News Releases

• NEW MEASURES REVEAL VERY DIFFERENT POVERTY PICTURE
  News Release, April 2013
• Remembering Barbara B. Blum
  1930 - 2012
  Statement, October 2012
• Renée Wilson-Simmons, an Expert on Child and Adolescent Development, Selected to Head Columbia University’s National Center for Children in Poverty
  Center Explores the Connection between Poverty and the Health of Children
  News Release, October 2012
• Tracking Children With Mental Health Challenges
  News Release, September 2012
• CENSUS NUMBERS ON POVERTY DID NOT RISE
  15 percent of all Americans are poor; 21.9 percent of children
  News Release, September 2012
• HOW STATES ARE PROTECTING THE “SAFETY NET” IN HARD TIMES
  Through a Variety of Measures, States Coast-to-Coast are Showing It Can Be Done
  News Release, April 2012
• RESEARCHERS: MOMS NEED MORE THAN 6 WEEKS MATERNITY LEAVE
  Urging National Paid Family Leave Policies
  News Release, April 2012
• KOREAN DELEGATION LOOKS TO NCCP AS MODEL FOR SIMILAR ORGANIZATION AT HOME
  News Release, March 2012
• MORE WHITE CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL GROUP
  News Release, February 2012
• RESEARCHERS: DETROIT, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, BUFFALO, MILWAUKEE LEAD NATION IN CHILD POVERTY
  News Release, October 2011
• A Job-Loss Recovery Hurts Children Most
  Statistics tell an alarming story
  News Release, September 2011
• Poor Hispanic, Black Children Have Greater Health Hurdles Than White Children
  Examining Health Disparities by Race, Ethnicity
  News Release, July 2011
• Examining Immigrant Child Poverty
  Statistics tell an enlightening story
  News Release, May 2011
• CHILD POVERTY THINK TANK TO SALUTE NEW YORK YANKEE, ICE CREAM MAGNATE, & NOTED PHILANTHROPIST
  Breakfast Event April 14 To Feature Ben Cohen, Patti Lieberman, Nick Swisher Honored for Their Efforts on Behalf of Children
  News Release, February 2011
• Researchers: Suggestions for Improving Economic State of the Union
  News Release, January 2011
• 11 Things States Should Do to Keep Children & Families Secure in ’11
  News Release, December 2010
• Full Nest Syndrome: More than half of America’s 18-24-year-olds live with parents.
  News Release, December 2010
• ADOLESCENT OBESITY BAD FOR HEALTH, ALSO BAD FOR ECONOMY, NATIONAL SECURITY
  Researchers: Obesity is to blame for 27 percent of healthcare cost increases since 1990; 1 in 4 not fit to serve in military
  News Release, November 2010
• Ranks of Poor & Uninsured Increase; Income Levels Stagnate. Now What?
  NCCP Researchers Say Correction to Take Years
  News Release, September 2010
• ‘Parenting Education’ a Mixed Bag From State to State
  Arizona, Louisiana, New York, Virginia Looking for Cohesion
  News Release, September 2010
• 11-COUNTY STUDY REVEALS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  Profiles available for Alameda, Butte, Humboldt, Imperial, Los Angeles, Placer, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
  News Release, September 2010
• ONE IN FIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES IS “FOOD INSECURE”
  Inconsistent Access to Food Attributed to Worsening Economy
  News Release, August 2010
• MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE 1980: NUMBER OF AMERICANS SPEAKING LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
  Nation’s Spanish-speakers increased by 23 million in that time Study has implications for child health, development and school achievement
  News Release, June 2010
• RESEARCH: NATION BENEFITS WHEN “PART C” PROVIDES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS “AT-RISK” FOR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
  Historically, attention not given until after problems develop
  News Release, June 2010
• Study: Michigan’s Mental Health Care System for Children & Youth a National Model
  State’s Outcomes-based Approach Employs Evidence-based Practices
  News Release, May 2010
• Exploring the Effects of America’s Ongoing Wars on the Children of its Soldiers
  News Release, May 2010
• RESEARCHERS: 1 IN 5 AMERICAN KIDS HAS A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER
  Those from military families at even greater risk for emotional-behavioral problems
  News Release, April 2010
• LABOR MARKET ECONOMIST JOINS NATIONAL POVERTY THINK TANK
  Curtis Skinner’s work in urban labor market economics and national economic development will complement NCCP’s diverse research and policy portfolio
  News Release, April 2010
• NCCP’s Cooper Named to New York State Mental Health Services Council
  News Release, April 2010
• NCCP Perspectives
  Youth Employment
  Opinion, April 2010
• Health Care Media Advisory
  Statement, March 2010
• When Google Isn’t Enough
  Early Childhood Website Offers Help to Frazzled Students and Under-resourced Faculty
  News Release, March 2010
• Health Care Access for All Americans Focus of New Health Team Leader at National Center for Children in Poverty
  News Release, February 2010
• REPORT: FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES NEEDED TO MAKE WORK SUPPORTS WORK FOR AMERICANS
  Benefits Dilemma – What Happens When Eligibility Vanishes Before Families Are Self-Sufficient?
  News Release, January 2010
• State of the Union: Columbia University Think Tank Urges President to Declare War on Economic Insecurity for America’s Families
  News Release, January 2010
• NO EASY FIXES: DISPARITIES IN HOW AMERICA ADDRESSES CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH ABOUND
  Statement, December 2009
• Statement on President Obama's Speech on Job Creation (Dec. 8)
  Statement, December 2009
• EL 62% DE LOS NIÑOS HISPANOS DE LOS EE.UU. VIVE EN FAMILIAS DE BAJOS INGRESOS
  A medida que el final de la década se acerca, un 20% más de niños de los EE.UU. vive en la pobreza
  News Release, December 2009
• AS DECADE’S END NEARS, 20 PERCENT MORE AMERICAN CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY
  South leads nation in percentage of poor/low income families
  News Release, November 2009
• Equity in Education a Focus of New Researcher at National Center for Children in Poverty
  News Release, October 2009
• RESEARCHERS: HALF OF AMERICA’S ADOLESCENTS TEXT WHILE DRIVING
  Host of behaviors and developmental factors make this age group more vulnerable to violence and injury
  News Release, October 2009
• HOW THE ECONOMY AFFECTS CHILDREN’S HEALTH
  National Statistics Tell a Mixed Story
  News Release, September 2009
• National Center for Children in Poverty Welcomes Expert Demographer
  News Release, September 2009
• Family Poverty Experts Available for Comment on Annual Statistics
  New Census Numbers Out Today: One Third of America’s Poor Are Children
  News Release, September 2009
• Researchers: Far Above Minimum Wage, LA Families Still Struggling
  NCCP Fights Poverty with Customized Reports for All 64 Parishes
  News Release, August 2009
• Even the School Janitor Can Play a Role In Guiding Adolescents Through Those Difficult Years
  News Release, July 2009
• Early Childhood Literacy Expert Joins National Center for Children in Poverty
  News Release, July 2009
• Child Health Researchers: Administration Changes to Medicaid Policy Will Continue Health and Mental Health Access for Needy
  News Release, June 2009
• Economic Hardship: As American as Apple Pie?
  July 4th Celebrations Loom while American Dream Slips Farther from Reach
  Position Paper, June 2009
• Report: Adolescent Mental Health in Crisis
  One in Five Teens Has Diagnosable Disorder, Yet Many Do Not Receive Vital Care
  News Release, June 2009
• Report: DON’T EXCLUDE ADOLESCENTS
  Better Programs, Policies Needed in Key Transitional Years
  News Release, May 2009
• Report: National Approach Needed to Address Growing Ranks of Uninsured Parents
  News Release, May 2009
• When Tax Day is a Maze of Inequities
  Moving Toward Fair Tax Policy for Workers and Families
  Position Paper, April 2009
• Renowned Child Advocate Dr. Jane Knitzer Dies
  News Release, March 2009
• Podcast: Paid Family Leave
  News Release, March 2009
• Report: Unpaid Family Leave is Not Enough
  In Absence of Adequate Federal Policy, States Act as Models
  News Release, March 2009
• Podcast: Budgeting for Basic Needs
  News Release, March 2009
• Recession or Not, Many U.S. Families Can't Afford Basic Needs, Even at Twice Minimum Wage
  News Release, March 2009
• NCCP Statement: Obama's Speech to Congress Feb. 24
  Statement, March 2009
• Unique Tracking System Enables Michigan to Monitor Child Mental Health
  News Release, December 2008
• For Struggling Houston Families, Child Care Assistance is Critical, but Access is Limited
  News Release, December 2008
• THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT
  Researchers Find Little to Celebrate 25 Years After Groundbreaking Child Mental Health Study Urged Federal Leadership
  News Release, November 2008
• New Findings on Nation’s Delivery of Children's Mental Health Care to be Released at Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy
  News Release, November 2008
• REPORT: STATE POLICY CHANGES NEEDED TO MAKE WORK SUPPORTS WORK FOR IOWANS
  Benefits Dilemma – What Happens When Eligibility Vanishes Before Families Can Make Ends Meet?
  News Release, October 2008
• For 1 In 10, It’s Not Exactly Back To School
  Researchers: Chronic Absenteeism Threatens Children’s Future But Can be Prevented
  News Release, September 2008
• Economy Not One-Size-Fits-All
  Study: State Policies Vary Widely
  News Release, August 2008
• Where's MY American Dream?
  Hard Work, Determination Aren’t Necessarily Enough Any More
  News Release, May 2008
• Researchers, Analysts Say Updated Poverty Gauge Long Overdue
  Measurement formula unchanged since 1960s
  News Release, April 2008
• Follow the Money: Dollars for Children’s Mental Health Don’t Add Up
  News Release, February 2008
• Report: Treat Mom’s Depression so Kids Can Thrive
  Shift in Policy-making Urged
  News Release, January 2008
• ’07 Issues Portend Continued Hard Times in ’08 for Low-Income Working Americans
  Trends seen in housing, wages, health care, family leave
  News Release, January 2008
• Untangling an Intricate Web: Smarter Use of Existing Resources Helps Children Thrive
  Columbia Research Center Receives $1.2 Million Grant from Kellogg Foundation
  News Release, December 2007
• Poverty by the Numbers
  By Race, White Children Make Up the Biggest Percentage of America’s Poor
  News Release, November 2007
• Increase Child Care, Higher Education Assistance
  23 million kids in low-income families have parents in the workforce
  News Release, November 2007
• New Statistics Reveal No Change in Child Poverty
  NCCP Dismayed that Number of Children Without Health Insurance Rises by 8 Percent
  Statement, August 2007
• New Report Finds Many Children Exposed to Trauma; Issues Policy Recommendations
  News Release, July 2007
• Many State Policies Ignore Research on Healthy Child Development
  Leading National Organization Releases Report on Policies for Young Children
  News Release, May 2007
• New Report Finds Policy Changes Needed to Make Work Pay in Illinois
  News Release, March 2007
• Are Low-Wage Workers and Their Families a Priority in 2007?
  NCCP’s Guide to Watching the State of the Union Address
  News Release, January 2007
• Challenges to Providing Mental Health Services to Latino Children Remain, but Successful Efforts Offer Family Friendly Strategies
  Statement, September 2006
• High-Quality Preschool is Key to Closing the Achievement Gap
  New report highlights strategies to improve young children
  Statement, September 2006
• New Data Show Economic Recovery Has Not Benefited Children
  Statement, August 2006
• New Report Finds Child Poverty has Surged in Midwest Since 2000
  Children with Working Parents Especially Hard Hit
  News Release, August 2006
• As Congress Considers Increases to Federal Minimum Wage, Data Shows That Full-Time Work Fails to Lift Many Families out of Poverty
  News Release, June 2006
• Two Out of Every Five Children in New York Live in Low-Income Families
  Leading Child Poverty Organization Launches New York State Family Resource Simulator to Inform Policymakers on the Economic Security of New York’s 4.6 Million Children
  News Release, May 2006
• State of the Union Must Consider the State of Our Children
  Leading Child Policy Organization Points to Increasing Poverty Rates Among Children
  News Release, February 2006
• Children of Immigrant Parents Face Poverty Despite Hard Work; Increasingly Excluded from Federal Programs to Meet Basic Needs
  New Reports Detail High Levels of Both Employment and Poverty
  News Release, October 2005
• Katrina Exposes the Dire Consequences of Poverty
  Figures released by leading child policy organization demonstrate the extreme vulnerabilities faced by children and families who live in poverty
  News Release, September 2005
• Leading Child and Family Research Analysts Awarded Grant to Establish New Early Childhood Information and Policy Initiative
  Project THRIVE Launches at the National Center for Children in Poverty
  News Release, August 2005
• As National Budget is Negotiated, Nation’s Leading Child and Family Policy Analysts Emphasize “Catch 22” in Current System of Supports
  News Release, April 2005
• Columbia Research Group Warns Against Ignoring Children in Social Security Debate
  Social Security is the single largest support program for children in the United States
  News Release, February 2005
• Leading Child Policy Organization Responds to State of the Union Address
  Security Tops President’s Priorities, But Not Economic Security for Vulnerable Children
  News Release, February 2005
• Mailman School of Public Health Names New Director for National Center for Children in Povety
  News Release, July 2004
• Employment Alone is Not Enough
  40% of Children Have Parents Who Can’t Earn Enough to Provide Basic Necessities
  News Release, August 2003
• Employment Alone Is Not Enough for Economic Self Sufficiency for Low-Income Families
  News Release, June 2003
• Immigrant Children in the United States Are Growing in Number And Facing Substantial Economic Hardship
  News Release, September 2002