Children
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Toward a More Equal Footing Policy makers and advocates nationwide recognize that funding for early childhood education is a crucial investment in the future. Critical foundational development occurs before age 5, and research consistently shows that high-quality early education for children… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Fertility, Poverty |
| Child Care Expenses Push Many Families Into Poverty UPDATE: This fact sheet was updated on October 24, 2024, to reflect analytics corrections to some estimates. In this fact sheet, we use the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to assess the extent to which child care expenses are pushing families with young children… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Poverty |
| More Than 95 Percent of U.S. Children Had Health Insurance in 2015 Enrolling all children in health insurance is a primary goal of health care advocates. Children who have health insurance have better access to health care and, as a result, experience gains in a variety of well-being measures, including health and school attainment.… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health Insurance, Safety Net |
| Gains in Reducing Child Poverty, but Racial-Ethnic Disparities Persist In 2015, for the second year in a row, child poverty rates declined in the United States. However, familiar patterns in levels and characteristics of child poverty persist: more than one in five children are poor; children of color are at disproportionate risk for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Children, Poverty |
| Most U.S. School Districts Have Low Access to School Counselors In education today, diverse movements such as the “whole child” approach, “conveyor belt” services, and “Let’s Move!” share a common understanding that children bring a host of needs to school and often require more than academic support.1 Students living in poverty… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education |
| Overall Declines in Child Poverty Mask Relatively Stable Rates Across States Earlier this week, the U.S. Census Bureau published its official poverty estimates noting a decline in poverty across the population.1 In this brief, we use additional Census data released today from the American Community Survey (ACS), the only regular source for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty |
| Fewer Than Half of WIC-Eligible Families Receive WIC Benefits The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves millions of low-income women, infants, and children who are at nutritional risk by providing checks or vouchers for nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Food Assistance, Poverty, Safety Net |
| Hispanic Children Least Likely to Have Health Insurance This policy brief examines health insurance coverage of Hispanic children and its relationship to their citizenship status, their parents’1 citizenship status, parents’ insurance coverage, language spoken at home, and their state’s Medicaid expansion policies.… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health Insurance, Hispanics |
| After a Parent Left Employment, One in Five Children Lost Private Insurance Parental job loss is an important trigger for a child’s loss of private health insurance.1 For example, research shows that parental loss of full-time employment doubles the odds that a child will lose private health insurance.2 Until the 1990s, substantial numbers… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Health Insurance, Hispanics, Unemployment |
| Exclusionary Discipline Highest in New Hampshire’s Urban Schools Exclusionary school discipline—that is, suspension and expulsion—disproportionately affects already disadvantaged students on both the national and state levels. In New Hampshire, students attending larger urban schools, male students, students of color, students… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, New Hampshire, Urban |
