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An archived collection of research summaries from 2008 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.
Strong Families 2008 Archives
Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study
— Dec. 2008
Journal abstract at American Economic Review website
Health Coverage in a Recession
— Dec. 2008
Research brief at Urban Institute website
The Long-Term Effects of Housing Assistance on Work and Welfare
— Dec. 2008
Low-Income Adolescents Face More Barriers to Healthy Weight
— Dec. 2008
Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking
— Dec. 2008
The Recession and the Earned Income Tax Credit
— Dec. 2008
The Role of Welfare During a Recession
— Dec. 2008
Short Term Options for Medicaid in a Recession
— Dec. 2008
SNAP and the Recession
— Dec. 2008
The State of America's Children 2008
— Dec. 2008
Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP
— Nov. 2008
Increased Rates and Severity of Child and Adult Food Insecurity in Households With Adult Smokers
— Nov. 2008
Left Behind: America's Uninsured Children
— Nov. 2008
Low-Income Children in the United States: National and State Trend Data, 1997-2007
— Nov. 2008
Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2006
— Nov. 2008
Role of Medicaid Family Planning Waivers and Title X In Enhancing Access to Preconception Care
— Nov. 2008
State-Level Health Care Access and Use Among Children in U.S. Immigrant Families
— Nov. 2008
America's Health Starts With Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?
— Oct. 2008
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18
— Oct. 2008
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 3
— Oct. 2008
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 6
— Oct. 2008
Does Public Insurance Provide Better Financial Protection Against Rising Health Care Costs for Families of Children With Special Health Care Needs?
— Oct. 2008
How Does Job-Protected Maternity Leave Affect Mothers' Employment?
— Oct. 2008
Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers' Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns
— Oct. 2008
The Academic Status of Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care
— Sep. 2008
Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn
— Sep. 2008
Juvenile Delinquency in Child Welfare: Investigating Group Home Effects
— Sep. 2008
Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Substantial Gains in Children's Dental Health Care
— Sep. 2008
When Child Care Breaks Down
— Sep. 2008
Access to and Use of Paid Sick Leave Among Low-Income Families With Children
— Aug. 2008
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005: Report to Congress
— Aug. 2008
Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the United States
— Aug. 2008
Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers
— Aug. 2008
Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
— Aug. 2008
Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families with Children
— Aug. 2008
A Needed Lifeline: Chronically Ill Children and Public Health Insurance Coverage
— Aug. 2008
Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance were Higher in 2007—and Median Income for Working-age Households was Lower—than at Bottom of Last Recession
— Aug. 2008
Predictors of Homelessness and Doubling-Up Among At Risk Families
— Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Diet Quality of American Young Children by WIC Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
— July 2008
Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies through Medicaid Family Planning Services
— July 2008
Together Forever? Romantic Relationship Characteristics and Prenatal Health Behaviors
— July 2008
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime
— June 2008
Effects of Enhanced Foster Care on the Long-Term Physical and Mental Health of Foster Care Alumni
— June 2008
Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
— June 2008
Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006
— June 2008
The Costs of a Public Health Infrastructure for Delivering Parenting and Family Support
— May 2008
The Influence of Social Supports on Employment for Hispanic, Black, and White Unmarried Mothers
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
First-Year Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups
— Apr. 2008
Parent Education
— Apr. 2008
Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing in Fragile Families
— Apr. 2008
The Successful Integration of Health and Health Care into Broader Early Childhood Initiatives
— Apr. 2008
Unplanned Pregnancy and Family Turmoil
— Apr. 2008
Welfare Time Limits; An Update on State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families
— Apr. 2008
Does Substantiation of Child Maltreatment Relate to Child Well-Being and Service Receipt?
— Mar. 2008
Estimates of Supplemental Security Income Eligibility for Children in Out-of-Home Placements
— Mar. 2008
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States: An Analysis Over 25 Years
— Mar. 2008
Technology Stereotypes Broken When Children's Health Involved
— Mar. 2008
Welfare and Child Support: Complements, Not Substitutes
— Mar. 2008
Behavioral Problems Following Reunification of Children in Long-Term Foster Care
— Feb. 2008
Health Status and Health Care Expenditures in a Nationally Representative Sample: How Do Overweight and Healthy-Weight Children Compare?
— Feb. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medical and Dental Health, Access to Care, and Use of Services in U.S. Children
— Feb. 2008
Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives
— Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth
— Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
Effect of a Targeted Subsidy on Intake of Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Women in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
— Jan. 2008
Foster Care and School Mental Health
— Jan. 2008
Pediatric Dentistry: How Can Dental Care for Low-Income Children Be Improved?
— Jan. 2008
Physical Abuse During Adolescence: Gender Differences in the Adolescents' Perceptions of Family Functioning and Parenting
— Jan. 2008
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Prevalence of Work-Related Injuries Among Adolescents in the United States
— Jan. 2008
Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Consequences of Poor Infant Health: An Analysis Using Siblings and Twins
— Winter 2008
2008 Fact Sheet on Demographics: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
Health Care Access and Utilization: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
More about the Dads: Exploring Associations Between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes
— 2008
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