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The National Center for Children in Poverty has created some extraordinary resources to help professionals care for families facing behavioral, developmental, and social/ emotional challenges--irrespective of their socioeconomic status. Whether supporting parents of young children, addressing early care and learning, children?s mental health or the needs of adolescents, the reports and fact sheets from NCCP are useful for all health professionals who care for children.
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