan. 2009
Health Coverage in a Recession — Dec. 2008
Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking — Dec. 2008
SNAP and the Recession — Dec. 2008
The Long-Term Effects of Housing Assistance on Work and Welfare — Dec. 2008
The Recession and the Earned Income Tax Credit — Dec. 2008
The Role of Welfare During a Recession — Dec. 2008
Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP — Nov. 2008
Left Behind: America's Uninsured Children — Nov. 2008
Low-Income Children in the United States: National and State Trend Data, 1997-2007 — Nov. 2008
Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2006 — Nov. 2008
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 — Oct. 2008
Does Public Insurance Provide Better Financial Protection Against Rising Health Care Costs for Families of Children With Special Health Care Needs? — Oct. 2008
How Does Job-Protected Maternity Leave Affect Mothers' Employment? — Oct. 2008
Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn — Sep. 2008
When Child Care Breaks Down — Sep. 2008
Access to and Use of Paid Sick Leave Among Low-Income Families With Children — Aug. 2008
Community Supports After Surviving Extremely Low-Birth-Weight, Extremely Preterm Birth — Aug. 2008
Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the United States — Aug. 2008
Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance were Higher in 2007—and Median Income for Working-age Households was Lower—than at Bottom of Last Recession — Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008 — July 2008
Colocating Health Services: A Way to Improve Coordination of Children's Heath Care? — July 2008
High 5 for Kids: The Impact of a Home Visiting Program on Fruit and Vegetable Intake of Parents and their Preschool Children — July 2008
Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006 — June 2008
The Costs of a Public Health Infrastructure for Delivering Parenting and Family Support — May 2008
The Influence of Social Supports on Employment for Hispanic, Black, and White Unmarried Mothers — May 2008
Parent Education — Apr. 2008
Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing in Fragile Families — Apr. 2008
The Successful Integration of Health and Health Care into Broader Early Childhood Initiatives — Apr. 2008
Welfare Time Limits; An Update on State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families — Apr. 2008
Estimates of Supplemental Security Income Eligibility for Children in Out-of-Home Placements — Mar. 2008
Welfare and Child Support: Complements, Not Substitutes — Mar. 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children — Feb. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers — Feb. 2008
Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives — Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth — Feb. 2008
Medicaid-Based Child Restraint System Disbursement and Education and the Vaccines for Children Program: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness — Jan. 2008
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program Expands Access for Children — Dec. 2007
Preventive Care for Children in Low-Income Families: How Well Do Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs Do? — Dec. 2007
State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2005 — Oct. 2007
The Family: America's Smallest School — Oct. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 3 — Sep. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 6 — Sep. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 — Sep. 2007
Improving the Management of Family Psychosocial Problems at Low-Income Children's Well-Child Care Visits — Sep. 2007
Neighborhood Support Index — Sep. 2007
The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes — Sep. 2007
Changes in Family Functioning and Child Behavior Following Intensive In-Home Therapy — Aug. 2007
The Adoption Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Approach to Promote Foster Care Adoption? — Aug. 2007
Trajectories of Socioeconomic Status Across Children's Lifetime Predict Health — Aug. 2007
Parenting-Related Stressors and Self-Reported Mental Health of Mothers with Young Children — July 2007
Better Access to Federal and Employer-Provided Time Off Helps Working Parents of Chronically Ill Children — June 2007
Families' Health-Related Social Problems and Missed Referral Opportunities — June 2007
Need for and Use of Family Leave Among Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs — May 2007
Children's Health Insurance: State Experiences in Implementing SCHIP and Considerations for Reauthorization — Feb. 2007
No Shelter from the Storm: America's Uninsured Children — Sep. 2006
Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend and Neighbor Care — Sep. 2006
Getting On, Staying On, and Getting Off Welfare: The Complexity of State-by-State Policy Choices — July 2006
A Decade of Welfare Reform: Facts and Figures — June 2006
Family Reunification: What the Evidence Shows — June 2006
The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-being: Exposure to Positive and Negative Family Influences — June 2006
Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start — Apr. 2006
Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use — Dec. 2005
Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes for Families of Children Who Have Disabilities and Participated in Early Intervention — Dec. 2005
Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2003 — Nov. 2005
Still Going Strong: Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004 — Nov. 2005
Improving Maternal and Infant Mental Health — July 2005
The National School Lunch Program: Ensuring that Meal Benefits Go to the Poor — Apr. 2005
What We Know About Unmarried Parents: Implications for Building Strong Families Programs — Jan. 2005
Children of Low-Income, Recent Immigrants Could Benefit from Different Programs than Native-Born Low-Income Children — Dec. 2004
Parent-Teen Relationships and Interactions: Far More Positive Than Not — Dec. 2004
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. — Aug. 2004
Moving Forward: Head Start Children, Families, and Programs in 2003 — June 2004
Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Well-Being (No. 19 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Mar. 2004
Trends in Parents' Economic Hardship (No. 21 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Mar. 2004
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: One Year in Foster Care Wave I Data Analysis Report — Feb. 2004
How Much Do Welfare Recipients Know About Time Limits? (No. 15 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Dec. 2003
Teens and TANF: How Adolescents Fare Under the Nation's Welfare Program — Dec. 2003
Who's Enrolled in SCHIP? — Dec. 2003
Children of Immigrants Show Slight Reductions in Poverty, Hardship (No. 13 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Nov. 2003
Child Support Gains Some Ground (No. 11 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Oct. 2003
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry — Oct. 2003
Low Income and Hardship Among America's Kindergartners — Sep. 2003
The Food Assistance Landscape — Sep. 2003
Disconnected Welfare Leavers Face Serious Risks (No. 7 in Series, "Snapshots of America's Families III") — Aug. 2003
Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Children in Grandparent Care — Aug. 2003
Changes in the Distribution of Children’s Family Income Over the 1990’s — July 2003
State Health Coverage for Low-Income Pregnant Women, Children, and Parents — June 2003
Who Will Adopt the Foster Care Children Left Behind? — June 2003
Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind — May 2003
On the Edge: Low-Wage Workers and Their Health Insurance Coverage — Apr. 2003
A Snapshot of Head Start Children, Families, Teachers, and Programs: 1997 and 2001 — Mar. 2003
Mothers' Leaving Welfare Had No Effect on Preschoolers, Slight Improvement Seen for Young Adolescents — Mar. 2003
Parental Involvement in Schools — 2003
Former TANF Recipients with Impairments Less Likely to Be Employed and More Likely to Receive Federal Supports — Dec. 2002
A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being — Nov. 2002
Welfare Clients' Employment Obstacles in Rural and Urban Areas: Lessons from Nebraska — Nov. 2002
Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment — Nov. 2002
What Do They Think? Welfare Recipients' Attitudes Toward Marriage and Childbearing — Nov. 2002
Wedding Bells Ring in Stability and Economic Gains for Mothers and Children — Sep. 2002
Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know About Their Well-Being? — May 2002
Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children — Apr. 2002
The Importance of Housing Benefits to Welfare Success — Apr. 2002
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk — Mar. 2002
Community Interventions to Promote Healthy Social Environments: Early Childhood Development and Family Housing — Feb. 2002
NIH Parenting Booklet Puts Decades of Research into Easy-to-Read Guide — Jan. 2002
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies — Nov. 2001
Which Welfare Reforms Are Best for Children? — Sep. 2001
Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren — 2000
Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club — 2000
Home Visiting: Recent Program Evaluations — Spring/Summer 1999
The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children — May 1999
Responsible Fatherhood — Dec. 1997
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Programs that Work
Families increasing economic self-sufficiency
See all programs in this indicator area
Research in Brief
Strong Families outcome area
Does Parental Unemployment Affect Adolescents' Health? — May 2006
Welfare Reforms, Family Resources, and Child Maltreatment — Nov. 2002
CHILD ABUSE and NEGLECT
Programs that Work
Child Abuse and Neglect topic area
See all programs in this topic area
Research in Brief
Child Abuse and Neglect topic area
SCHOOL SUCCESS
Programs that Work
Children Succeeding in School outcome area
Research in Brief
Children Succeeding in School outcome area
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Programs that Work
Low Birth Weight indicator area
Research in Brief
Low Birth Weight topic area
Resources and Tools
PPN Issue Brief: Promising Practices for Preventing Low Birth Weight
This issue brief provides a concise overview of research-based information on issues related to preventing low birth weight.
Resources and Tools on Low Birth Weight / Prematurity
This page provides access to resources and tools on topics related to low birth weight and prematurity, including links to databases, fact sheets, screening tools, seminal reports, and a variety of other resources that are among the best research-based materials available on this topic.
Expert Perspectives
Preventing Low Birth Weight
As part of PPN's Expert Perspectives series, three child policy experts answered PPN visitors' questions on the topic of preventing low birth weight.
OTHER RESOURCES
National Assessment of Educational Progress State Profiles — Georgia — Mar. 2010
Mind the (Other) Gap: The Growing Excellence Gap in K-12 Education — Feb. 2010
Mind the (Other) Gap: The Growing Excellence Gap in K-12 Education — Georgia State Profile — Feb. 2010
State Facts Sheets on Child Welfare Funding 2010 — Georgia Profile — Jan. 2010
Alcohol Use Among High School Students - Georgia, 2007 — Aug. 2009
America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness — Mar. 2009
The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 — Georgia Profile — 2009
Unrealized Health Potential: A Snapshot of Georgia — Oct. 2008
State High School Exit Exams: Moving Toward End-of-Course Exams — Aug. 2008
Diplomas Count 2008: Georgia State Highlights — June 2008
2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — Comparison Between Georgia Students and U.S. Students — 2008
Childhood Obesity State Report Cards: Georgia — 2008
State-Specific Data from State Tobacco Settlement — Dec. 2007
Reports from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook for Georgia — Oct. 2007
Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2007: Georgia Profile — June 2007
Diplomas Count: Georgia — June 2006
The Obesity Epidemic and Georgia Students — June 2006
2005 State Preschool Yearbook: Georgia Profile — Mar. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Jan. 2006
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends — Georgia Fact Sheet — Jan. 2006
2006 State Fact Sheets: Georgia's Children — 2006
Georgia State Juvenile Justice Profile — 2006
Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education (Georgia) — 2006
State Approaches to Promoting Young Children's Healthy Mental Development — Dec. 2005
The Health Status of Southern Children: A Neglected Regional Disparity — Dec. 2005
Why Rural Matters 2005: Georgia Results — May 2005
Education Watch: Georgia — Key Education Facts and Figures for the Nation — Spring 2004
Annie E. Casey Online Databases — Georgia
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides several online databases that allow people to create customized reports about children and about issues affecting children in different geographic areas. The links below provide information specific to Georgia:
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online — Georgia Profile
The Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online web site provides profiles of all 50 states and allows for comparison of information across all the states and compared to the country as a whole. The web site provides information on a state's demographic and economic profile; health care coverage; health status; participation and costs in the Medicaid, S-CHIP and Medicare programs; as well as health issues for specific groups (Minority Health, Women's Health, HIV/AIDS).
National Center for Children in Poverty — Georgia Profiles
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) provides access to state-specific data regarding demographics, economic conditions and child-related policies.
No Child Left Behind Database
The Education Commission of the States offers the No Child Left Behind Database on their website. The database provides state-specific information about how states are meeting the No Child Left Behind requirements.
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