TY - BOOK ID - 15307530 TI - Investing in our children : what we know and don't know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions AU - Karoly, Lynn A. AU - California Wellness Foundation. AU - Criminal Justice Program (Rand Corporation) AU - Labor and Population Program. PY - 1998 SN - 1282451324 9786612451324 0833043269 0585361398 0833025309 9780585361390 9780833043269 9780833025302 9781282451322 6612451327 PB - Santa Monica, CA : Rand, DB - UniCat KW - Child welfare -- United States. KW - Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Costs. KW - Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States -- Evaluation. KW - Public welfare -- United States. KW - Children with social disabilities KW - Child welfare KW - Public welfare KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - Social Sciences KW - Social Welfare & Social Work - General KW - Evaluation KW - Services for KW - Costs KW - Evaluation. KW - Costs. KW - Socially handicapped children KW - Children with disabilities KW - People with social disabilities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15307530 AB - There is increasing evidence that the first few years after birth are particularly important in child development and present opportunities for enrichment but also vulnerabilities do to poverty and other social stressors. Elected officials have begun proposing potentially costly programs to intervene early in the lives of disadvantaged children. Have such interventions been demonstrated to yield substantial benefits? To what extent might they pay for themselves through lower welfare and criminal justice costs incurred by participating children as they grow into adults? This study synthesizes ER -