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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
This report focuses on programs for low-income children, covering health, nutrition, education and income maintenance. The number of children below the poverty line in each United States county, using 1980 Census data, was compared with the number of impoverished children reached in 1984 by three critical programs: Aid to Families with Dependent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Federal Programs, Health
Erickson, Judith B. – 1991
The number of poor children in the United States is high, and estimates suggest that poverty among Indiana's children is increasing at twice the national rate. Presently, Indiana does not have readily available, comprehensive information about the state's children and adolescents. There are few ways to link Indiana's poverty data to other…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Homeless People
PDF pending restorationCunningham, Michelle Doucette – 1994
Recent surveys of Americans reveal that most think children are worse off today than they were 10 years ago. This report on child well-being in Connecticut reveals that such intuitions are correct: in the 10 years since the publication of "Growing Up at Risk in Connecticut," children in the state have become more likely to be victims or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse
