The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities authored this report on the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for individual families. State-level data show that the Recovery Act has protected many families from poverty by raising…

From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this report offers key information on child poverty and family hardship in the United States. Authors offer information on the nature of poverty, how poverty is measured in the United States…

This report details the Family Violence Option and some of the current issues that exist in implementing the policy for violence victims. Case studies are given based on the policies and practices in New York City, Washington D.C., and San…

This report is from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Urban Institute. Residential mobility can be a positive change for families or it can be a problem related to economic instability. Authors highlight data on resident mobility in Making…

From the U.S. Census Bureau, this report offers the latest statistics on income, poverty, and health insurance in the United States. The real median household income in the United States fell 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008, from $52,163 to $50…

From the Urban Institute, this resource reviews the literature on poverty dynamics in the United States. Reviewing theories of poverty in the United States, researchers seek to answer the questions: How likely are people to enter, exit, and…

The Urban Institute issued this report on poverty in the United States in the year 2008. In 2008, the poverty rate reached 13.2 percent, which is a significant increase from 12.5 percent in 2007. However, despite an increase, this increase may…

In light of the recent recession, this paper examines the effect that financial strain can have on the occurrence of domestic violence and in turn, how domestic violence impacts an individual or family's financial situation. Though being low…

Within low-income families, around 60 percent have an adult working fulltime. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this Urban Institute fact sheet describes adolescent risk behaviors and the transition to adulthood for low-…

While the child support program has been recently successful in supporting low-income single parents, many single parents still do not receive child support. Child support can often be a vital financial resource for families in poverty. In this…