Children
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Over 3 Million Low-Income Children in Rural Areas Face Cut in Child Tax Credit if Recovery Act Improvement Expires According to this new research, at the end of 2010, the Child Tax Credit improvements that were included in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will expire if Congress does not extend them. If this happens, low-income working families across America will… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net, Tax |
| Out-of-Home Care by State and Place: Higher Placement Rates for Children in Some Remote Rural Places This fact sheet examines out-of-home placement rates for children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. The data finds that children in remote rural areas have overall higher rates of out-of-home placements. It also provides data on placement rates by… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Rural |
| The Changing Faces of America's Children and Youth The U.S. Census Bureau estimates indicate that between July 2008 and July 2009, 48.6 percent of the 4 million children born in the United States were minorities. In contrast, nearly 60 percent of the children born ten years ago were non-Hispanic white. This rapid… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Birth Rates, Children, Demography, Young Adults |
| Challenges in Serving Rural American Children through the Summer Food Service Program When the school year ends, many low-income children rely on the USDA's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) to supplement their diet. But less than one-third of SFSP sites are located in rural communities and rural children participate at a lower rate than those… |
Socioeconomic Indicators and Datasets, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Food Assistance, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
| Rural Families with a Child Abuse Report are More Likely Headed by a Single Parent and Endure Economic and Family Stress This brief, which is based on data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, finds that rural families who have been reported to Child Protective Services are more likely than urban families to have financial difficulties and high family stress, as… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Rural |
| Federal Child Nutrition Programs are Important to Rural Households This brief, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, examines how rural families use four of the major federal child nutrition programs. It finds that 29 percent of rural families with children participate but that there are barriers to these nutrition programs,… |
Evaluation, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Food Assistance, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
| Students in Rural Schools Have Limited Access to Advanced Mathematics Courses This Carsey brief reveals that students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses than students in urban settings, which results in serious educational consequences, including lower scores on assessment tests and fewer… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Rural, Young Adults |
| Student Discipline in New Hampshire Schools (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) A new analysis of student discipline in New Hampshire schools in the 2007–2008 school year shows that out-of-school suspension rates are higher and statewide expulsion rates are lower than the national average. Schools reporting the highest rates of suspensions and… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Children, Education, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Rural Children and Those Residing in Central Cities Have Lower Rates of Health Insurance Coverage and are More Often Covered by Public Plans This Carsey brief looks at the geographic distribution of health insurance for children. Based on data from the 2008 American Community Survey, it includes such findings as one in ten children are still uninsured, insurance rates vary considerably by geographic area… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health Insurance, Rural, Urban |
| Regional Young Child Poverty in 2008: Rural Midwest Sees Increased Poverty, While Urban Northeast Rates Decrease In 2008, America's recession affected poverty rates for children under age 6 unevenly, with rates in the rural Midwest rising significantly, while rates in northeastern central cities fell slightly. And in the rural South, where more than 30 percent of young… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Urban |
