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Holes in the Safety Net: Why We Fail Children and How to Fix It

Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 12 PM to 1 PM

Where
Brown University, Mencoff Hall
1 Prospect St, Providence, RI 02912 (Providence)
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talkbooks
Source tags
Conferences and Colloquia, Lectures, Seminars and Workshops

Abstract: This book shows that the social safety net serving children not only relieves immediate poverty but generates long-term payoffs that are greater than its costs. The reasons are rooted in child development: Focusing investments in the critical periods before birth, from zero to five, and in

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