Ready4Work is a demonstration project through the Department of Labor, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Ford Foundation to provide services to ex-prisoners. The program is designed to meet the needs of this population, as well as…

The Urban Institute and Winston Salem State University surveyed Weed and Seed sites around the country to review the extent to which Weed and Seed sites are engaged in prisoner reentry efforts. This report summarizes the ways that Weed and Seed…

The number of children with immigrant parents have tripled in the last 35 years. Additionally, a large number of low income children reside in immigrant families. While low-income immigrant families with children are mostly working families, low-…

From the National Poverty Center, researchers in this working paper review the trends surrounding concentrated poverty in rural areas. In the 1990s, the rural (nonmetro) poverty rates decreased faster than metro rates and the percentage of the…

This article from the National Center for Children in Poverty provides data on low-income children in the U.S. Since 2000, the number of children living in low-income families has increased. Data includes national and States’ data on the…