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Download full textFoster-Bey, John A. – 1999
This paper focuses on why metropolitan areas vary in their capacity to translate generally high employment rates into economic opportunity for the disadvantaged. Data come from the Urban Institute's Urban Underclass Database, which includes poverty and employment data for 1980 and 1990 for the 100 largest metropolitan areas down to the Census…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality, Employment Opportunities
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report presents information on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program in light of efforts at welfare reform. Following a listing of whom to call at the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) regarding various welfare issues, the report's first section, "Basic Facts on Welfare," presents information on the AFDC in a…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Health, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Opportunities
Knitzer, Jane; Page, Stephen – 1996
In the past decade, there has been a sharp increase in awareness of how interventions that address multiple risk factors and target both children and their families can help ensure that children grow up healthy and able to learn. In 1995, the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) undertook a project to "map" state initiatives…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
