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You are in the Community Health section of the Casey Foundation Knowledge Center, which offers resources that are either published or funded by the Casey Foundation. Resources include those that explore investments in connecting low-income families to affordable, accessible, and quality health care in community settings.

See also Our Work: Health, an overview of Casey's investment in this issue.

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Featured Publications

Feeding Our Future: Growing Up Healthy with WIC

2009

This report by Children’s HealthWatch highlights the implications of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on very young children. The report details research indicating that WIC improves children’s health as well as reduces the risk of developmental delays.

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Costs of Cutting Health Care: An Analysis of Recent Changes to New Jersey FamilyCare

2011

This policy report uses results from the Family Resource Simulator and the Basic Needs Budget Calculator to analyze New Jersey’s work support policies through the lens of cuts to New Jersey FamilyCare (NJFC). It examines the significant and measurable ways in which these cuts affect low-income children and families, the state budget, and the local economy.

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How Human Service Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit from National Health Reform Legislation

2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)1 seeks to greatly reduce the number of uninsured Americans. This report looks at ways the ACA can open the door for policies and practices that can reduce human services programs’ error rates, lower their administrative costs, and cut red tape for families.

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When Work Supports Don’t Support Work: A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi

2011

This policy brief uses results from the Family Resource Simulator and the Basic Needs Budget Calculator to analyze Mississippi’s work support policies.

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The Dental Safety Net in Rhode Island

2011

This report looks at the dentists and their teams in private practice who provide care to the underserved to ensuring adequate oral health care for all Rhode Islanders.

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A Picture of Health: A Report of Kentucky School Districts’ Health Services

2011

This report presents the findings of a study of school health services offered in Kentucky school districts and offers highlights of promising practices across the state.

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