Add to ORKGThe number of children in working poor families is expected to increase as a result of welfare reform. This report summarizes the discussion of scholars, policy experts, and leaders of the Foundation for Child Development regarding research and policy on children in families headed by adults working in low-wage jobs. Key findings regarding children in these families include: (1) although some government benefits have lifted some children out of poverty, decreases in wages and benefits have contributed to increases in the number of poor families; (2) there is little information on characteristics of working poor families and their children and no widely accepted definition of this type of poverty; (3) there is little research documenting the...
This report displays and discusses some of the data related to the poverty of children and their\ud ...
This paper focuses on children who have been statistically classified as “poor ” or “in poverty ” be...
It has been more than a decade since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation...
N ow, more than ever, it is crucial to address the topic of children and poverty in the U.S., given ...
Nearly 40 percent of America's children live in low-income families, which is defined as having a fa...
Nearly 40 percent of American children live in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federa...
Over the past 30 years, welfare and other public programs for poor families have focused increasingl...
With an unparalleled focus on employment, the 1996 federal welfare reforms changed the nature of cas...
You have just heard presentations on how single mothers are doing in the welfare reform era and abou...
It is widely accepted that the level of family economic resources is important for child welfare – e...
The more income a family has, the better their children do academically, socially, and physically. T...
The results of the Community Child Care Research Project provide data describing the child care expe...
Seventeen percent of all American children live in families whose incomes fall below the federal pov...
This paper helps document significant improvements in the child low-income rate as well as the signi...
Can the United States dramatically reduce the number of its children living in poverty? This article...
This report displays and discusses some of the data related to the poverty of children and their\ud ...
This paper focuses on children who have been statistically classified as “poor ” or “in poverty ” be...
It has been more than a decade since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation...
N ow, more than ever, it is crucial to address the topic of children and poverty in the U.S., given ...
Nearly 40 percent of America's children live in low-income families, which is defined as having a fa...
Nearly 40 percent of American children live in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federa...
Over the past 30 years, welfare and other public programs for poor families have focused increasingl...
With an unparalleled focus on employment, the 1996 federal welfare reforms changed the nature of cas...
You have just heard presentations on how single mothers are doing in the welfare reform era and abou...
It is widely accepted that the level of family economic resources is important for child welfare – e...
The more income a family has, the better their children do academically, socially, and physically. T...
The results of the Community Child Care Research Project provide data describing the child care expe...
Seventeen percent of all American children live in families whose incomes fall below the federal pov...
This paper helps document significant improvements in the child low-income rate as well as the signi...
Can the United States dramatically reduce the number of its children living in poverty? This article...
This report displays and discusses some of the data related to the poverty of children and their\ud ...
This paper focuses on children who have been statistically classified as “poor ” or “in poverty ” be...
It has been more than a decade since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation...