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This brief provides an up-to-date look at how pioneering states and localities are using – or plan to use – improved poverty measurement to build smarter social policy.

Other Publications

• Protecting the Safety Net in Tough Times
  Lessons from the States
  Report, April 2012
• Paid Family Leave
  Stengthening Families and Our Future
  Report, April 2012
• The Costs of Cutting Health Care
  An Analysis of Recent Changes to New Jersey FamilyCare
  Report, November 2011
• Rent Burden, Housing Subsidies and the Well-being of Children and Youth
  Report, November 2011
• Making Work Pay in Montana
  Brief, June 2011
• When Work Supports Don’t Support Work
  A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi
  Brief, May 2011
• Healthy Kids and Strong Working Families
  Improving Economic Security for North Dakota Families with Children
  Brief, April 2011
• SNAP Take-up Among Immigrant Families with Children
  March 2011
• Making Work Supports Work
  Tools for Policy Analysis
  Fact Sheet, February 2010
• Making Work Supports Work
  A Picture of Low-wage Workers in America
  Report, January 2010
• The Economic Crisis and the Health, Well-Being and Security of New York’s Children and Families
  Report of a Meeting, March 13, 2009
  Report, September 2009
• Making Parents' Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, April 2009
• Paid Leave in the States
  A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Budgeting for Basic Needs
  A Struggle for Working Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Making Maternal and Child Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, March 2009
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for Houston's Families
  Fact Sheet, November 2008
• Making Work Pay for Iowa’s Families
  Report, September 2008
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families
  Fact Sheet, September 2008
• Staying Afloat in Tough Times
  What States Are and Aren't Doing to Promote Family Economic Security
  Report, August 2008
• Child Care in Colorado
  Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
  Report, November 2007
• Improving Work Supports
  Closing the Financial Gap for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
  Report, October 2007
• The Impact of Work Supports
  A Snapshot from Detroit
  Fact Sheet, August 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Illinois and Chicago
  Fact Sheet, April 2007
• Supporting Work in Illinois
  The Challenges Ahead
  Report, April 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Michigan and Detroit
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• When Work Doesn’t Pay
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, June 2006
• Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
  Brief, June 2006
• On the Edge in the Empire State
  New York’s Low-Income Children
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• 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
• State Policy Choices
  Supports for Low-Income Working Families
  Fact Sheet, May 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Assets and Access to Public Assistance
  Fact Sheet, October 2003
• Employment Alone is Not Enough for America’s Low-Income Children and Families
  Report, August 2003