Child Care Voucher Programs: Provider Experiences in Five Counties
Subsidies in the form of child care vouchers that help parents pay for child care in the setting of their choice are an important support for low-income families. Providers willing to accept children...
View ArticleHunger and Homelessness Survey 2005
To assess the status of hunger and homelessness in America's cities during 2005, The United States Conference of Mayors surveyed 24 major cities whose mayors were members of its Task Force on Hunger...
View ArticleKinship Care: When Parents Can't Parent
About 1.8 million children live with relatives instead of their parents, an arrangement known as "kinship care." Most kinship care takes place outside of the child welfare system, and these families...
View ArticleGoing Comprehensive: Anatomy of an Initiative That Worked
For more than 25 years, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has been working to make our nation’s underserved neighborhoods better and stronger. In 2005, LISC marked its 25th anniversary...
View ArticleHow Does Family Well-Being Vary across Different Types of Neighborhoods?
A substantial body of research finds evidence that living in high-poverty and racially isolated neighborhoods can undermine the well-being and potential of children and adults. This paper uses the...
View ArticleRecent Changes in Michigan Welfare and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare...
This is an update for Michigan of studies that the Urban Institute conducted case in 13 states to provide a baseline for understanding changes emerging from welfare reform. This update describes...
View ArticleWell-Being of Children Involved with the Child Welfare System, The
Most children involved with the child welfare system have experienced abuse or neglect and separation from a parent. These traumatic experiences can lead to a variety of behavioral and emotional...
View ArticleAre We Responding to Their Needs? States' Early Experiences Serving Children...
Although the primary goal of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is to extend health insurance coverage to the estimated 10 million uninsured low-income children in America, SCHIP...
View ArticleRecent Changes in Alabama Welfare and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare...
This report focuses on Alabama's cash assistance, workforce development, child care, and child welfare systems for low-income families with children. Information presented in this report comes...
View ArticleSupportive Housing Financing Sources Guide with special emphasis programs in...
The purpose of the Supportive Housing Financing Sources Guide is to help supportive housing sponsors identify potential financing and funding sources for supportive housing projects and programs. By...
View ArticleIdentifying and Addressing the Needs of Children in Grandparent Care
Data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families indicates that 58 percent of children in relative care live with a grandparent. Children in grandparent care are more likely to live with a...
View ArticleFrom Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half
Thirty-seven million Americans live below the official poverty line. Millions more struggle each month to pay for basic necessities, or run out of savings when they lose their jobs or face health...
View ArticleChildren Cared for by Relatives: What Services Do They Need?
Data from the National Survey of America's Families demonstrates that kin involved with child welfare agencies enjoy greater access to services compared with kin caring for children privately. Among...
View ArticleAfter Katrina: Rebuilding Opportunity and Equity Into the New New Orleans
Urbanists, health and labor economists, education and housing experts, and other Urban Institute researchers chart paths out of the immediate emergency situation with proposals for rebuilding the...
View ArticleInnovative Employment Approaches and Programs for Low-Income Families
This paper is designed to assist states and localities in identifying innovative strategies to promote stable employment and wage growth among low-income populations. It distills key lessons from the...
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