Wendy Lazarus

Los Angeles Times

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The California Majority Report

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By Wendy Lazarus and Andrew Wainer with Laurie Lipper | June 2005

By Wendy Lazarus and Andrew Wainer with Laurie Lipper | June 2006

By Dawn Horner with Beth Morrow and Wendy Lazarus
September 2004

This report by The Children's Partnership documents the results from California’s Express Lane initiative that has been piloted in 72 schools.

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By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper

This report, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of The Children’s Partnership, describes a decade of results gained for children and families. It includes descriptions of our original research, stories of demonstration programs for youth that now stand as best practices, and examples of building broad consensus for a public policy and advocacy agenda. 

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By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper

As part of our research on how to evaluate online content to determine if it meets the needs of underserved Internet users, The Children's Partnership has developed a comprehensive set of guidelines for creating and evaluating high-quality, accessible Web sites. 

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By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper | October 2003

This report includes original research and recommendations to encourage both the creation and evaluation of online content in a way that considers the particular needs of low-income or other underserved individuals. The report also includes a set of guidelines to guide those seeking to create or evaluate content.

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By Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus and Beth Morrow
Spring 2003

This article published in The Future  of Children journal "Health Insurance for Children" (volume 13, no. 1) describes the potential of Express Lane Eligibility and provides examples of how it can be implemented.

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By Kristen Testa, Larissa Mohamadi, Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, Jayleen Richards, and Len Finocchio
January 2003

This report by The Children's Partnership and Children Now, as part of the 100% Campaign, offers promising strategies, including renewal through other public programs, for keeping California's low-income children covered by Medicaid/SCHIP (Medi-Cal and Healthy Families in California).

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By James Lau and Wendy Lazarus

This report summarizes how a pilot program demonstrating how to successfully train low-income youth with marketable skills in technology and multimedia production works and its accomplishments. It also features recommendations for how public and private sector leaders can extend the program’s benefits.

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By Linda Fowells and Wendy Lazarus

This report describes a four-year $7.5 million demonstration program aimed at closing the technology gap in 11 low-income, diverse California communities. This report analyzes key components of this demonstration program, including lessons learned and implications for action.

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By Dawn Horner and Wendy Lazarus
March 2001

A report developed by The Children's Partnership as part of the 100% Campaign, a coordinated effort with Children Now and the Children's Defense Fund. It provides recommendations for creating a unified health insurance program for California's children and their parents.

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By Dawn Horner, Beth Morrow, Wendy Lazarus, and Andy Schneider | November 2000

By Wendy Lazarus and Francisco Mora

This report aims to describe the group of Americans—estimated at 50 million—who are underserved by Internet content, to analyze the online content currently available for those who are underserved, and to provide a road map for action.

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By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper | February 2000

By Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, and Beth Morrow
December 1999

This strategy brief provides a general overview of the issue of Express Lane Eligibility. It examines how states can utilize programs such as food stamps to help find and enroll the roughly 7 million uninsured American children eligible for health insurance.

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By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper | December 1999

By Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, Marsha McCready, and Beth Morrow
September 1998

A report developed by The Children's Partnership under the auspices of the 100% Campaign, a coordinated effort with Children Now and the Children's Defense Fund. It presents the public and private sector opportunities, barriers and best strategies for expanding coverage to all of California's uninsured children.

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By Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper

This guide is for parents who have begun to see that computers and online services will be or already are a part of children’s at school, at community centers, at home, or at the library—and who are looking for some guidelines and advice. We have written it with the computer novice in mind and have provided simple definitions and ideas for how to get involved.

Download the guide (PDF, 341 KB).