From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this fact sheet provides demographic information on children in the United States who are considered poor based on the national poverty threshold. Between 2000 and 2006, the number of children…

This paper is through the Institute for Research on Poverty and reviews research on collateral costs and benefits of incarceration on earnings and employment. While the increase in incarceration over the past decades has generated social benefits…

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania conducted this study on the recent trends on marriage stability in the United States. While recent data offers conflicting evidence, authors review data, and conclude that marital stability has…

President Bush's High Growth Job Training Initiative (HGJTI) is a national effort to encourage the development of market-driven strategies to address workforce challenges. This report, from the Urban Institute, provides an implementation study…

This report is from the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project, which is funded by the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation within the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

This report was completed through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Office of Human Services Policy. Researchers reviewed data on homeless families with…

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation funded this report, which synthesizes and evaluates the literature on adolescent romantic relationships, with emphasis on how these relationships are precursors of adult marriages. The goal of the…

Over 70 percent of mothers are now in the labor force, and supporting parents in the workforce is crucial for both employers and families. Authors from the Urban Institute summarize what has been done for mitigating work-family tensions, such as…

From the Urban Institute, this report is the first in a series on poverty, asset building strategies, and social policy. Researchers review eligibility requirements for TANF, Food Stamps, IDAs, and the EITC on asset holdings for low-educated…

Researchers at the Department of Human Development, California State University East Bay, conducted this study examining a model of income poverty, material hardship, parenting factors, and child health status to understand how material hardship…