Author: Curtis Skinner

SNAP Take-up Among Immigrant Families with Children

Post author Curtis Skinner
Project Making Work Supports Work;
Publication Type Report
Post date March 1, 2011

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Immigration is rapidly changing the face of young America. More than one child in four aged 18 years old or younger was either born abroad or lived with a foreign-born parent in 2009 and this ratio is expected […]

English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development

Post author Curtis Skinner, Vanessa R. Wight, Yumiko Aratani, Janice L. Cooper, Kalyani Thampi
Project Making Work Supports Work;
Publication Type Report
Post date June 1, 2010

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. Key Findings Over 55 million individuals spoke a language other than English at home in 2007, an increase of 140 percent from 1980. The number of Spanish speakers rose by more than 23.4 million between 1980 and 2007, a 211 percent increase. Twenty-one percent of children age […]