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Each year the Foundation and our grantees produce materials that reflect our philanthropic investments. Below is a sampling—books, book chapters, journal articles, reports, audiovisuals and newsletters—produced in 2004. Copies may not be available through the Foundation.

Brodeur P. “The Injury Free Coalition for Kids.” In To Improve Health and Health Care, Vol. VII, Isaacs S and Knickman J (eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. Available at: www.rwjf.org/files/publications/books/2004/chapter_08.html.

The story of Injury Free Coalition for Kids® illustrates how the Foundation can address serious health issues: taking promising ideas suggested by knowledgeable outsiders, testing them on a relatively small scale, expanding the test on a larger scale, and then funding those same experienced individuals to assist those who are newer to the field.

DeKlyen M, Bradway K, et al. The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Princeton: Princeton University, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 2004. Available at: crcw.princeton.edu/fragilefamilies/index.asp.

This study follows a birth cohort of mostly unwed parents and their children over a five-year period. The study is designed to provide new information on the capabilities and relationships of unwed parents, as well as the effects of policies on family formation and child well-being.

Desonia R. The Promise and the Reality of Long-Term Care Insurance. Washington: National Health Policy Forum, 2004. Available at: www.nhpf.org/pdfs_bp/BP_LTCI_07-31-04.pdf.

This paper examines one financing option—private long-term care insurance—and summarizes its brief history and the critical precedents that have influenced the products as currently sold. Other topics include the challenges to encouraging sales growth as well as increasing the role of this type of insurance in paying for long-term care.

Gordon RA, Chase-Lansdale, et al. “Extending Households and the Life Course of Young Mothers: Understanding the Associations Using a Sample of Mothers With Premature, Low Birth Weight Babies.” Child Development, 75(4): 1013–1038, 2004.

This article examines whether the greater average schooling and employment and lower parenting competence of young mothers who reside with adult relatives reflect pre-existing differences versus potential causal mechanisms.

Kaplan C. Opening Doors for Boston’s Children: Lessons Learned in Expanding School-Based After-School Programs. Boston: After-school for All Partnership, 2004. Available at: www.afterschoolforall.org/pdf/Final%20SSI%20Case%20Study.pdf.

This study is a response to the desire of city leaders to determine the most effective strategy for expanding after-school opportunities.

Levine C. Family Caregivers on the Job: Moving Beyond ADLs and IADLs. New York: United Hospital Fund, 2004. Available at: www.uhfnyc.org/pubs-stories3220/pubs-stories_show.htm?doc_id=227103.

More than 27 million caregivers in the United States provide care to seriously ill or disabled family members at home. This volume captures a year’s debate among experts convened from around the country to analyze the limitations of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and to explore alternatives.

Proscio T and Whiting B. After-School Grows Up, How Four Large American Cities Approach Scale and Quality in After-School Programs. New York: The After School Project, 2004. Available at: www.theafterschoolproject.org/RepoProg-list0.html.

In the last decade, initiatives to create, expand and improve after-school services for young people have become more typical in large cities across the United States. This report provides in-depth studies of four cities—Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego—which have developed highly effective after-school support organizations.

Turnball BJ and Smith DL. Experience Corps in Urban Elementary Schools: A Survey of Principals. Washington: Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2004. Available at: www.experiencecorps.org/images/pdf/principals.report.final.pdf.

Policy Studies Associates conducted a survey of the principals in elementary schools that participated in Experience Corps in 2002–03. The survey captured principals’ observations and perceptions about the effectiveness of Experience Corps in their schools.