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THE STATE OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN YEARBOOK 1998
Malnutrition, 55, 58
Managed care, 21, 22-23, 31-33, 35, 36, 72
Mandela, Nelson, xxi
Map and Track: State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible
Fatherhood, 99
Markel Wages and Youth Crime, 89
Maryland, 10, 12,35,57,69, 107-123
Massachusetts, 107-123; adoptions in, 68, domestic violence
in, 72; Earned Income Tax Credit in, 14-15; food stamps
in, 57; gun safety in, 82; and TANF, 8, 9, 12; uninsured
children in, 26; violence prevention in, 85, 86
Maternal health: improving, 36; indicators by race of mother,
23; national trends, 104; progress in, 33-34
Media, 79, 80
Medicaid, xxi, 26, 35, 57, 58; and CHIP, 27, 28, 29-30;
coverage, new federal developments in, 30-31; EPSDT
program of, 22, 27, 29, 30, 31; increases in children covered
by, 21-22; managed care, 23, 31-32, 36; and TANF, 9, 10,
11-12; and vaccines, 23
Medicare, 32
Mental health, 74; care for children, 28, 70; problems among
welfare recipients, 8, 11. See also Emotional disturbances,
children with
Mentoring programs, 84
Michigan, 26, 43, 57, 70, 73, 107-123; domestic violence in, 72;
foster care in, 67; Quantum Opportunities Project in, 84; and
TANF,IO
Milwaukee Community Service Corps, 91
Minimum wage, 11, 39; inadequacy of, 6, 13; increase in, 5-6;
need to raise, 14; in states, 113
Minkler, Meredith, 68
Minnesota, 14-15,26,30,35,43,57, 107-123; and CHIP, 27;
and TANF, 8,10, 12
Minorities: academic achievement of, 48-50; and food
stamps, 56; income decline among, 2, 4; teen births to, 95,
96; unemployment among, 88. See also Asians; Blacks;
Hispanics; Native Americans; Pacific Islanders
Mississippi, 10,26, 107-123
Missouri, 9, 67, 68, 107-123
Montana, 10, 107-123
Moore, Kristin, 99
Mothers, 14; with AIDS, 34; characteristics of teen, 94-96, 98;
children of teen, 97-98; receiving welfare, 8,11; single, 2-3,
15,94,95, 105; substance-abusing, 71-72; and WIC, 54, 62;
in work force, 2, 37, 38, 79. See also Maternal health
Mueller, John, 5
Multistate Foster Care Data Archive, 66, 71
Murder, see Deaths, gun; Homicide
Nashville, 85, 86
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 48-49
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 40
National Association of Manufacturers, 14
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 97, 98
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, xiii
National Center for Children in Poverty, 70, 99
National Center for Fathers and Families, 99
National Center for Healtb Statistics (NCHS), 25, 33, 34, 79, 93,
94-95,124; National Survey of Family Growth of, 94, 96, 97
National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, 83
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, 66, 71
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, xvi
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), 38
National Council of State Legislators, 86
National Crime Victimization Survey, 81
National defense expenditures, xvi-xvii
National Education Goals Panel, 44, 49
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, 44
National Longitudinal Survey ofYoutb, II, 89
National Rifle Association, 82
National School Breakfast Program, 53, 59-60, 62; by state, III
National School Lunch Program, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62; by
state, 111
National S/lldy ofProtective, Preventive and Reunification Services
Delivered to Children and Their Families, 65
National Survey of Families and Households, 68
National Survey of Family Growth, 94, 96, 97
National Youth Employment Coalition, 88, 89, 90
Native Americans, 32; child poverty among, 109; Head Start
enrollment of, 118; maternal and child health indicators
among, 23; teen births to, 95, 96
NCHS, see National Center for Health Statistics
Nebraska, 9, 12,26,57,107-123
Neglect, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69; Community Partnership for
Protecting Children from, 73-74; in states, 121
Neighborhood Place Vjima (KY), 73
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 19
Nevada, 9, 26, 107-123
New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and
Directors, 67
New Hampshire, 10, 107-123
New Jersey, 40, 44,57, 107-123; and TANF, 8, 10, 12
New Mexico, 9, 26, 57, 107-123
New York City, 67-68,91
New York state, 14-15,57,73, 107-123; child care in, 40- 41,
44,45-46; foster care in, 67; and TANF, 10, 12
Nixon, Richard, 37
No Easy Answers.. Research Findings on Programs 10 Reduce Teen
Pregnancy, 97, 98-99
North Carolina, 9, 45, 47, 73, 107-123
North Dakota, 10,26, 107-123
Not Safe at Home: How America's Housing Crisis Threatens the
Health ofIts Children, 17
Nutrition: agenda for action on, 61-62; facts and figures about,
56; effects of food stamp reductions, effects of, 54-57; and
immigrant children, 57-58; programs, cuts in, 53-54;
reductions in Child and Adult Care Food Program, 58-59;
state benefits, III; state obstacles to food stamps, 58;
subsidized meal programs, 59-61
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP), 78, 79, 81
Ohio, 9, 35, 44, 57, 73, 107-123
Oklahoma, 10,26,30,45,84, 107-123
Oregon, 9, 11,35,73, 107-123
Pace Center, 45
Pacific Islanders: child poverty among, 109; Head Start
enrollment of, 118; maternal and child health indicators
among, 23; teen births to, 95, 96
Parent's Resource Network, 80
Paternity, establishing, 8, 13
128 CHI L D R EN'S D E F ESE F V N D