Children
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| Child Poverty Declines Slightly in 2018 to 18 Percent In this data snapshot, author Jessica Carson reports that according to analyses of new American Community Survey data released today, nearly one-in-five American children were poor in 2018. While child poverty has finally returned to pre-recession rates, the 0.4… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty |
| Data Snapshot: Declines in Child Poverty Continue in 2017 The official poverty measure indicates that child poverty declined by 1.1 percentage points between 2016 and 2017, according to analyses of the latest American Community Survey data released today. By 2017, child poverty across the nation was still 0.4 percentage… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Urban |
| Child Care Expenses Make Middle-Class Incomes Hard to Reach Most Americans believe that through hard work and saving they can secure an economically sound, middle-class lifestyle.1 But for many working families, the high price of child care makes this goal extremely challenging.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family |
| Data Snapshot: Working Families with Young Children and No Out-of-Pocket Child Care Struggle Financially Working families with young children face substantial barriers in accessing and affording quality child care. Figure 1 shows that among working families with a child under age 3, those who do not pay for child care are more likely to live in poor or low-income… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family |
| 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 |
