2008 Children Summit
Contra Costa & Solano Counties

Investing in Young Children
Is Good Public Policy

January 29, 2008
8:30 AM  to 1:30 PM

Pleasant Hill Community Center
320 Civic Drive
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 (map it)

Children's Summit Co-Sponsors:

The Honorable George Miller, Member of Congress

Maria Fort, Former Federal Head Start Staff

Child Start Incorporated

Children’s Network of Solano County

Contra Costa Child Care Council

Contra Costa Council

Contra Costa Community Services Bureau, Head Start

Contra Costa County

Contra Costa Mental Health Commission

First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission

First 5 Solano Children and Families Commission

The Richmond Children’s Foundation, Inc.

Solano County Solano Coalition for Better Health

We Care Services for Children West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau

Conference Materials and Related Resources

Registration and Speaker Information (Most links are Adobe PDF documents)

• Registration Form

• Agenda (draft as of 12/11/2007)

• Biography - David L Kirp

• Biography - David Kirp (FULL)

• Biography - Belva Davis

• Biography - Ross Thompson

• Biography - Neal Halfon

• Biography -  Jean Ross

• Biography - Osby Davis

Children's Health

• Transforming U.S. Child Health System - Neal Halfon

• Health Status and Income: The Impact of Poverty on Child Health.: An article from: Journal of School Health by Paul Newacheck, Wendy J. Jameson, and Neal Halfon

Economic Dividends of Early Investment

• The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics, David L. Kirp, Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

• Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Solano County - Executive Summary

• Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Solano County - Highlights

• Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Solano County - Full Report

• American Prospective Early Education Special Report

• Community Investments Fall 2007 - Publication of the Community Development Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

• Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children - James Heckman, University of Chicago

• Partnering with the Business Community & Economists to Advance a Birth to Five Policy Agenda - Robert H. Dugger, Managing Director, Tudor Investment and Debbie M. Rappaport, Project Director, ZERO TO THREE Policy Network

Brain Development

• The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence, Kathleen Stassen Berger, Ross Thompson

• BBC News - Babies Show Social Intelligence

• Preventing Child Maltreatment through Social Support: A Critical Analysis, Ross Thompson

• UC Davis Social and Emotional Development Lab

Family Economics

• MAKING ENDS MEET: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California? - A Publication of the California Budget Project

• Investing in Parents to Invest in Children - Gordon Berlin, President MDRC

• ETS Report on Family (re: school success) - Slide Show

• ETS Report on Family (re: school success) - Highlights

• Earned Income Tax Credit - Lessons Learned

• A Generation of Widening Inequality - Jean Ross, California Budget Project

Congressional Action

• Message from Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Wrap-up at the national Children’s Summit