Work supports such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, child care subsidies, and public health insurance can often help low-income working families reach self-sufficiency. Using the National Center for Children in Poverty’s Family Resource Simulator…

This report summarizes the Urban Institute Roundtable that occurred in June 2010, called “Young Children of Immigrants and the Path to Educational Success.” Sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the…

Immigration has played an important role in shaping U.S. society. Currently, 17.2 million children have a parent who is foreign-born, and 4.2 million with immigrant parents that are low-income. This issue brief is from the National Center for…

In 2010, children in immigrant families account for 24 percent of all children in the United States. This policy brief, which was authored by First Focus, uses data on key indicators from the Foundation for Child Development Child Well-Being…

Social safety net programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), provide critical resources to help poor and low-income families in the United States meet their basic needs. In 2009, 24 percent of children from immigrant…

From MDRC, this report discusses the implementation of an enhanced version of the Early Head Start (EHS) program. Authors provide an overview of challenges to implementation as well as short-term outcomes of the program on children and parents.…

From MDRC, this report presents findings from Britain’s Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration program, which was designed to improve the employment prospects of low-paid and long-term unemployed individuals. Researchers…

From Public/Private Ventures, this white paper provides an overview of how nonprofits are evaluated. Authors propose an approach to engage nonprofit practitioners as partners in evaluation efforts in order to provide a tailored approach to each…