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Doan, Stacey N.; Evans, Gary W. – Future of Children, 2020
Many children, especially those from lower-income families, face considerable instability early in their lives. This may include changes in family structure, irregular family routines, frequent moves, fluctuating daycare arrangements, and noisy, crowded, or generally chaotic environments. Moreover, instability and chaos affect young children's…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Young Children, Environmental Influences, Child Development
Chaudry, Ajay; Sandstrom, Heather – Future of Children, 2020
In this article, Ajay Chaudry and Heather Sandstrom review research on child care and early education for children under age three. They describe the array of early care and education arrangements families use for infants and toddlers; how these patterns have changed in recent decades; and differences by family socioeconomic status, race, and…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, Preschool Education
Wimer, Christopher; Wolf, Sharon – Future of Children, 2020
Is income during children's earliest years a key determinant of long-term child and adult success in the longer run? The research to date, Christopher Wimer and Sharon Wolf write, suggests that it is. Wimer and Wolf review substantial descriptive evidence that income can enhance child development and later adult outcomes, and that it does so most…
Descriptors: Family Income, Child Development, Barriers, Young Children
Kalil, Ariel; Ryan, Rebecca M. – Future of Children, 2010
Rising rates of nonmarital childbirth in the United States have resulted in a new family type, the fragile family. Such families, which include cohabiting couples as well as single mothers, experience significantly higher rates of poverty and material hardship than their married counterparts. Ariel Kalil and Rebecca Ryan summarize the economic…
Descriptors: Mothers, One Parent Family, Community Programs, Private Financial Support
Mead, Lawrence M. – Future of Children, 2007
Lawrence Mead addresses the problem of nonwork among low-income men, particularly low-income black men, and its implications for families and children. The poor work effort, he says, appears to be caused partly by falling wages and other opportunity constraints but principally by an oppositional culture and a breakdown of work discipline. Mead…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment, Correctional Institutions, Economically Disadvantaged
Blank, Rebecca M. – Future of Children, 2007
Rebecca Blank explores a weakness of the welfare reforms of the mid-1990s--the failure of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program to address the plight of so-called "hard to employ" single mothers and their children. TANF has moved many women on the welfare caseload into work, but the services it provides are not intensive or flexible…
Descriptors: Employment, Substance Abuse, Family Violence, Mothers
Weil, Alan – Future of Children, 2007
Noting that the failures of the U.S. health care system are compounding the problems faced by low-income Americans, Alan Weil argues that any strategy to reduce poverty must provide access to health care for all low-income families. Although nearly all children in families with incomes under 200 percent of poverty are eligible for either Medicaid…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income, Tax Credits, Dependents
Behrman, Richard E., Ed. – Future of Children, 2002
This issue of "The Future of Children" examines whether programs implemented by the federal welfare reform law accomplished the goal of reducing the number of children growing up in poor, single-parent families and whether these programs benefited children. This examination coincides with debates in Congress on the reauthorization of the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
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Devaney, Barbara L.; Ellwood, Marilyn R.; Love, John M. – Future of Children, 1997
Reviews six federally funded in-kind public assistance programs designed to mitigate effects of poverty on children: (1) food stamps; (2) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children; (3) school nutrition programs; (4) Medicaid; (5) Head Start; and (6) housing assistance. Evidence indicates these programs achieve their…
Descriptors: Children, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Housing
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Aber, J. Lawrence; And Others – Future of Children, 1995
Reviews the policy context in which the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration program was designed and implemented, and describes how enhanced services group participation affected teen mothers as adults and parents. The authors discuss the program's ineffectiveness in improving participants' short-term economic status and childbearing and parental…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Early Parenthood, Economic Impact