From 2008 to 2009, the nation’s rate of homelessness rose by 20,000 people, or 3 percent. About four out of every 10 of these individuals live on the street, in a car, or another location not intended for human habitation. The National Alliance…

The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Commonwealth of Virginia collaborated to reduce the number of children in foster care and reduce the use of congregate care. This report provides an overview of their efforts by building a family-centered…

Managed by the Hatcher Group with support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Tax Credits for Working Families Web site provides a one-stop resource on tax credits that…

The Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP), in partnership with Demos, released its third report in the Living Longer on Less series, “Severe Financial Insecurity Among African-American and Latino Seniors”. This report focuses on the…

Fathers' involvement in their children's lives has been shown to produce both economic and social benefits. This paper by MDRC examines two different approaches to strengthen fathers' involvement and their family relationships, fatherhood…

This resource is from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and provides an overview of the key components of the Foundation’s financial stability activities for low-income families in Baltimore and the State of Maryland with Baltimore’s CASH Campaign…

From the Congressional Research Service (CRS), this report provides names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns relating to economic recovery and job losses, preservation, and creation. Policy areas identified include factors…

This report was authored through the National Institute for Early Education, and researchers used data from two waves of the National Household Education Surveys to examine school readiness from the parent’s perspective. Researchers test for…

In 2010, it is estimated that there were 45.9 million adults in the United States with mental illness. Of these 45.9 million adults, 32.9 percent received mental health services. NSDUH presents the results of interviews conducted with household…

This article was published by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Using data from a 2008 survey data of EITC-eligible households assisted at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites, authors analyze differences in…