Family
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| 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 |
| Rates of SNAP Receipt Stabilize or Drop in All Regions for First Time Since Great Recession From the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007 until 2012, receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits grew steadily.1 Participation and funding rose to historic levels2 driven by the changing economy, intensified efforts to enroll… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Safety Net |
| Women As Economic Providers Women’s contributions to family income are essential for most families. This is obviously true for the growing number of single-mother families, but increasingly so for married couple families. While dual-earner families are doing relatively well, family income… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Gender |
| Child Protective Services May Link Families to Needed Income Supports The adverse effects of poverty on child and adolescent development are well documented and have been of interest to policy makers for several decades.1 Childhood poverty has a number of lasting impacts, including negative educational and cognitive outcomes, social… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Food Assistance, Poverty, Safety Net |
| After Great Recession, More Married Fathers Providing Child Care The U.S. economy lost 8.7 million jobs between December 2007 and January 2010.1 Sixty-nine percent of the jobs lost during the recession were held by men, 2 and the employment rate of married fathers (whether working full or part time) with employed wives decreased… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Employment, Family, Unemployment |
| Understanding Connections Between Rural Communities and Family Well-Being: A Study of Hampton, Iowa In this report, author Cynthia Needles Fletcher explores the role of "place" in shaping rural residents'-and in particular low-income residents'-futures. The analysis draws from interviews with residents and community key informants in Hampton,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Demography, Family, Health |
| Levels of Household Chaos Tied to Quality of Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Coös County, New Hampshire In this brief, author Corinna Tucker examines Coös County adolescents’ reports of household chaos using data from the Coös Youth Study and discusses whether socio-economic and parenting differences are related to adolescents who experience household chaos.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Families Continue to Rely on Wives As Breadwinners Post-Recession This brief presents an analysis of the increased role employed wives played in family economic stability prior to, during, and after the Great Recession, focusing on changes in the contribution of employed wives’ earnings to family earnings by state, region,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Income |
| Related Foster Parents Less Likely to Receive Support Services Compared With Nonrelative Foster Parents This brief identifies gaps in support services among foster parents using data from a nationally representative survey of children involved in the child welfare system (the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being).
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Health, Safety Net |
| SNAP Use Increased Slightly in 2012 This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to examine rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt in 2012, track changes since the onset of the recession, and monitor receipt by region and place type.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Health, Poverty, Safety Net |
