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2008

• Measuring Poverty in the United States
  Fact Sheet, June 2008
• Making “Work Supports” Work
  Project Description
  Fact Sheet, June 2008
• State Indicators for Early Childhood
  Short Take No. 7
  Brief, June 2008
• Promoting Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Project Description
  May 2008
• Report of a Meeting, June 25, 2007
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Report, May 2008
• A View from the Field
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Report, May 2008
• Annotated Bibliography
  Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, May 2008
• How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, February 2008
• Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and their Families
  Financing that Supports Knowledge
  Report, February 2008
• Annual Report
  Brochure, January 2008
• The Influence of Maternal & Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling
  Report, January 2008
• Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children
  Toward a Responsive Early Childhood Policy Framework
  Brief, January 2008

2007

• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Most Low-Income Parents Are Employed
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Child Care in Colorado
  Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
  Report, November 2007
• Parents’ Low Education Leads to Low Income, Despite Full-Time Employment
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Financing Mental Health for Children, Youth and their Families
  Testimony, October 2007
• A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades
  Brief, October 2007
• Low-Income Children in the United States
  National and State Trend Data, 1996-2006
  Report, September 2007
• Basic Facts About Low-Income Children
  Birth to Age 18
  Fact Sheet, September 2007
• Basic Facts About Low-Income Children
  Birth to Age 3
  Fact Sheet, September 2007
• Basic Facts About Low-Income Children
  Birth to Age 6
  Fact Sheet, September 2007
• The Impact of Work Supports
  A Snapshot from Detroit
  Fact Sheet, August 2007
• Local Systems Development
  Short Take No. 6
  Brief, August 2007
• Testimony on Measuring Poverty in America
  Testimony, August 2007
• Linking Mental Health and Child Care and Early Education Services
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, August 2007
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, July 2007
• Child and Youth Emergency Mental Health Care
  A National Problem
  Brief, July 2007
• Facts About Trauma for Policymakers
  Children's Mental Health
  Fact Sheet, July 2007
• State of the States’ ECCS Initiatives
  Short Take No. 5
  Brief, July 2007
• Reducing Disparities Beginning in Early Childhood
  Short Take No. 4
  Brief, July 2007
• Strengthening Policies to Support Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Trauma
  Report, July 2007
• The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings
  Brief, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Executive Summary
  Brief, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Report, June 2007
• National Early Childhood Policy Profile
  Fact Sheet, June 2007
• Forced Family Breakdown
  Opinion, June 2007
• Parenting Education
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, May 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Illinois and Chicago
  Fact Sheet, April 2007
• Measuring Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Conceptual and Practical Issues
  Brief, April 2007
• The New Poverty Wars
  Debating the Frame(s)
  Opinion, April 2007
• Supporting Work in Illinois
  The Challenges Ahead
  Report, April 2007
• Family Child Care in the United States
  Brief, April 2007
• Linking Health and Child Care and Early Education Services
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, April 2007
• Family Support
  A Key Topic Resource List
  Bibliography, April 2007
• Assessing Initiatives for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care
  Brief, March 2007
• Testimony on the Economic and Societal Costs of Poverty
  Testimony, January 2007
• Promoting Effective Early Learning
  What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know
  Brief, January 2007

2006

• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Michigan and Detroit
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• Children’s Mental Health
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• School-Age Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, October 2006
• Common Purpose
  Sharing Responsibility for Child and Family Outcomes
  Brief, October 2006
• Developing Fiscal Analyses and Children’s Budgets to Support ECCS and Children
  Short Take No. 3
  Brief, September 2006
• Effective Preschool Curricula and Teaching Strategies
  Report, September 2006
• Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Brief, September 2006
• Guide to Datasets for Research and Policymaking in Child Care and Early Education
  Bibliography, August 2006
• Looking Forward, Looking Back
  Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of Welfare Reform
  Opinion, August 2006
• The New Poor
  Regional Trends in Child Poverty Since 2000
  Report, August 2006
• Challenges and Opportunities in Children’s Mental Health
  A View from Families and Youth
  Report, July 2006
• When Work Doesn’t Pay
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, June 2006
• Maximizing the Use of EPSDT to Improve the Health and Development of Young Children
  Short Take No. 2
  Brief, June 2006
• Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
  Brief, June 2006
• The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
  Short Take No. 1: Opportunities and Challenges for ECCS Initiatives
  Brief, June 2006
• Young Children in Immigrant Families
  The Role of Philanthropy
  Report, May 2006
• The Racial Gap in Parental Education
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• On the Edge in the Empire State
  New York’s Low-Income Children
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• 2005 Annual Report
  Advancing Solutions to Strengthen Families
  Report, April 2006
• Immigrant Children
  America’s Future
  Opinion, March 2006
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems that Spend Smarter
  Maximizing Resources to Serve Vulnerable Children
  Report, February 2006
• Helping the Most Vulnerable Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families
  Report, January 2006
• Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use
  Brief, January 2006

2005

• Spending Smarter
  A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness
  Report, November 2005
• Resources to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness in Young Children and Families
  A Community Guide
  Report, November 2005
• Family Economic (In)Security
  A View from the States
  Fact Sheet, November 2005
• Children in Urban Areas are Increasingly Low Income
  Fact Sheet, November 2005
• Federal Policies Restrict Immigrant Children’s Access to Key Public Benefits
  Brief, October 2005
• State Policies Can Promote Immigrant Children’s Economic Security
  Brief, October 2005
• Efforts to Promote Children’s Economic Security Must Address Needs of Hard-Working Immigrant Families
  Fact Sheet, October 2005
• Support Working Families
  Opinion, October 2005
• Marriage Not Enough to Guarantee Economic Security
  Brief, October 2005
• Many Children with Married Parents are Low Income
  Fact Sheet, October 2005
• Child Poverty in States Hit by Hurricane Katrina
  Fact Sheet, September 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, August 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Quality
  Brief, August 2005
• Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers
  Brief, August 2005
• Economic Insecurity
  Implications of Federal Budget Proposals for Low-Income Working Families
  Brief, April 2005
• Privatizing Survivors, Abandoning Children
  Opinion, March 2005
• Whose Security? What Social Security Means to Children and Families
  Brief, February 2005
• Why Social Security Matters to Children and Families
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Fact Sheet, February 2005
• Children, Social Security, and Private Accounts
  10 Questions for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, February 2005
• Low-income Families in the District of Columbia
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, February 2005
• Low-Income Families in Alabama
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, January 2005

2004

• Children of Recent Immigrants
  National and Regional Trends
  Report, December 2004
• Children of Low-Income, Recent Immigrants
  Fact Sheet, December 2004
• Low-income Families in Delaware
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, November 2004
• Low-Income Families in Illinois
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, September 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Child Support
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Low-Income Families in Massachusetts
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, September 2004
• Rate of Children in Low-Income Families Varies Widely by State
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Receipt of Government Supports Varies Widely by State
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Parental Employment Does Not Guarantee Health Insurance for Children
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Low-Income Families in Pennsylvania
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, June 2004
• Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence
  Little is Known About Co-Occurrence and Combined Effects on Low-Income Families
  Brief, June 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Supports for Low-Income Working Families
  Fact Sheet, May 2004
• Low-Income Families in Georgia
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, May 2004
• Promoting Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
  Brief, April 2004
• Low-Income Families in Connecticut
  Results from the Family Resource Simulator
  Brief, February 2004

2003

• Changing Children’s Trajectories of Development
  Brief, December 2003
• Low Income and the Development of America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, November 2003
• Where Do Children in Low-Income Families Live?
  Report, November 2003
• Geography of Low-Income Families and Children
  Fact Sheet, November 2003
• State Policy Choices
  Assets and Access to Public Assistance
  Fact Sheet, October 2003
• Debt and Assets Among Low-Income Families
  Brief, October 2003
• Circumstances Dictate Public Views of Government Assistance
  Report, October 2003
• How Belief in a Just World Influences Views of Public Policy
  Report, October 2003
• Low Income and Hardship Among America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, September 2003
• The Changing Demographics of Low-Income Families and Their Children
  Brief, August 2003
• Employment Alone is Not Enough for America’s Low-Income Children and Families
  Report, August 2003

2002

• Domestic Violence and Welfare Policy
  Research Findings That Can Inform Policies on Marriage and Child Well-Being
  Brief, December 2002
• Children of Immigrants
  A Statistical Profile
  Brief, September 2002
• Welfare Research Perspectives
  Past, Present, and Future, 2002 Edition
  Report, August 2002
• Continuity and Stability
  Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use in Oregon
  Report, August 2002
• The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California
  Fact Sheet, August 2002
• Making Dollars Follow Sense
  Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children
  Report, August 2002
• The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use
  A Collaborative Study of Five States
  Report, August 2002
• Ready to Enter
  What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
  Report, July 2002
• Earned Income Tax Credits
  Brief, June 2002
• Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children
  Brief, April 2002
• The Role of Community Development Corporations in Promoting the Well-Being of Young Children
  Brief, February 2002
• Building Services and Systems to Support the Healthy Emotional Development of Young Children
  An Action Guide for Policymakers
  Report, January 2002
• Improving the Odds for the Healthy Development of Young Children in Foster Care
  Brief, January 2002

2001

• Policies Affecting New York City’s Low-Income Families
  Brief, November 2001
• Learning from Starting Points
  Findings from the Starting Points Assessment Project
  Brief, October 2001
• Welfare Research Perspectives
  Past, Present, and Future, 2001 Edition
  Report, August 2001
• Kith and Kin
  Informal Child Care
  Brief, May 2001
• Untapped Potential
  State Earned Income Credits and Child Poverty Reduction
  Brief, April 2001
• Depression and Low-Income Women
  Challenges for TANF and Welfare-to-Work Policies and Programs
  Report, April 2001

2000

• Map and Track 2000
  State Initiatives for Young Children and Families
  Report, December 2000
• National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families
  State and Community Substudy Interim Report
  Report, November 2000
• Using Mental Health Strategies to Move the Early Childhood Agenda and Promote School Readiness
  Report, September 2000
• Child Poverty in the States
  Levels and Trends from 1979 to 1998
  Brief, August 2000
• Welfare Research Perspectives
  Past, Present, and Future, 2000 Edition
  Report, August 2000
• Scant Increases After Welfare Reform
  Regulated Child Care Supply in Illinois and Maryland, 1996-1998
  Report, June 2000
• Promoting Resilience
  Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform
  Brief, February 2000
• Better Strategies for Babies
  Strengthening the Caregivers and Families of Infants and Toddlers
  Brief, February 2000

1999

• Beyond Work
  Strategies to Promote the Well-Being of Young Children and Families in the Context of Welfare Reform
  Brief, November 1999
• Lives on the Line
  American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet
  Brief, August 1999
• Welfare Research Perspectives
  Past, Present, and Future, 1999 Edition
  Report, August 1999
• Map and Track
  State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible Fatherhood, 1999 Edition
  Report, June 1999
• Poverty and Brain Development in Early Childhood
  Report, June 1999
• Enhancing the Well-Being of Young Children and Families in the Context of Welfare Reform
  Lessons from Early Childhood, TANF, and Family Support Programs
  Report, June 1999
• Patterns and Growth of Child Care Voucher Use by Families Connected with Cash Assistance in Illinois and Maryland
  Report, May 1999
• Welfare Research, 1999 and Beyond
  Brief, March 1999

1998

• Young Child Poverty in the States, Wide Variation and Significant Change
  Brief, July 1998