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Spending Smarter: A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness

Author(s): 
Johnson, K., Knitzer, J.
Organization: 
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
Publisher: 
Mailman School of Public Health
Date Published: 
November, 2005

This guide is designed to help state legislators, agency officials, families, and other advocates think strategically and take steps to meet the challenge of utilizing existing funding streams to promote the social and emotional health and school readiness of young children. The framework and content of Spending Smarter is designed to help state and local leaders maximize the impact of federal funding and feel confident that they are using existing resources in the most effective way.