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• Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return, web-based Fedgazzette March 2003
  Art Rolnick and Rob Grunewald. fedgazette, (Minneapolis, MN: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, March 2003). This study finds that well-focused investments in early childhood development yield high public as well as private returns and how this return on investments in early childhood development results in better working public schools, more educated workers, and less crime. (From Introduction)
  http://www.nihcm.org/CMHReport-FINAL.pdf

• Fulfilling the Promise: How States Invest in Early Childhood Development under Medicaid and SCHIP
  Department of Health Policy (Washington, DC: George Washington University, 2007) These individual state profiles are a result of an in-depth, nationwide analysis of how states implement the promise of comprehensive preventive pediatric coverage in early childhood development under their Medicaid and SCHIP programs. This resource includes an assessment of how well state payment arrangements conform with Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) standards and SCHIP coverage standards, as well as other standards with which state programs must conform, such as the standard electronic claims coding system that has been developed for HIPAA and that has been in place since Fall 2003. (From Website Overview)
  http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/healthpolicy/chsrp/investment/

• Investing in Infants and Toddlers: The Economics of Early Childhood.
  Kimberly Lucas. (Washington, DC: Zero to Three Policy Center, September 2006). This article outlines current economic research, its application within the field of child development, and ways in which early childhood professionals and economists can join forces to advocate for greater investment in program s that support infants, toddlers, and their families. (From Overview)
  http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/The_Economics_of_Early_Childhood_FINAL.pdf?docID=1923

• Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children
  Kay Johnson, Jane Knitzer, Roxane Kauffman. (New York, NY: National Center for Children In Poverty, 2002). This report highlights innovative approaches states and communities have used to finance preventive and early intervention services, as well as more traditional mental health treatment services for young children. It explores what else might be done to mix, match, and leverage all available resources for early childhood mental health needs. (From web Overview)
  http://www.nccp.org/pub_pew02d.html

• Mental Health Services for Children: An Overview, Brief
  Holly Kenny, Leah Oliver and Julie Poppe.(Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures Children’s Policy Initiative, June 2002). This report provides an overview for legislators who are interested in learning more about options to address the mental health needs of children. The report covers state examples including linking mental health services with early childhood programs. (From web Overview)
  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/CPI02.htm

• Strategic Financing: Making the Most of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems-Building Initiative
  Cheryl Hayes, Margaret Flynn, Helene Stebbins. In: Halfon N, Rice T, Inkelas M, eds. Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series, No. 5. (Los Angeles, CA: National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy, 2004). This paper examines challenges that policymakers struggle with as they seek to finance early childhood initiatives; highlights a set of general principles to guide decisions concerning the allocation and management of early childhood funds; offers an array of strategies for financing comprehensive community early childhood initiatives; and summarizes key steps to developing and implementing successful financing plans. (From Introduction)
  http://www.healthychild.ucla.edu/NationalCenter/FINANCE%20print%20copy%202.26.04.pdf