This research explores how experiences of discrimination in mental health/substance abuse services may contribute to the greater level of unmet mental health needs among racial/ethnic minorities. The study examined the California Quality of Life…

This study assesses ways in which individual- and neighborhood-level risk and protective factors affect child abuse and neglect and whether these factors differed based on poverty status. Researchers estimated relationships between child abuse and…

Although research has shown that transportation expenditures are burdensome for low-income households, there is less information available explaining how households manage their mobility needs. To shed insight, this Journal of Poverty article…

Abstract: Using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data in an input-output (IO) model, this paper assesses the economic impact and foregone economic impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 58 counties in California in 2006, the most…

From the Population Research Bureau, this outlines recent data on the cost of child poverty by State. Specifically, children that grow up in poverty have negative health, social, and economic consequences, which can have large costs for States.…