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Download full textIsaacs, Julia B.; Lou, Cary; Hahn, Heather; Hong, Ashley; Quakenbush, Caleb; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2018
Public spending on children aims to support their healthy development, helping them fulfill their human potential. As such, federal spending on children is an investment in the nation's future. To inform policymakers, children's advocates, and the general public about how public funds are spent on children, this 12th edition of the annual…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets
Isaacs, Julia B.; Lou, Cary; Hahn, Heather; Ovalle, Joycelyn; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Urban Institute, 2017
Public spending on children by federal, state, and local governments is an investment in the nation's future because it supports children's healthy development, helping them fulfill their potential. To help interested stakeholders assess the government's investment in children, this 11th edition of the annual "Kids' Share" report…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Children, Budgets
Weaver, Carolyn L. – American Enterprise, 1995
Welfare reform must include reform of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which is more costly and faster growing than Aid to Families with Dependent Children. SSI allows growing numbers of disabled citizens to depend on the government in spite of new employment opportunities for the disabled and protective legislation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Hormuth, Pamela – 1997
This Kids Count fact book describes services that are designed to protect the health, education, and safety of children in each county in Texas. It begins with a brief overview of each service program, describing the services, giving eligibility requirements, and analyzing regional differences in service provision across the state. The overview is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Breakfast Programs, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
PDF pending restorationCunningham, Michelle Doucette – 1994
Recent surveys of Americans reveal that most think children are worse off today than they were 10 years ago. This report on child well-being in Connecticut reveals that such intuitions are correct: in the 10 years since the publication of "Growing Up at Risk in Connecticut," children in the state have become more likely to be victims or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse
Clark, Rebecca L.; King, Rosalind Berkowitz; Spiro, Christopher; Steuerle, C. Eugene – 2001
This paper examines trends in federal spending on children, assessing changes in spending between 1960-97 and classifying federal programs within eight budget categories: tax credits and exemptions (including the Earned Income Tax Credit and dependent exemption); income security (including Aid to Families with Dependent Children); nutrition…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
Finn, Carlen; And Others – 1994
This KIDS COUNT factbook presents statistical data and examines trends for several indicators of children's well-being in Vermont. Four groups of indicators are examined: (1) economic security, including child population, child poverty, number of children receiving Aid to Needy Families with Children (ANFC) and food stamps, number of children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This report recommends that Title I of the proposed Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 1720) be replaced with a Fair Work Opportunities Program. H.R. 1720 is proposed to replace the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act Title IV. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to assure that needy children…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
North Carolina Child Advocacy Inst., Raleigh. – 1995
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of North Carolina's children. The statistical portrait is based on 16 indicators of well-being: (1) infant mortality rate; (2) infants born with low birth weight; (3) births to single teens; (4) children without insurance; (5) high school dropout rate; (6) SAT scores; (7) high…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Dahlstrom, Sherryl M.; High, Rhonda L. – 1996
This Kids Count data book is the fourth to examine the well-being of Arkansas' children and notes trends from 1990 to 1995. The report's introductory sections include discussions of the potential impact of welfare reform on Arkansas' children, and present figures detailing the number of children affected by particular risk factors each week. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Nagle, Ami – 1996
This special report reviews key aspects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and its implications for Illinois. The report describes the major stipulations in the federal welfare bill and summarizes the impact on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); food stamp, child care, Medicaid, and…
Descriptors: Child Support, Children, Day Care Centers, Family Programs
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. – 2001
This fourth annual report addresses the extent to which U.S. families depend on income from welfare programs, providing updated data on measures of welfare recipiency, dependency, and predictors of welfare dependence developed for previous reports. It highlights benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), now Temporary…
Descriptors: Children, Family Income, Family Problems, One Parent Family
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. – 1996
This report presents preliminary recommendations for indicators and predictors of dependence on income from means-tested assistance programs, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Food Stamps, and Supplemental Security Income. It includes an assessment of the ability of existing data collection efforts to provide the data needed to…
Descriptors: Children, Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods
