Author: Michelle Chau

Rent Burden, Housing Subsidies and the Well-being of Children and Youth

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date November 1, 2011

This is an excerpt from the full report. What is rent burden? Rent burden is defined as spending more than 30 percent of household income on rent. In 2009, more than half of renter-occupied households with children (54 percent) experienced rent burden. Between 2002 and 2009, the proportion of households with children affected by rent […]

Making Work Pay in Montana

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date June 1, 2011

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. In Montana, 44 percent of children live in low-income families—defined as income below twice the federal poverty level (FPL). Despite 86 percent of these children having at least one parent who is employed, many of their families struggle to make ends meet on earnings alone. Work support […]

Poor Children by Parents’ Nativity: What Do We Know?

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  • Project  Promoting Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date April 1, 2011

Learn about our Social Inclusion & Respect for Diversity project. Immigration in the United States has held a longstanding and transformative role in shaping the country’s social and economic landscape. State and local policies have, likewise, responded to the changing presence and composition of immigrants in American society. Yet, significant gaps in policies that address […]

Who are America’s Poor Children?: The Official Story

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date March 1, 2011

Over 15 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, which is $22,050 a year for a family of four. The number of children living in poverty increased by 33 percent between 2000 and 2009. There are 3.8 million more children living in poverty today than in 2000. Not only […]

A Profile of Disconnected Young Adults in 2010

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  • Project  Improving the Odds for Adolescents; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date December 1, 2010

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction The purpose of this report is to highlight a growing segment of the population who are arriving at young adulthood disconnected from the main pathways leading to economic independence. Arriving at young adulthood in a state of […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 6 through 11

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  • Publication Type  Fact Sheet 
  • Post date October 1, 2010

For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18

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  • Post date October 1, 2010

For comparable information about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6 and Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 6 through 11, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3

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  • Publication Type  Fact Sheet 
  • Post date October 1, 2010

For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6 or Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 6 through 11, or about adolescent children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6

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  • Project  Early Childhood Two-Generation State Policy Profiles; 
  • Publication Type  Fact Sheet 
  • Post date October 1, 2010

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 12 through 17

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  • Publication Type  Fact Sheet 
  • Post date October 1, 2010

For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6 or Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: […]