Safety Net
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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 |
| Federal EITC Kept 2 Percent of the Population Out of Poverty This brief documents the proportion of Americans who would have been poor absent the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), all else being equal, across 2010–2014. We examine Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rates as well as hypothetical increases in the rates of SPM… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Safety Net, Tax |
| 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 |
| Many Eligible Children Don’t Participate in School Nutrition Programs The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which authorizes funding for federal nutrition programs (including the National School Lunch Program; the School Breakfast Program; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; the Summer Food… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Food Assistance, Safety Net |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Proposed EITC Expansion Would Increase Eligibility and Dollars for Rural and Urban “Childless” Workers This brief uses data from the 2013 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey to examine how President Obama’s proposed expanded eligibility and higher credit values might affect tax filers in both rural and urban America.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Rural, Safety Net, Tax, Urban |
| New Hampshire Children in Need of Services: Impacts of 2011 Legislative Changes to CHINS Using administrative data from state and local agencies and data from interviews with CHINS professionals, this brief provides an overview of participation in the Children in Need of Services (CHINS) program before and after the change in the law in September 2011… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Children, Health, New Hampshire, 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 |
| Recent Data Show Continued Growth in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to examine rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt in 2011, with particular attention to changes since the onset of the recession, and to receipt by family composition, region, and… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Poverty, Safety Net |
