Using Medicaid to Help Young Children and Parents Access Mental Health Services: Results of a 50-State Survey (Updated March 2017)

Learn about our Supporting Young Children’s Mental Health project. As states work to strengthen supports for young children’s mental health, often with the goal of reducing the incidence of costly conditions at later ages, they face the question of how to finance new or expanded services. This brief examines states’ use of Medicaid as a […]

Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children Under 3 Years, 2014

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]

Basic Facts about Low-income Children: Children Aged 6 through 11 Years, 2014

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Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014

To find comparable information for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2014; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic […]

Basic Facts about Low-income Children: Children Aged 12 through 17 Years, 2014

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Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2014; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2014; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2014; for adolescent children, see Basic […]

Young Children in Deep Poverty

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. A U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276. The struggle to raise children on such a meager income is not a rare circumstance among U.S. families, especially those with young children. Currently, 11 percent of young children […]

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2013

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2013; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2013; for adolescent children, see Basic […]

Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children Under 3 Years, 2013

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013; for young children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2013; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children 6 through 11 Years, 2013; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children: Children Aged 12 through 17 Years, 2013

To find comparable information for all children, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 18 Years, 2013; for infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2013; for children in middle childhood, see Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2013; for adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]