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The Southern Institute on Children and Families works with federal, state and
local leaders and businesses to tackle critical issues facing lower-income
children and families, and turns that knowledge into effective solutions that
improve opportunities and change lives.
We focus on the South, but our reach is national. Our targeted efforts in the
southern region allow us to improve public policies, identify promising
practices and build public/private partnerships in the region where action is
needed most. From there we take lessons learned to the rest of the nation,
including direction of national multimillion-dollar initiatives consistent with
our mission.
Our work has resulted in dramatic improvements for millions of lower-income
children and families across the country on a range of issues, including health
care coverage, child care and early education and other policies that support
working families.
Over the years, the Southern Institute on Children and Families has contributed
to:
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A reduction in the number of uninsured children in the United States by nearly
2 million since 1998.
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Quality improvements in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP) eligibility processes in more than half of the states in the
nation.
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Improvements in child care policies and programs serving over 800,000 children
in 17 southern states and the District of Columbia.
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