Publication Type: Report

NCCP Perspectives: Youth Employment

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

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Adolescents project. The Issue As Stimulus Funding Fades, Obama Administration Seeks Sustained Investment in Youth Employment When President Obama took office in 2009, he faced the worst recession since the Great Depression. As a direct response to the economic crisis, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) introduced […]

Unclaimed Children Revisited: California Case Study

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  • Project  Unclaimed Children Revisited: California Case Study; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date April 1, 2010

Learn about our UCR: California Case Study project. Executive Summary (2M) Alameda County Profile (469K) Butte County Profile (473K) Humboldt County Profile (479K) Imperial County Profile (474K) Los Angeles County Profile (485K) Placer County Profile (474K) San Diego County Profile (486K) San Francisco County Profile(484K) San Mateo County Profile (485K) Santa Clara County Profile (493K) […]

Children’s Mental Health: What Every Policymaker Should Know

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  • Project  Early Childhood Two-Generation State Policy Profiles; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date April 1, 2010

Mental health is a key component in a child’s healthy development; children need to be healthy in order to learn, grow, and lead productive lives. The mental health service delivery system in its current state does not sufficiently meet the needs of children and youth, and most who are in need of mental health services […]

2009 Annual Report

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date March 1, 2010

In 1989, the National Center for Children in Poverty was created at the request of the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation to focus on the youngest children in poverty. In the ensuing 20 years NCCP’s mission has expanded to include children of all ages, and their families. Today, NCCP’s breadth of research and policy […]

Supporting Parents of Young Children in the Child Welfare System

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  • Project  Supporting Young Children's Mental Health; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date February 1, 2010

Learn about our Supporting Young Children’s Mental Health project. Introduction Consistent, responsive, and nurturing early relationships foster emotional well-being in young children, as well as create the foundation for the behavioral, social, and cognitive development essential for school readiness.1 Developmental research tells us that parents are one of the most important influences on children with […]

Asset Poverty and Debt Among Families with Children

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date February 1, 2010

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. Introduction Increasingly the significance of asset ownership among low-income families is being recognized. Assets such as savings and homeownership are vital components of a family’s economic security, along with income and human and social capital. In this report, we use the term “assets” to refer to financial […]

Making Work Supports Work: A Picture of Low-wage Workers in America

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  • Project  Making Work Supports Work; 
  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date January 1, 2010

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Summary Many full-time workers in the United States are unable to make ends meet. Government “work support” policies – benefit programs such as earned income tax credits, public health insurance, child care assistance, and SNAP/food stamps – can help […]

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

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  • Post date January 1, 2010

Fourteen 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 21 percent between 2000 and 2008. There are 2.5 million more children living in poverty today than in 2000. Not only are […]

Child Poverty and Intergenerational Mobility

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date December 1, 2009

Findings are based on a working paper by Robert Wagmiller and Robert Adelman, Childhood and Intergenerational Poverty: The Long-term Consequences of Growing Up Poor commissioned by NCCP. This brief is designed to be a companion piece to this document. The analysis uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), a longitudinal data set […]

Ten Important Questions About Child Poverty and Family Economic Hardship

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  • Publication Type  Report 
  • Post date December 1, 2009

What is the Nature of Poverty and Economic Hardship in the United States? What does it mean to experience poverty? How is poverty measured in the United States? Are Americans who experience poverty now better off than a generation ago? How accurate are commonly held stereotypes about poverty and economic hardship? How Serious is the […]