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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
Journal abstract at Social Science & Medicine website
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
Highlights at U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) website
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
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