Featured Reports
Out of Balance: A Look at Snack Foods in Secondary Schools across the States
The majority of our nation’s secondary schools do not sell fruits and vegetables in school stores, snack bars, or vending machines, according to a new report by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Read More
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: An Assessment of the Evidence for Best Practices
A PDMP is a statewide electronic database that gathers information from pharmacies on dispensed prescriptions for controlled substances. This white paper describes what is known about PDMP best practices and documents the extent to which these practices have been implemented. Read More
Legal Review Concerning the Use of Health Impact Assessments in Non-Health Sectors
This report examines the legal foundations that support incorporating health considerations into policy and programmatic decisions made in non-health fields. The findings are intended to aid public health professionals and others who seek to ensure that such decisions are made with health in mind. Read More
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| Mar 1, 2005 |
The Savers' Credit: Expanding Retirement Savings for Middle- and Lower-Income AmericansThe Saver’s Credit is the first and so far only major federal legislation directly targeted at promoting taxqualified retirement savings for middle- and lower-income workers. Although this is an important step, several options are available to improve the design, not the least of which is the credit’s scheduled expiration at the end of 2006.The first section of the paper provides background on the evolution and design of the Saver’s Credit. The second section discusses the rationale behind the Saver’s Credit and the role of such a credit in the retirement income security system as a whole. The third section examines empirical data and models of the revenue and distributional effects of the Saver’s Credit. The fourth section discusses measures that would expand the scope and improve the efficacy of the Saver’s Credit. More info |
Retirement Security |
| Mar 1, 2005 |
Common Sense Reforms to Promote Retirement SecurityAs the baby boomers near retirement, defects in the nation’s private pension system are becoming obvious. Only about half of workers contribute to an employer-sponsored pension plan in any given year, and Individual Retirement Account (IRA) participation rates are substantially lower. Among workers with tax-preferred retirement saving plans, few make the maximum allowable contribution. And despite the many private savings incentives, many households approach retirement with meager funds. More info |
Retirement Security |
| Dec 4, 2004 |
Tending The FieldsNot surprisingly, most states with large agricultural sectors are intensely interested in the economic promise of agricultural biotechnology. Many are eager to capture the economic development and growth potential of a new technology that could provide added value to low-priced commodity crops More info |
Food Safety |
| May 1, 2004 |
Fostering the Future: Safety, Permanence and Well-Being for Children in Foster CareAll children need safe, permanent families that love, nurture, protect, and guide them. This was the starting point for the work of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care and a steady compass throughout our deliberations. More info |
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| Apr 1, 2004 |
Issues in the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants and AnimalsA range of options exists to enhance the regulatory review process to address new challenges future products of agricultural biotechnology are likely to present, although opinions vary about the need for change, according to Issues in the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants and Animals, a report by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. More info |
Food Safety |
| Feb 1, 2004 |
Nation's Child Welfare System Doubles Number of Adoptions from Foster CareThe United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently announced the awarding of the final round of currently authorized adoption incentive payments (totaling $14.9 million to 25 states and Puerto Rico) for increasing the number of children adopted from state-supervised foster care in fiscal year 2002. These incentive payments, announced every year at the close of the federal fiscal year, are part of a sweeping set of reforms outlined in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA). The enactment of ASFA was coupled with a call to double the number of adoptions from the nation’s child welfare system by 2002. Our nation’s child welfare system succeeded in meeting this challenge, more than doubling the number of adoptions out of foster care by 2002. More info |
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| Sep 10, 2001 |
Harvest on the HorizonThe increasing use of modern biotechnology in agriculture has generated significant debate, much of which centers on the rapidly growing use of food crops that have been genetically modified to make them more resistant to pests or chemical herbicides. As a result, the debate has not usually addressed the potential products of agricultural biotechnology that are on the horizon. More info |
Food Safety |
