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Homes for the Homeless, Inc., New York, NY. – 1999
In the early part of 1999, the Institute for Children and Poverty surveyed almost 2,000 families with more than 4,000 children in 24 locations to assess the state of homeless children across the United States. This report tells their story. Families account for almost 40% of U.S. homeless people, and in some cities that percentage is even higher.…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Homeless People, Low Income Groups
Download full textDalaker, Joseph; Proctor, Bernadette D. – 2000
This report illustrates how poverty rates in the United States vary by selected characteristics: age, race and Hispanic origin, nativity, family composition, work experience, and geography. The estimates in the report are based on interviews with population samples. The Current Population Survey each March interviews approximately 50,000…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Ethnicity
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1998
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. This is the second of those annual reports. A family is defined as dependent on welfare if more than 50% of its total income in a 1-year period comes from welfare programs…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment, Government Role
Taylor, Robert Joseph, Ed.; Jackson, James S., Ed.; Chatters, Linda M., Ed. – 1997
This volume draws on data from the National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA) to explore the condition of the black family in America. The first chapter provides a general introduction, and each of the other chapters presents additional information about the NSBA as it pertains to specific subsamples of NSBA respondents. The following chapters are…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Family, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth
Social Development Commission, Milwaukee, WI. – 1993
This publication presents data and descriptive information on the status of poor children and families in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The analysis of the information suggests that the children are poor because their families are poor and that only providing their families with adequate employment and family supports will lift these children out of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health
United States Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC. – 1988
A survey of officials in 52 cities in the United States gathered information on the conditions and issues relating to urban children, on how city governments are structured to respond to those needs, and on city programs and initiatives which benefit children. Information provided by the cities was supplemented by data from the Bureau of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, City Government
