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Strong Families

A collection of brief research summaries from 2011-2012 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.


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Child, Family, and Neighborhood Associations with Parent and Peer Interactive Play During Early Childhood — Mar. 2012

Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities — Mar. 2012


Complete List for 2011 - 2012

Child, Family, and Neighborhood Associations with Parent and Peer Interactive Play During Early Childhood — Mar. 2012

Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities — Mar. 2012

Despair by Association? The Mental Health of Mothers with Children by Recently Incarcerated Fathers — Feb. 2012

Parental Depressive Symptoms and Children's Sleep: The Role of Family Conflict — Feb. 2012

Associations Between Observed Mother-Adolescent Interactions and Adolescent Information Management — Jan. 2012

Employment Patterns of Less-Skilled Workers: Links to Children's Behavior and Academic Progress — Jan. 2012

Parent-Adolescent Conflict Interactions and Adolescent Alcohol Use — Jan. 2012

Children's Economic Well-Being: 2011 — Dec. 2011

Contraceptive Care in the VA Health Care System — Dec. 2011

Custodial Parents Becoming Less Likely to Receive Full Amount of Child Support — Dec. 2011

Finding Shelter: Two-Year Housing Trajectories Among Homeless Youth — Dec. 2011

Implementation Evaluation of the Put Families First Program: Final Report — Dec. 2011

More Families with Children Receive TANF During 2009 Recession — Dec. 2011

One-Third of Fathers with Working Wives Regularly Care for Their Children — Dec. 2011

The Role of Maternal Factors in Sibling Relationship Quality: A Multilevel Study of Multiple Dyads per Family — Dec. 2011

Subsidizing Employment Opportunities for Low-Income Families: A Review of State Employment Programs Created Through the TANF Emergency Fund — Dec. 2011

The Changing Child Population of the United States: Analysis of Data from the 2010 Census — Nov. 2011

Child Poverty in the United States 2009 and 2010: Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin — Nov. 2011

Enrollment Decisions in a Child Development Accounts Program for Low-Income Families — Nov. 2011

Propensity for Violence Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents — Nov. 2011

How Well Do Evidence-Based Universal Parenting Programs Teach Parents About Psychological Maltreatment?: A Program Review — Oct. 2011

Randomized Trial of the Healthy Families Arizona Home Visiting Program — Oct. 2011

The Long-Term Effects on Children and Adolescents of a Policy Providing Work Supports for Low-Income Parents — Fall 2011

More Poor Kids in More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where Poverty Persists — Fall 2011

Reliance on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continued to Rise Post-Recession — Fall 2011

The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation, 2007 — Sep. 2011

High Burden of Homelessness Among Sexual-Minority Adolescents: Findings From a Representative Massachusetts High School Sample — Sep. 2011

Household Food Security in the United States in 2010 — Sep. 2011

Maternal Depression and Childhood Health Inequalities — Sep. 2011

The Toll of the Great Recession: Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation — Sep. 2011

2011 Kids Count Data Book — Aug. 2011

Childbearing Differences Among Three Generations of U.S. Women — Aug. 2011

Effectiveness of Early Educational Intervention — Aug. 2011

U.S. Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children — Aug. 2011

Predictors of Prenatal and Postpartum Care Adequacy in a Medicaid Managed Care Population — July/Aug. 2011

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011 — July 2011

Are Economic Trends Associated with Child Maltreatment? Preliminary Results from the Recent Recession Using State Level Data — July 2011

Familial Instability and Young Children's Physical Health — July 2011

Kids' Share 2011: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2010 — July 2011

Who Are America's Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity — July 2011

One Million Additional Children in Poverty Since 2009 — Summer 2011

Online Applications for Medicaid and/or CHIP: An Overview of Current Capabilities and Opportunities for Improvement — June 2011

Addressing Coverage Challenges for Children Under the Affordable Care Act — May 2011

Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes — May 2011

A Longitudinal Study of the Social and Academic Competence of Economically Disadvantaged Bilingual Preschool Children — May 2011

Who Are the Infants in Out-of-Home Care? An Epidemiological and Developmental Snapshot — May 2011

Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry in the United States — Apr. 2011

Poor Children by Parents' Nativity: What Do We Know? — Apr. 2011

Pregnancy and Mental Health of Young Homeless Women — Apr. 2011

Energy Assistance Programs Benefitted 48 Percent More Households During Recession; Proposed Cuts Threaten Vulnerable Families — Spring 2011

The Living Arrangements of Children of Immigrants — Spring 2011

The Physical and Psychological Well-Being of Immigrant Children — Spring 2011

The Social Impact of the Gulf Oil Disaster: Diverging Views From Communities in Florida and Louisiana — Spring 2011

Getting a Job is Only Half the Battle: Maternal Job Loss and Child Classroom Behavior in Low-Income Families — Spring 2011

The Landscape of Recession: Unemployment and Safety Net Services Across Urban and Suburban America — Mar. 2011

A Two-Generational Child-Focused Program Enhanced with Employment Services — Mar. 2011

State Scorecard on Child Health System Performance, 2011 — Feb. 2011

Child Support Enforcement: Departures from Long-term Trends in Sources of Collections and Caseloads Reflect Recent Economic Conditions — Jan. 2011

Who Are America's Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States — Jan. 2011

Crime During the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare as They Leave Out-of-Home Care — 2011