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A collection of research summaries from 2009-2010 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.


Strong Families       2009 - 2010


Long-Term Economic Costs of Psychological Problems During Childhood — July 2010

Enduring Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Home Visiting by Nurses on Maternal Life Course and Government Spending: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial Among Children at Age 12 Years — May 2010

Food Stamp Program Participation, Informal Supports, Household Food Security and Child Food Security: A Comparison of African American and Caucasian Households in Poverty — May 2010

Poverty, Food Insecurity, and the Behavior for Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders — May 2010

America's Future: Latino Child Well-Being in Numbers and Trends — Apr. 2010

Domestic Food Assistance: Complex System Benefits Millions, but Additional Efforts Could Address Potential Inefficiency and Overlap among Smaller Programs — Apr. 2010

The Importance of Context in Fostering Responsive Community Systems: Supports for Families in Systems of Care — Apr. 2010

U.S. Birth Rate Decline Linked to Recession — Apr. 2010

The Changing Faces of America's Children and Youth — Spring 2010

Census Bureau to Develop Supplemental Poverty Measure — Mar. 2010

Estimating the Potential Effects of Poverty Reduction Policies — Mar. 2010

Factors Involved in the Persistence of Overweight among Children Enrolled in the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children — Mar. 2010

Fewer Eligible Families Have Received Cash Assistance Since the 1990s, and the Recession's Impact on Caseloads Varies by State — Mar. 2010

Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today — Mar. 2010

Using the American Community Survey to Create a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure: Work by the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity — Mar. 2010

Hunger in America 2010 — Feb. 2010

Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative — Feb. 2010

Long-Term Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation on the Life Course of Youths: 19-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial — Jan. 2010

State Strategies to Help Schools Make the Most of Their National School Lunch Program — Jan. 2010

Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay More Disproportionately for Child Care — Winter 2010

Rural Families with a Child Abuse Report are More Likely Headed by a Single Parent and Endure Economic and Family Stress — Winter 2010

Child Welfare Outcomes 2003-2006: Report to Congress — 2010

The California Index of Child and Youth Well-Being — Dec. 2009

Do Benefits of U.S. Food Assistance Programs for Children Spillover to Older Children in the Same Household? — Dec. 2009

The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty — Dec. 2009

Income Volatility and Family Structure Patterns: Association with Stability and Change in Food Stamp Program Participation — Dec. 2009

A Longitudinal Population-Based Study of Factors in Adolescence Predicting Homelessness in Young Adulthood — Dec. 2009

The Racial Divide Among American Children in Poverty: Reassessing the Importance of Neighborhood — Dec. 2009

State Poverty Task Forces: A Step Ahead on Modern Poverty Measures — Dec. 2009

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Aged 12-17 — Nov. 2009

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Aged 6-11 — Nov. 2009

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Under Age 18 — Nov. 2009

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Under Age 3 — Nov. 2009

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Under Age 6 — Nov. 2009

Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood — Nov. 2009

Risk and Recovery: Understanding the Changing Risks to Family Incomes — Oct. 2009

The State of Latino Children and Youth in the United States — Oct. 2009

Working Dads: Final Report on the Fathers at Work Initiative — Oct. 2009

Regional Young Child Poverty in 2008: Rural Midwest Sees Increased Poverty, While Urban Northeast Rates Decrease — Fall 2009

The Crunch Continues: Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy in the Midst of a Recession — Sep. 2009

The Effects of Welfare Reform on the Academic Performance of Children in Low-Income Households — Sep. 2009

Rates and Correlates of Recurrent Psychiatric Crisis Episodes Among Children and Adolescents in State Custody — Sep. 2009

What Has Been Learned About Expanding Children's Health Insurance? — Sep. 2009

Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associated Health and Health Care of Family Homelessness Among Fifth-Grade Students — Aug. 2009

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 — July 2009

Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Youth Who Ever Lived in Foster Care — July 2009

Helping Each Other in Times of Need — June 2009

Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2005-2007 — May 2009

Material Hardship and the Physical Health of School-Aged Children in Low-Income Households — May 2009

Parental Imprisonment, the Prison Boom, and the Concentration of Childhood Disadvantage — May 2009

Progress in Timely Vaccination Coverage Among Children Living in Low-Income Households — May 2009

Basic Facts About Low-Income Adolescents — Apr. 2009

Children in Immigrant Families — The U.S. and 50 States: Economic Need Beyond the Official Poverty Measure — Apr. 2009

Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options — Apr. 2009

Exploring the Links Between Family Strengths and Adolescent Outcomes — Apr. 2009

Maltreatment Following Reunification: Predictors of Subsequent Child Protective Services Contact After Children Return Home — Apr. 2009

Measuring Poverty in the United States — Apr. 2009

Mental Health Needs of Low Income Children With Special Health Care Needs — Apr. 2009

Parsing the Achievement Gap II — Apr. 2009

America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness — Mar. 2009

The Effects of Varying Periods of Uninsurance on Children's Access to Health Care — Mar. 2009

Transforming Disability Policy for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities — Mar. 2009

Breaking the Link Between Special Health Care Needs and Financial Hardship — Feb. 2009

The Impact of Episodic and Chronic Poverty on Child Cognitive Development — Feb. 2009

A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Migration and the Gender Gap in Earnings in the United States and Great Britain — Feb. 2009

Maximizing Kids' Enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP: What Works in Reaching, Enrolling and Retaining Eligible Children — Feb. 2009

Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Hispanic-White Disparities — Feb. 2009

Covering Uninsured Children: Reaching and Enrolling Citizen Children with Non-Citizen Parents — Jan. 2009

Prospects for Reducing Uninsured Rates Among Children — Jan. 2009

SCHIP Children: How Long Do They Stay and Where Do They Go? — Jan. 2009

The Socioeconomic, Health, Safety, and Educational Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California — Jan. 2009

A Ten-Year Review of Family Preservation Research: Building the Evidence Base — Jan. 2009

Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Black-White Disparities — Jan. 2009

2009 KIDS COUNT Data: Overall State Rankings — 2009

The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 — 2009