Investing in our children : what we know and don't know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions / Lynn A. Karoly [and others].

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ISBN:

9780585361390

9780833043269

Title:

Investing in our children : what we know and don't know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions / Lynn A. Karoly [and others].

Author:

Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 1998.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 159 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

"Funded by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation."

Contents:

Introduction -- Targeted Early Intervention Programs and their Benefits -- Comparing Costs, Savings, and Benefits -- Issues Relevant to Investment Decisions -- Calculation of the Costs and Benefits of the Elmira Prenatal/Early Infancy Project -- Calculation of the Costs and Benefits of the Perry Preschool.

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Subject Term:

Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Evaluation.

Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Costs.

Child welfare -- United States.

Public welfare -- United States.

Added Author:

Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-

Added Corporate Author:

California Wellness Foundation.

Criminal Justice Program (Rand Corporation)

Labor and Population Program.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1998

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 1998.

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The authors find that well-targeted early intervention programs for at-risk children, such as nurse home visits to first-time mothers and high-quality preschool education, can yield substantial advantages to participants in terms of emotional and cognitive development, education, economic well-being and health.

Preface	p. iii
Summary	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Chapter 1 Introduction	p. 1
Chapter 2 Targeted Early Intervention Programs and Their Benefits	p. 11
Chapter 3 Comparing Costs, Savings, and Benefits	p. 73
Chapter 4 Issues Relevant to Investment Decisions	p. 105
Appendix a Calculation of the Costs and Benefits of the Elmira Prenatal/Early Infancy Project	p. 123
Appendix B Calculation of the Costs and Benefits of the Perry Preschool	p. 137
References	p. 143

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