Policy Paper No. 1:  "Building Services and Systems to Support the Healthy Emotional Development of Young Children–An Action Guide for Policymakers" provides a framework for community and state action to help families and caregivers address the widespread emotional challenges that young children across the Unites States face. (January 2002) – by Jane Knitzer

Policy Paper No. 2:   "Improving the Odds for the Healthy Development of Young Children in Foster Care" examines why children in foster care are among the most vulnerable children in this country and identifies action steps to enhance the well-being of these children. (January 2002) – by Sheryl Dicker, Elysa Gordon and Jane Knitzer

Policy Paper No. 3:   "Ready to Enter: What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children" focuses on what emerging research tells policymakers about why it is so important to intervene to help young children at risk for poor social, emotional and behavioral development, and which research-based interventions seem most effective. (July 2002) - by C. Cybele Raver and Jane Knitzer

Policy Paper No. 4:   "Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children" highlights the most innovative approaches in current use by states and communities to finance preventive, early intervention services as well as more traditional mental health treatment for young children. It also explores what else might be done to mix, match and leverage all available resources for early childhood mental health needs. (July 2002)- by Kay Johnson, Jane Knitzer and Roxane Kaufmann

 (Adapted from information in Promoting the Emotional Well-Being of Children and Families, Policy Papers 1 and 2, January 2002; and Policy Papers 3 and 4, July 2002;  found on the website of the National Center for Children in Poverty, http://www.nccp.org, and used with the permission of the National Center for Children in Poverty)