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Isaacs, Julia B. – Brookings Institution, 2009
Nearly one in five children under age 18 lived in poor families in 2008, according to poverty statistics released by the Census Bureau in September 2009. Though high, this statistic does not capture the full impact of the economic downturn, which is expected to drive poverty even higher in 2009. However, updated poverty statistics will not be…
Descriptors: Poverty, Nutrition, Social Indicators, Welfare Recipients
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 1989
Despite claims that benefits for the needy have not been reduced, the Reagan Administration's final budget for fiscal year 1990 is marked by substantial reductions in programs for the poor. Actual spending for low-income programs would be sliced $6.75 billion below current levels. Medicaid, which provides health care coverage for poor families…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Child Welfare, Drug Abuse
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
Nagle, Ami – 1995
Political changes underway at both the federal and state levels will dramatically affect public policies for children and their families in the years ahead. Drawing from over 550 budget line items in 10 state departments from 1990 to 1995, this report looks at spending on Illinois' children and families by program areas, with some specific…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Block Grants, Child Health
Bos, Johannes M.; Huston, Aletha C.; Granger, Robert C.; Duncan, Greg J.; Brock, Thomas W.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; And Others – 1999
This document details the 2-year results of the New Hope Project, which was conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to reduce poverty, reform welfare, and improve the overall well-being of poor people by providing a mix of incentives and services, including supplemental income, child care subsidies, guaranteed affordable health insurance, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
Coulton, Claudia – Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change (NJ1), 2005
Since mid-1999, a bold initiative has been underway in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to improve the well-being of the youngest members of the greater Cleveland community. A community-wide initiative targeting children from birth through age five and their families was launched in July 1999, and in the following 5 years demonstrated substantial success…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Strategic Planning, Program Improvement, Young Children