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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1974
This is a comprehensive record of a hearing held before the General Subcommittee on Education on April 22, 1974. Its purpose was to hear testimony on H.R. 13168, a proposed amendment to the National School Lunch Act that would authorize continued purchase of commodities at market price for distribution to schools, domestic relief agencies, and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Breakfast Programs, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Tickamyer, Ann R.; Tickamyer, Cecil – 1987
This report examines the causes and effects of Appalachian poverty, focusing on education, unemployment, social services, and economic development. The data in the report were extracted from the 1980 U.S. Census. Although there has been a steady decline in Appalachian poverty rates since the landmark 1964 declaration of a War on Poverty,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Change Strategies, Demography, Disadvantaged Environment
Sherman, Arloc – 1994
A quarter of children under age 6 are poor. Poverty has a multiple and cumulative effect on children, regardless of race, family structure, or parental education level. As part of the Children's Defense Fund's Costs of Child Poverty Research Project, this report shows the effects of poverty on children. The Children's Defense Fund's stated mission…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Erickson, Judith B. – 1994
This booklet provides data on a series of related measures of child and family well-being in Indiana, following national guidelines established by the Kids Count project to help Americans better understand the problems faced by children and adolescents and to foster greater commitment to improving outcomes for vulnerable children and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse
Erickson, Judith B. – 1995
This Kids Count report is the second in a series examining statewide trends in the well-being of Indiana's children. After an introduction and an explanation of the statistics, sections of the statistical report contain data on several indicators of well-being: (1) Indiana's children and their families, including population estimates, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health
Erickson, Judith B. – 1996
This Kids Count report is the third in a series examining statewide trends in the well-being of Indiana's children. The report combines statistics of special concern in Indiana with 10 national Kids Count well-being indicators: (1) percent low birthweight; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child death rate; (4) birth rate to unmarried teens ages 15…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
