Acknowledgements

Research Triangle Institute and Child Trends, Inc. collaborated in writing this publication under contract number HHS-100-99-0006 with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project was led by Deborah A. Gibbs of Research Triangle Institute and Brett Brown of Child Trends, Incorporated. Project staff included Phillip Graham, Joann Kuo, Cristina Garces and Ben Nemo of Research Triangle Institute, and Erik Michelsen and Juliet Scarpa of Child Trends, Incorporated.

The project team wishes to thank the directors and staff of each and every organization featured in this publication. We commend them for the important work they are doing, and we thank them for their willingness to share information about that work with colleagues throughout the nation. We also thank them for their prompt response to our countless inquiries; telephone calls, fax transmissions and e-mail notes concerning this project.