Low-income families receiving cash assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) also need assistance with workforce development and child care. Workforce development and child care subsidy systems exist to support low-income…

The federal child support program collects billions of dollars per year in child support payments and serves more than 16 million children and families. However, about 35 percent of child support obligations go unpaid each month and most child…

This report from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents analyses of the impact of the safety net on poverty rates and a close look at populations experiencing high risks of poverty during the 50 years since…

This report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation provides a nationally representative estimate of all home-based care to children ages birth through five years and not yet in kindergarten as of 2012, using data from the National…

This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides evidence to dispute the idea that low-income assistance programs discourage work. Critics of assistance programs argue that people receiving assistance get more money from not…

This report by the Urban Institute describes findings of the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative, which helps states improve their service delivery, run programs more effectively, and modernize. Through technical assistance, grants, and peer…

Socioeconomic status is often not taken into account when examining influenza rates in a geographic area. This study sought to explore this information and took place over the course of two different flu seasons; the study was a partnership among 14…

Compared to a few decades ago, low-income children today have better access to healthcare, fewer are born to teen mothers, fewer live in foster care, and their parents have more education. However, the circumstances and outcomes of higher-income…

Child Trends provided commentary on the state of rural child poverty. In the commentary, they cite Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers 2015 report, which evaluates the devastating health disparities between the rich and poor living in…

The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) is a longitudinal study in 89 Early Head Start programs around the country. This report describes findings from the second wave of data collection for Baby FACES. Baby FACES…